At the risk of appearing even more arrogant than the reputation they enjoy, he and his UAE Team Emirates training, Tadej Pogacar advised his detractors to be silent.
This Wednesday, the Tour de France was marked by the fall under the red flame, splitting the peloton before the victory in the Sprint in a small committee of Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek). This 17th stage with a relatively little accident profile therefore smiled at a sprinter, leaving the yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) somewhat in the shade. Until the Slovenian passage before the press, however. “Arrogage is one thing, trying to win the turn is another” replied the defending champion, questioned about the accusations of arrogance of which his training is target.
“For example yesterday (Tuesday, editor’s note), we tried to calm things down, to control the pace of the race. We are not trying to be arrogant, we just try to make the race as easy as possible to win. Some would better be silent, it will sound super arrogant but good “Continued Tadej Pogacar, defending his teammate Nils Politt. The day before, the latter had summoned the runners at the front of the peloton to temper their offensive ardors. Authoritarian behavior, seriously criticized, in particular by observers, including Thomas Voeckler on France Télévisions.
Politt: “Apparently, we still have to learn the new rule”
This Wednesday before departure, the German was invited to return to this incident. Nils Politt then advocated ethics. “I have always been taught that the race calms down when the yellow jersey stops to urinate. No one was attacking at that time. But apparently, we still have to learn the new rule ”
pronounced the Lieutenant of Pogacar at the microphone of the Belgian media
Sporza.
“Tadej (Pogacar, Editor’s note) and I were the first runners to return to the peloton, then they started to attack, but there were still 30 to 40 runners behind” also defended Nils Politt. Loyal towards his leader, the one who had removed a stage during the Tour de France 2021 will probably be at the front of the peloton this Thursday during the first mountain stage in the Alps, opening the road to the yellow jersey.
