Grande Boucle – With the uncertainty surrounding the condition of Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar, winner of the Giro a month ago, is at the start of the Tour de France in Florence as the big favourite
“I am dead…” Last summer, Tadej Pogacar had to give up in the Col de la Loze, caught up in his disrupted preparation. Eleven months have passed and the situation has changed a lot: Pogi has racked up 14 victories in the space of three months, giving huge upsets to the rest of the peloton. 1’39” on Liège-Bastogne-Liège. 2’44” on Strade Bianche. 3’41” on the Tour of Catalonia. Before a cheeky walk in the Giro, completed 9’56” ahead of his runner-up Daniel Felipe Martinez. Unheard of over three weeks since the 1984 Tour, where Laurent Fignon pushed Bernard Hinault back to 10’32”. The competition advances cautiously in Florence, hoping not to be run over.
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The peloton is unanimous when it comes to choosing who will carry the favorite sign. “I’m not going to be very playful,” smiles Julien Jurdie, sports director of Décathlon-AG2R. Pogacar is number 1, he flies through the debates. » With manner, what’s more. “You have to have the cojones to do what he does: we say to ourselves that it’s not possible, but for him, yes,” underlines Jean-François Bernard, third in the 1987 Tour. I hope he doesn’t go not win the chem(…) Read more on 20minutes
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