A historic French double to GP from Quebec This Friday evening! If all eyes were obviously turned towards Julian Alaphilippe For his very first victory with his new team Tudor This season, we must not forget the very good performance of Pavel Sivakovwho was able to take advantage of a strategy UAE Team Emirates-XRG Very offensive throughout the race to play your personal card. If it is raw that the Franco-Russian would serve as a relay for a new triumph of Tadej PogacarReleased against in the final, it was nothing, the world champion never managing to make the junction at the front. It was therefore a three game that concluded this Canadian day, and the 28 -year -old climber had to bow to the found explosiveness of his compatriot. But this beautiful 2nd place arrives despite everything at a time for a Sivakov To the trouble this season since his victory at Andalusia tour in February.
“It's the end of a bad pass for me …”
“I would first like to thank the team“, he started by reacting to the microphone of the organization.”We wanted to launch the race 100 or 80 km from the finish, that's what we did. We tried to attack, we hardened the race, I found myself in front. The team let me do it. In the last lap, I knew that Tadej Pogacar was released behind, so I didn't ride. I was trying to think about victory. Bravo to Julian (Alaphilippe), he was very strong today (Friday) in the last climb. A little disappointment anyway to miss a great victory, but second, it's still a very good assessment, I think we can be happy. This is the end of a bad pass, I had not spent very good last months in terms of sensations, so very satisfied to find good legs and confidence for this end of the season.”
Pavel Sivakov Then returned to this particular final with the potential return of its leader Pogacarblocked a few seconds behind him. “”Honestly, I knew that the group behind was 20 seconds, so I turned quite often to see if Pogacar returned. I was ready to make a last relay in the final if necessary. It was really in the last 3 kilometers that I told myself that we were going to play the victory in front. I did what I could, and it did not go far. We are on a historic year with the team concerning the number of victories, so it would have been special for me to add a new one for us … But I have to work my sprint (laughs)“He concluded with humor.
