The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE), leader of DauphinéHe explained that his attack was a method of defense and stressed that he did not need to spend all his energies on “such a long and suffocating heat.”
“The team wanted to control the entire climb, but Comma He tried with several attacks. I am very happy with the performance of Pavel Sivakov And the whole team. We had to defend ourselves not to be attacked by all the rivals of the Comma. In the end I launched 12 km from the end and kept a good rhythm to the top. I am very happy to be able to defend the jersey in this way, “Pogacar said in the finish line.
The visma attacked before the top of the Croix de Fer and then, in fact, I think they wanted to release me in the descent
Pogacar admitted the fact of having gone through dangerous moments in the Croix to do, especially in the descent.
“The visma attacked before the top of the Croix to do And then, in fact, I think they wanted to let go of the descent. There was a little danger in the first kilometers of descent. I didn't like it, but this is modern cycling. “
There was a little danger in the first kilometers of descent
Pogacar explained that after that descent “Pavel Sivakov returned, he took control again and everything went well. On the last climb he told me that I couldn't endure much more, so he prepared me for an attack. I simply committed myself because I didn't want attacks behind.”
The leader of Dauphiné He recalled Vingegaard's strength, but at the same time made it clear that he did not have to leave all the energy in the climb to Valmeinier.
I had enough time to lower the rhythm on the last kilometer and recover
“Jonas was very strong, but I didn't want to go too far. It was a very hot and long climb. Luckily, I had enough time to lower the rhythm in the last kilometer and recover,” he said.
Pogacar believes that his maximum Danish rival will be “even stronger in the Tour of France, but there our team will have two more climbers,” he concluded
