Cédric Vasseur sees all colors since the beginning of Tour de France. With training Cofidis that he directs, he really saw the roller coaster, went through the polka dot to Benjamin Thomasthen 11 stolen bikes, then found, and the accident of Bryan Coquard followed by his fall. Despite everything, the team Cofidis Shows and does not despair of succeeding in seizing the opportunities that will continue to present themselves in the last two weeks of racing. At our microphone at the end of the 6th stage this Thursday, Cédric Vasseur comes back to this beginning of Tour de France hectic for his team.
VIDEO – Cédric Vasseur takes stock after 6 days of racing
“We inflict an illegitimate sanction in Bryan Coquard“
We had seen each other before the departure of the Tour, in the North, at home, with a little hindsight, now that we are in Normandy … Cofidis we saw it everywhere.
Step of madness today. We expected a complicated stage but it was really difficult. We tried to integrate the breakaway of the day, we knew that there was a good chance that she will go at the end but today, when we see the outcome, there was nothing to face in Ben Healy. I think we have no regrets not to have been part of the breakaway because no one has been able to counter it. Emmanuel Buchmann returned to the game in the Pogacar group today and then we hosted the first step with Benjamin Thomas, we made people talk about us with all the adventures that arrived and above all we keep eight intact and motivated runners who will seek the next opportunities.
Surprised that in the end Pogacar leaves his yellow jersey?
I think that Pogacar did not absolutely look to keep his yellow jersey, now we see that a second it is fate and Mathieu van der Poel who once again endorses the leading yellow tunic … But a second is a fragile advantage, tomorrow with the blackberry of Brittany, everything can be called into question and we can find ourselves again with Pogacar in yellow.
You were talking about adventures with Bryan Coquard, this yellow card, it's annoying right?
Frankly it is a double penalty because Bryan is already penalized at the time of the sprint, because he already catches up with unexplained and, second stroke on his head because he is inflicted a completely illegitimate and unjustified sanction. We have moved on to something else but it is just that now we are always with a sword of Damocles on the head, we know that there will be a sprint in Châteauroux so Bryan may not be able to sprint by indulging in the sprint, because even without wanting to make a bad gesture, from time to time in a sprint you change your trajectory. You have to be careful.
We saw Pogacar getting ahead of Vingegaard, the turn folded?
No it is not folded, I think we see today that everything can switch from one day to the next. We see that the UAE collective is solid, today it is the only team that has managed to hold the barracks. It is true that Vingegaard took a blow on the head but I think that we can trust the champion that he is to try to set the record straight, why not at the blackberry, he surely had a bad day on the time trial, with a minute of lost, the turn is still far from finished.
