What performance of Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull – Bora – Hansgrohe)! The German runner, who has been surprising since the start of this Tour de Franceonce again amazed everyone on Friday during the 13th stage. Indeed, he perfectly managed the time trial ending in Peyragudes, completing the running of the podium, just behind his teammate Primoz Roglic. In the fight for the podium and the white jersey, he continues to fill the gap with the Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Sudal Quick-Step), much more in difficulty today and only 12th. In the general classification, he returns only six seconds to the Belgian, before a new decisive step this Saturday for the podium race.
“Evenepoel? He's a hell of a beating”
On arrival, he returned to his performance: “Frankly, I was completely blocking. The last two kilometers were super hard … I had so much lactic acid in my legs. The last 50 meters seemed to me an eternity, but I am really happy with my day, I was able to give everything to the finish line. I think I did a good job. It was not my best legs, but after yesterday, I can't be happy. rolled at the bottom to the end “.
He continues by mentioning in particular his main rival for the podium, the Belgian Remco Evenepoel: “Remco is a superstar, but now I think we have to focus on Primoz and me. Primoz is also very close, and he has shown a good shape today. There are still a lot of very hard steps. It will be necessary to see day after day, but I think it's good to have two runners placed to the general. It gives us more options for the days to come. Remco is also in a good state of mind beating “he concludes.
