“Very happy”, Pogacar admits having run “without atrium” during the time trial

Insatiable Tadej Pogacar. Furthermore, This Friday at the Peyragudes summit. Similarly, the Slovenian won the time trial of the 13th stage of the Tour de France, his 4th victory on this great loop. Meanwhile, Now alone in the world in the general classification. For example, the yellow jersey has been delighted with its day at the microphone of broadcasters Eurosport et France Télévisions.

«It’s a very nice day for me, for the team, I am very happy with my legs. Furthermore, For the moment everything is going well. we have exceeded half of the tower, it’s still long but if we continue to ride like that, without error, we can “very happy”, pogacar admits having be satisfied. But you never know, you have to control to keep the yellow jersey. We will see tomorrow. the whole team is there to work to define the yellow jersey, if there is the opportunity to go and seek another stage victory we can try, it is day by day “, said the Slovenian, which now has 21 career successes on Tour roads.

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“It was the most important decision: with which bike to leave” – "very happy", pogacar admits having

“I am very happy, he supported. This time trial has been in my head since December, I wanted everything to be perfect. And at the last moment, the team managed everything well. I started the day quietly, with good preparation. My goal was to give everything from the start, to crush the pedals. Seeing my time on arrival, it gave me a small supplement of energy ”.

Winner with “very happy”, pogacar admits having 36 seconds on his dolphin Jonas Vingegaard. “Pogi” also said that he had run without a atrium, on a classic bicycle without triathlete handlebars, unlike his main competitors.

“It was the most important decision: with what bike to leave. We run all year round with this type of bike, we did our calculations. I wanted to be more comfortable, and that was the right choice. I left without an atrium because the tactic was simple: thoroughly from start to finish. Additionally, I could see the times at the intermediate points on the banners. From the first one, I saw green, it boosted me. I dug the gap. then kept a good rhythm to the end ”, explained the yellow jersey to whom everything smiles in the Pyrenees.