Emmanuel Langellier, media365: published on Sunday July 13, 2025 at 12:52 p.m.
Leader of the Tour de France, Tadej Pogcar allowed himself a new tackle to the Rivale Visma-Lease A Bike team, that of Jonas Vingegaard.
Thursday, at the end of the 6th stage which saw him yield his yellow jersey for a small second to Mathieu Van der Poel, had already tancied the Rivale Visma-Lease A Bike team. It was then a question of tactics, the Slovenian pointing the curious strategy of the formation of Jonas Vingegaard. “Visma tried I don’t know what. (…) They may have information on Van der Poel, who was suffering in front, wasted time, and Visma may have wanted to give me the yellow jersey today. But in the end, Mathieu has it for a second. So hat, superb race. (…) I don’t mind not having the yellow jersey, but the goal is to spend as little as possible, “said” Pogi “before putting a layer with a radio from his country:” I know they are behind, but what they did today (Thursday) was absolutely ridiculous. They may have been a little lost after the time (laughs), quipped “Pogi”. But yes, maybe they were trying to keep the yellow jersey. But I don’t care. I don’t mind driving with the yellow jersey. »»
“You have to know how to be patient and respect everyone”
Before the departure of the 8th stage, won on Saturday in the sprint by Jonathan Milan, Pogacar tackled the Visma. No strategy this time, this is a story of supplies. The Slovenian glutton spoke of a hanging with Matteo Jorgenson during the 7th stage between Saint-Malo and Mûr-de-Bretagne. “We were in the refueling area, we were driving in Indian line and I showed that I intended to take my container. My healer was about 20 meters after that of Visma, but the screws decided to go to the right and if I wanted to take my container, I had no other choice than to push him a little, explained the triple winner of the Great Loop, who also left a doubt about his next participation in the Vuelta. They do that all the time, to pass you in front in the refueling area as if they were the only ones to have cans. You have to know how to be patient and respect everyone ”.
The screw: “an incident of nothing at all”
The Visma answered him. “I think it is an incident of nothing at all,” said Grischa Nierman, the sports director of the Visma Lease A Bike. Matteo sought to take a can, Tadej also wanted to recover a can. I think we should tell our trainers to stand a little more away from each other. I think that, like that, they did not have a can both, because Matteo also missed his. It’s a shame. »We are only at third of the race, so it is likely that we still have other bibbilles by the end of this 112nd edition …
