Despite the domination displayed by Tadej Pogacar on the roads of the Critérium du Dauphiné, Jonas Vingegaard should win the Tour de France, according to Jérôme Pineau.
Tadej Pogacar once again disgusted competition on the roads of the Critérium du Dauphiné. In ten days, the Slovenian indeed offered no less than three stages and finally won with almost a minute ahead of Principal Rival, Jonas Vingaard, unable to follow the rhythm of the leader of the UAE-Emirates team in the final climbing or Valmeinier climbs on Friday and Saturday.
Remco Evenepoel finished even further, at the foot of the podium, and did not hide some discouragement on Sunday on arrival. However, if Tadej Pogacar appears to be the main favorite for his succession, Jérôme Pineau is convinced of his defeat next month.
“I say today that Jonas Vingegaard will win the Tour de France, he brought to the Podcast RMC Grand Plateau. I believe in it firmly. He comes out of a preparation and I find him amazing in shape after everything that happened to him. I found it amazing last year in the second which never gave up my arms. He was far from Pogacar after undergoing a serious fall. »»
Tadej Pogacar may scatter
“We were almost sure he would not win. On the other hand, this year, watch out for Vingegaard. Me, I put him winner of the Tour because he showed things this week, and in particular on the time, which are breathtaking. Put thirty seconds to Pogacar when you see what he is doing on the weekend… ”, He continued, also convinced that the Slovenian, with an ever more gluttonous appetite, was going to scatter, especially during a first week made of mini-classics.
“He will run after the crumbs the first week because he likes competition, while Jonas Vingegaard is a calculator and this Tour de France, given the way it is traced, it will be necessary to calculate, not to escape and be very strong on the last week. And in this little game, I think Jonas Vingegaard is the big favorite of the Tour ”,
he added, adding: “I think he is so sure of him that he can be surprised. »»
