It was a 14ᵉ stage of the Tour de France completely crazy. Among the abandonment of Remco Evenepoel (Sudal Quick-Step) at the start of the stage and the attack on Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease A Bike) to try to destabilize the yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), it is ultimately the Dutch of the training INEOS Grenadiers, Thymen Arensmanwhich came out of the fog at the top of Luchon-Superbagnères to come and pick this prestigious victory. In the favorite group, the leader in French training Decathlon Ag2r La Mondialethe Austrian Felix Galltried in the final, which allowed him to take a few seconds ahead of the yellow jersey group. The 27 -year -old climber finishes 4ᵉ of this stage, just behind Pogacar et Awesome. He spoke on arrival at the microphone of various media.
“I thought a moment of trying to go into the breakaway too, but …”
“I was at the start of the Tourmalet when the attacks started and the breakaway was formed”begins the Austrian, 4ᵉ of this stage. “I thought a moment of trying to go out in the breakaway too, but I think it was a good decision to stay in the peloton. It was always a little risky, but what I did today in the last climb, it was a calculated risk. I felt really good, and it seemed that UAE did not drive thoroughly. So I thought that I could perhaps take a little time.
I think it was clearly my best day on this tour so far, and I'm really happy to feel like that at the end of the second week. The team also did a great job, especially Callum (Scotson) which was very strong in the final. I would say it calmed down badly. There is a lot of fatigue in the peloton, and we feel that it is no longer as crazy as in the first days. Maybe I'm also a little more comfortable now. And it is sure that there is a hierarchy that has settled in the peloton, it helps a lot, it's less chaotic “concludes Felix Gall At the microphone of various media when this 14ᵉ stage arrived.
