Again, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike tried to harden the race to put in difficulty Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), to no avail. Accelerations of Tiesj Benoot, Wout van Aert or Simon Yates were not enough to isolate the yellow jersey, which also won the stage. Jonas Vingegaardthe leader in the Batavian training, therefore recovered nothing during this 7th stage of Tour de France But remains in ambush, hoping that the work of his team's underwear will give fruit at the end of the race. After this demanding arrival in Mûr-de-Bretagne, Matteo Jorgensonits main support in the mountains, confides.
Video – The reaction of Matteo Jorgenson after arrival
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“I had to capitulate …”
At the attack every day since the start of this Tour de Francethe team Visma | Lease a Bike et Matteo Jorgenson do not yet despair: “We use the team to place ourselves and make sure to be forward to save energy. Jonas and I think we are driving the most effective race as possible with the help of the team. I am impressed that he could have the sprint, I had to sit and capitulate myself. I wanted to harden the race as much as possible. There are not many tactics on a 15%climb. It was just to do the best possible. In a sprint, we always hope that we can defeat Tadej Pogacar. But there was not much to do with the headwind and the long descent. It was clear that it would end like that. “
