Jérôme Pineau reacted this Monday to the statements of Jonas Vingegaard in his chances of beating Tadej Pogacar and winning the Tour de France at the end of the week. The RMC Sport consultant thinks that the Danes of La Visma-Lease A Bike sent a message to his teammates.
We thought it capable of making equal play with Tadej Pogacar but Jonas Vingegaard also underwent the law of Slovenian in the Pyrenees. Second with 4’17 ” behind his rival before the 16th stage disputed this Tuesday between Montpellier and Mont Ventoux, the Danes of the Visma-Lease training was ambitious during the rest day. According to him, “Pogi” can also experience a less well and he intends to take advantage of it.
“Of course he believes in it, of course. He made a preparation focused on the Tour de France, he did not run from Paris-Nice, he did mountain tests and isolated himself for days and days and weeks and weeks to be able to perform on the Tour,” analyzed Jérôme Pineau after the release of the current second in the general classification. “And he will still believe there a week from the finish with the Alps and Mont Ventoux to pass. It is normal that he believes in it, he tries to convince himself that everything is not over and that Pogi can also have one day without. And it is normal that he speaks like that and I think he believes it.”
“Don’t let me go”, the call from Vingegaard to his teammates
Distancing by Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard must also turn off his pursuers. But to get there, the double winner of the Tour de France (2022 and 2023) must be able to benefit from the support of all his teammates. This is not so easy when some Visma-Lease a bike runners might want to try their luck in solo to get a stopover on the end of the race.
“Vingegaard also saw what was going on on the ground. I think there is a call for help with his teammates. One ‘do not let me go, come back to me’. He saw that the collective was in deliquescence and we came with eight captains on this great tour,” continued Jérôme Pineau about the Danish. “We have seen that, as soon as the first flaw arrived for Vingegaard, the others took the escaper powder and reflected in a possible stage victory. We saw Jorgenson get won for the classification in order to try to go to an escape. Van Aert is not at all collective, campsa neither. We saw this Sunday Vingegaard, while the others have attacked. bring everyone back. “
“Pogacar will not leave him anything, he will not let go”
But, even by benefiting from the total support of all his teammates, Jonas Vingegaard will have only a tiny hope of doubled Tadej Pogacar. For the RMC Sport consultant, the Danish would do well to try to seek a prestige victory rather than the yellow jersey by the arrival in Paris next Sunday.
“Now, I think that it remains much lower than Pogi and Vingegaard has every interest in trying, why not, to go and seek a stage victory. But it seems that Pogacar does not want this victory (from Vingegaard). He will not leave him anything, he will let him go,” finally judged Jérôme Pineau before the last days of racing. “Vingegaard will have to show his superiority. But it’s very reassuring, it’s great for the suspense to the end.”
And to conclude: and it is very reassuring to hear these words because it means that the boy is human and that he believes that the other opposite is also human and that he can also get stuck. So he’s right to speak like that and I think he really believes in what he says. “