19th stage victory over the Tour de France pour Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)! The world champion did not force his talent to win the 7th stage in Mûr-de-Bretagne, and was satisfied with a sprint between the general's favorites. If he put his team and more precisely Nils Politt To contribution all day to control the breakaway of the day, the Slovenian did not attack the end in the final and preferred to leave his Danish rival to the maneuvers, to finally get ahead of it on the line. The world number one at the same time recovers the yellow jersey, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-deceuninck) having given in in the last ascent.
Video – Tadej Pogacar already back in yellow
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“I hope Joao is fine, this victory is for him”
With this victory and the yellow jersey, the day is almost perfect for Tadej Pogacar :“I am very happy with the victory today. We ran almost perfectly. Unfortunately, João fell, I hope it is fine. If it is fine, it's a perfect day, if it is not going well, this victory is for him. I think Mathieu Van der Poel and I know this final very well. We both have good memories here. We wanted more or less the same thing, it was to win over this legendary. On the road yesterday.
Indeed, the Slovenian and his team seemed to master all day: “We did an incredible job today. All my teammates were perfect. It was a hot, super fast and hard day. We had a plan, we set ourselves there. The team took me to the end of the ascent. Normally, João had to be there, but he fell. Jhonatan Narvaez spent the last kilometer, he did a great job to keep the peloton. Me.”
