After a 6th stage of Paris-Nice marked by the border successful by the Visma-Lease A Bike team, Matteo Jorgenson did not hide his pride when he strengthened his yellow leader jersey before the final weekend of the event.
The Visma-Lease A Bike team changed the face of Paris-Nice. When she had just lost Jonas Vingegaard, forced to abandon after a fall this Thursday, the Dutch formation achieved a real traffic at the approach of the last 50 kilometers of the 6th stage of the “sun race”, concluded by the victory of Mads Pedersen in the streets of Berre-l’Etang. A border skillfully orchestrated by the teammates of Matteo Jorgenson, who did not hide his feelings after having passed the finish line.
“I am so proud of my teammates,” said the wearer of the yellow jersey, who added that this race scenario had been anticipated by the whole “Beehive”. “We prepared a plan on this (Friday) morning and we executed it perfection,” added the American in a statement from his team. While we were on the bus, we took a look at the route and we knew that it could become quite windy in the section comprising the Côte des Baux-de-Provence. »»
Jorgenson in “good position for the weekend”
Once the blow was launched, Matteo Jorgenson said “to see the gaps dig when we turned around”. This gave the signal to continue the effort and “roll as hard as possible until the arrival”. In comments collected by the official website of the event, the title holder admitted his confidence in his training, which he willingly sees as “the best team for this kind of conditions”. “It’s nice to take full advantage of it and transform a very dark day, in terms of weather, into a good experience, at least in terms of results,” he added.
Now counting 40 seconds ahead of his runner-up in his dolphin in the general classification Florian Lipowitz, the Visma-Lease team runner Bike admits to being “in a good position for the weekend”, the program of which was changed with a 7th short-off stage this Saturday. In any case, the American does not intend to play defensive, he who wants to “attack the stage of tomorrow (Saturday) thoroughly” then “stay warm and bring this yellow jersey to Nice”. The tone is set for this last race weekend.
