Jonas Vingegaard will not admit defeat on this Tour de France ! Indeed, despite a 4th stage which did not correspond to him on paper not as well as to his rival Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG), the Danish of the Visma | Lease a Bike managed to hang on. When the world champion went to the offensive in the last ascent of the day, Awesome is the only one who managed to hang on. If he has at one point lost a few meters, he managed to return to the mind. In the sprint, the double winner of The Grande Boucle to be tilted in front of Pogacar et Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), but won a new 3rd place … with the 4 seconds of bonus that goes with it. On the eve of the time trial of the 5th stage, Awesome So finds itself 8 small seconds from his big rival in the general classification, but far ahead of all his other competitors.
VIDEO – Jonas Vingegaard when this 4th stage arrives
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“We are satisfied with the way things are happening”
“I felt really strong today. I am very happy to have been able to stay with him in the climb. We are satisfied with the way things are happening”said Awesome on arrival. “I think I have made one of the best efforts of a minute in my entire career, so I'm really happy with my performance. It shows once again that I became more explosive”he explains. “Tadej rides incredibly well. He looked really strong and he deserved the stage victory today. It was UAE who took control. You can have your own plans, but when they attack like that, everything you really can do is try to follow.”
From now on, the Danish projes to the time trial on Wednesday. “It is obviously not the most favorable time trial for me. I think it is better for Remco and perhaps also to Pogacar. But of course, I will give everything. I have done good times this year, so I hope I can get another big performance tomorrow.”
