The big boss of Tour de Franceit's him. After winning his 100th career victory this Tuesday during the 4th stage, Tadej Pogacar (Uae Team Emirates Xrg) this time had to be satisfied with 2nd place, behind an untouchable Remco Evenepoel (Sudal Quick-Step). While theAero Bullet confirmed, after his titles to Olympic Games and World championshipsthat he was the best in the world against the time, it was the Slovenian ogre that carried out the right operation of the day in the fight for the yellow jersey. While everyone predicted an extremely tight match with their big rival Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease A Bike), it was nothing. Pogacar simply crushed the double winner of Tour de Francetaking him more than a minute on the line. A chasm. Inevitably, he appeared satisfied on arrival. “I am super happy with the way I rolled today” he declared in the mixed zone.
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“I am less than 20 seconds from the best in the world”
He continued by insisting on the right operation carried out as part of the general classification. “You realize, I am only 16 seconds from the Olympic champion, the world champion and probably the best chrono runner at the moment. I am extremely happy. And in addition, apart from Evenepoel, I save time on all my other rivals for the yellow jersey. Especially since I did not expect to save so much time, I thought that Vingegaard would be closer”.
But the most surprising no doubt is that Tadej Pogacar is a leader of three rankings at the dawn of the 6th stage. He dominates the general classification with 42 seconds ahead of Evenepoelhe keeps his polka dot jersey since there was no points to take today, but he also comes at the top of the ranking … from the green jersey! Pogacar indeed has 5 points ahead of the sprinter Jonathan Milan (Lidl – Trek). But not enough to make it a goal. “The most important thing is to bring the yellow jersey to Paris on the Champs-Élysées. Nothing is done, the route has in store for us, we have seen it since the start of the round. We will have to stay focused until the end because it is still very long. Besides, it will undoubtedly be complicated to defend the yellow jersey for so long …”. Translation ? The escapes may have a chance tomorrow because UAE Team Emirates XRG Do not intend to control!
