Jonas Vingegaard expressed his determination to compete with Tour de France leader Tadej Pogačar despite losing time during the Col de la Loze ascent on stage 18. Unlike the previous year, Vingegaard faced difficulty in maintaining pace with Pogačar. Although his team made significant efforts to challenge Pogačar, they were unable to gain time. Vingegaard praised the collective efforts of his team while acknowledging the challenge posed by Pogačar. He described stage 18 as extremely taxing and emphasized their strategic attempts during the race.
"Today was a brutal day, five hours in the saddle, I'm not sure I had ever done such a hard day in the Tour before, I said it before the stage, but this was a brutal stage."
"I felt good, the team felt good, we had big plans - obviously, you could see that we tried to go early, and we did. Unfortunately, we couldn't take time on Tadej."
Collection
[
|
...
]