If he dominated the debates during the three weeks of the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar seemed to be disinterested in certain stage victories, to the surprise of Jordan Jegat.
Jordan Jegat is undoubtedly the true French revelation of this 2025 Tour de France. Because if Kevin Vauquelin was the most prominent tricolor, he was not an unknown for the general public. As a result of his stage victory on the Tour, last year. And his second place on the Walloon arrow in the spring or more recently on the Tour of Switzerland inevitably generated many expectations.
This 2025 tour, concluded that a very beautiful 10e Make way for the general classification, constitutes the first real real fact of Jordan Jegat. The leader in Totalenergies, who worked at the factory at 20, changed people on this large loop and spawned in the mountains with the peloton stars.
“In the end, we don’t see them that much. They are often protected by their team, he said to this purpose with RMC. But when we meet them, we look at them with another eye, like great champions. We admire them. During the 10th stage, I was with them in the last ascent and I said to myself: ‘This is still something’. »»
A stage victory nevertheless seemed to him inaccessible.
“Of course, I would give my top 10 against a stage, there is no debate. But if we remove those of sprinters, those of Pogacar and those of other champions, there is not much left for the others ”, he explained.
“For once, it really shocked me”
To this end, the Breton had a hard time understanding why Tadej Pogacar had seemed to be disinterested in certain stage victories, especially in the Alps. “For once, it really shocked me. On arrival, I saw Thymen Arensman or Ben O’Connor win and it really surprised me. I do not know if he had the way to do it but it is amazing to see that Pogacar did not beat them ”he blown.
“Sometimes we ask ourselves the question the day before: will Pogacar or the Visma-Lease in Bike want to win?” We try to apprehend this scenario and be able to counter it. But we don’t necessarily have the choice ”, he continued, adding:
“This year, the UAEs were less dominant. They lost Joao Almeida quickly, Pavel Sivakov was sick. It is no longer the Visma-Lease A Bike by Jonas Vingegaard who decided to the racing. »»
