What a plume of Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease A Bike)! Clearly behind in front of his big rival Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) since the start of this Tour de Francethe Danish tried everything in the final rise of this 14th stage in Superbagnères to distance the Slovenian. If the yellow jersey has never cracked, despite the Danes' attacks, Jonas Vingegaard showed a much better face, in line with his performance of the day before on the time trial in Peyragudes. He finished in the end in third place, more than a minute from the winner of the day Thymen Arensman (Grenadiers ineos) but only 2 seconds of Tadej Pogacar. Awesome So seems to rise in power as the stages, which promises a lot for the third very mountainous week of this Tour de France which will start on Tuesday.
“One of the hardest mountain steps I have ever done”
After the arrival, the Danish returned to his day: “I can really be happy with my sensations today. Overall, it was undoubtedly one of the hardest mountain stages that I have ever done. It was a difficult day, I think, for everyone. So successful this performance today is obviously very satisfactory. The plan is clearly to get the step. We wanted to try to win it with one of our runners. Ascension, congratulations to him “.
He continues: “It is good to have been able to be the one who concludes today. In fact, I expected that Pogacar attacks in the last ascent, because in the penultimate, the UAE accelerated as if they wanted to go get the stage. And at that time, I told myself that he was probably going to try something at the end. But when I understood that it was probably not to be attempted. hot.he concludes.
