A difficult 5th step for the Visma | Lease a Bike… despite a beautiful 3rd place ofEdoardo Affini On this time trial, the two team leaders Jonas Vingegaard et Matteo Jorgenson ended very far from the best, respectively 13th at 1'21 “and 11th at 1'19”. A poor performance, especially for Jonas Vingegaardwho concedes 1'05 “to his great rival Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG). A real blow, while the Danish seemed in great shape since the beginning of this Tour de France. Upon arrival of this time, the sports director of the Dutch team Grischa Niermann did not hide his disappointment.
Video – Grischa Niermann on arrival of this 5th stage
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“Jonas is now 1'13” behind Tadej “
“I have no explanation. He has lost time on the whole stage”deplored Niermann at the microphone of several media, including Cyclism’Actu. “I haven't talked to him yet, but we're waiting for it more. There is no good or bad strategy in the same time trial, you just have to pedal from start to finish. I think Jonas did not have enough energy.”
“It doesn't change anything for us, we continue. Jonas is now 1'13” late on Tadej (Pogacar). It will be necessary to fill this gap if Jonas wants to win the Tour. We did not think we conceded so much time. But it happened, you have to leave from there, go back to the struggle tomorrow “he concludes.
