After the 3rd stage of Tour de Francewon by the Eritrean Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty), Cyclism’- had the opportunity to speak with Cedric Vasseurthe team’s general manager Cofidis. This one notably mentioned Guillaume Martinwell on his feet at the start of Tour and who is seventh in the general classification before the first mountain stage. “Before the Tour, it wasn’t really the idea of being so well placed overall for Guillaume (Martin), but it proves that he is in good spirits and that he got through the first three without any problems. stage”explain Cédric Vasseur.
Video – Cédric Vasseur speaks after the 3rd stage of the 2024 Tour
“We will take stock tomorrow (Tuesday) evening and we will advise based on the circumstances”
“Now, there will be an explanation tomorrow (Tuesday) between the riders in the general classification, with the Lautaret and especially the terrible Galibier, and we can hope that Guillaume can continue on his momentum. We will take stock tomorrow evening and we will decide according to the circumstances”. The Northerner also gave his point of view on the battle between the favorites of this Tour de France 2024who will play an important part during this first stage at high altitude.
“UAE and Pogacar must ask themselves questions”
“I hope that the Tour will not be folded tomorrow (Tuesday) evening, but based on what we saw yesterday (Sunday), I think that Pogacar and Vingegaard will have difficulty deciding between themselves during this 4th stage. In my opinion, we will have to wait for the accumulation of fatigue to see differences created”he believes, before speaking specifically about the duel between the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and the Dane Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), who already came face to face on Sunday in the San Luca coast.
“We must have been disappointed yesterday (Sunday) eveningon the UAE side, because we really thought that Pogacar could crush the Tour de France and we finally saw a Vingegaard rather at ease and who was not in difficulty on the attack of Pogacar. UAE and Pogacar must ask themselves questions and Tuesday could bring answers”concludes the boss of a team Cofidis who saw his sprinter Bryan Coquard take tenth place in the 3rd stage.
