Visma-Lease a Bike and Jonas Vingegaard's rising confidence are challenges for Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates in the Tour de France. Joxean Fernández Matxin emphasizes the primary objective is to defend the yellow jersey. Vingegaard, in need of taking risks to close a four-minute gap, must attempt to make Pogačar suffer. Despite previous struggles on certain climbs, Pogačar performed well in this year's Tour. Matxin asserts that Pogačar is at one of the best points in his career, despite his modest improvement since the Dauphiné race.
"It's only normal that Jonas Vingegaard has to try to attack. He's over four minutes behind, so if he wants to win the Tour de France, he has no choice."
"The situation is the same in the Alps as it was before. He has to take that risk and take another step up if he wants Tadej to suffer."
"That's 66% so far, so that's a good percentage."
"I only know about Tadej. And all I know is that he is better than in the Dauphiné. He's definitely at one of the best moments in his career."
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