What issue of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) on this 12th stage of Tour de France. The world champion got out of his eternal rival Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease A Bike) From the foot of the ascent of Hautacam, the same ascent where Tadej Pogacar had lost the Tour de France In 2022. On arrival, the leader in the training UAE Team Emirates-XRG Win the stage, leaving the Danish more than two minutes behind him. The teammate of “Pogi”the man to do everything, Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), spoke after the stage at our microphone in Cyclism’Actuon the performance achieved by its leader, the triple winner of the Large loop, Tadej Pogacar.
“He (Pogacar) has been waiting for this step for a long time …”
“Last night, the atmosphere was already good”, Starts German. “We saw that he was fine. Of course, a fall always has a little impact, but he was super confident for today. And I think we can really be proud today, as a team, especially the way he finished. He had been waiting for this step for a long time, he had checked it. He even said it on the bus before departure: he wanted to win today. So yes, I checked the first 100 kilometers until the first 100 Guy took over.
We had absent, João (Almeida) in particular, and sick runners, but despite that, the atmosphere remains very good. I think we are very strong. Everyone gives themselves 100, 110 % right now. We now have a good gap, but there is still work. There is a little more than a week to Paris, still quite a drop. And it is sure that Visma will still try something. So we have to stay focused for the next few days, and I hope we can manage it quietly. No, nothing surprises me with Pogacar. When he says he wants to go there, most of the time, he goes “, concluded Nils Politt to our microphone Cyclism’Actu.
