And Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) et JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) seem untouchable on this Tour of Spainthe fight for 3rd place behind could be more disputed than expected. Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM) was holding the rope before the start of the 13th stage this Friday, but the final climb of the Angliru rebatted the cards. Indeed, the Briton fell soon from the first slopes, and despite good management of his efforts, he finally finished in 7th place, far behind Almeida et Awesomebut also behind other podium outsiders. Australian Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) took over 48 seconds, while Felix Gall (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale Team) took over half of it. General, he is still 3rd but now looks behind him, with only 42 seconds ahead of Jai Hindley And less than a minute on Felix Gall5e.
“At the end, everyone collapsed a little in front of me”
After arrival, Tom Pidcock returned to his day and the terrible climb of Angliru: “It's really a very difficult climb. Everything is a question of finding the right rhythm, and if you can't do it, you pay it. At the beginning of the ascent, I felt good, but I also knew that I could never hold this tempo to the top. At the end, everyone collapsed a little in front of me. I stayed on my own pace, but it's a very complicated climb to manage you.
He continues on the conclusions he derives from this 13th stage, which did not particularly suit him: “It's not so bad, I haven't lost a lot of time. I Hindley is obviously very strong, Felix Gall too. Of course, I would have preferred to finish closer to the head, but you have to stay realistic. When you see the length of this climb, I can say that I made a good effort. On this Vuelta, I already broke several of my personal power records.he concludes.
