Although he finished the stage with the yellow jersey group more than 7 minutes from the winner of the day, the Australian Kaden Groves (Alpecin-DECEUNINCK), Wout van Aert (Team Visma | Lease A Bike) was active this Saturday during the 20th stage of Tour de France. Present in the breakaway at the start of the stage, he failed to stay in the right group and finally decided to return to the peloton in order to keep forces for the last stage on Sunday. Indeed, with the addition of passages to Montmartre, the Belgian has a huge card to play, the final suitable him much more than usual this year. In any case, this will be his last chance to win a stage on this 112nd edition of the Grande Boucle.
VIDEO – The reaction of Tadej Pogacar after the 20th stage
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“With Montmartre, I am much more motivated than before”
After the arrival, he first returned to this 20th stage: “In the first part of the race, I did not have the legs that I hoped. I tried, but I did not have the explosiveness necessary to be in the right blow. We were not far behind on the steep climb, and I knew that the race was going to explode again. I was able to hang a nice group, but we were driving in a no man's land: there were more runners with a teammate. will try my luck again tomorrow “.
He then continues on his ambitions, while the arrival in Paris will be his last chance to raise his arms on the Tour de France This year : “I am much more motivated than before. I sometimes got involved in massive sprints, with some success once, but the other times they were easy sprints. There, with Montmartre, it is a more classic configuration, even if it will be a short and explosive race. But it is a type of effort that suits me. I hope Pogacar will not get involved. To be honest, but he will no longer be very motivated. weather report”he concludes.
