After a puncture victory the day before, the great favorite of this 80th edition of The returnthe Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease A Bike), had to be satisfied with a third place behind the victorious David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) and his compatriot, the former world champion, Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek). Directly positioned on his time trial bike, the leader of the training Visma | Lease a Bike quickly spoke to the organization's microphone on this final.
“I also took four seconds of bonus, I'm happy …”
“Third in the stage, it was a very hard final and a very complicated step, so I am happy to have managed to pass this stage”begins the leader of this Vueltarelieved. “David Gaudu took time thanks to the bonuses. I also took four seconds of bonus, so of course, I'm happy with that”he assures. “Mads Pedersen was really going very quickly, and I did not think I could overcome it because I suffered a lot in his wheel. In the last turn, David Gaudu made us the interior, in Pedersen and I, it was a sacred movement, but that's it, cycling”concludes Jonas Vingegaard.
