After ignoring the media a week ago, Jonas Vingegaard and his team Visma | Lease a Bike This time did not escape the traditional press conference on the occasion this Monday of the second day of rest of this Tour de France. In the park of Château l'Hospitalet in Narbonne, the Danish was accompanied by its sports director Grischa Niermannwho was thus able to evoke the upcoming battle with a Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) for the moment untouchable. But the former German runner also returned to the controversy of the day before at the start of the 15th stage, many observers who expressed their astonishment to see the teammates of the 2nd in the general classification continue to attack in the yellow jersey group while their leader was trapped a minute further.
“There must be a weakness in Tadej somewhere. For the moment, we have not found it but …”
Grischa Niermann thus assumed the tactical choice of Comma And explained his vision of the situation. “”It is clear that we came here with a big goal, and it is the general classification with Jonas Vingegaard. But we also always come to the Tour de France with different objectives, such as targeting stage victories. This is what we did yesterday (Sunday). You probably refer to what happened at the start of the stage. It was my responsibility. I analyze the situation, and I was sure that the big group with Jonas would return easily, without problem. This is how I perceived the race at that time, from the car. I made the decision that the guys before had to stay forward. Obviously, my analysis would have changed if the group behind was wasting time, and in this case, we would have taken all the guys descended“.
Niermann then mentioned the strategy to be implemented to challenge Tadej Pogacar. “It will of course have to decide. Four minutes ago late to resume, so an attack 500 meters from arrival in the high mountains will not be enough. There must be weakness in Tadej somewhere. For the moment, we have not found it, but we will continue to try. There are still a few major steps and we will try to get there. The tour ends in Paris“, he bonded.
