French revelation of this start of the Tour de France, Jordan Jegat (26) was elected the most combative runner of the second week. Currently at the gates of the TOP 10 in general, the new leader of the Totalnergies team has notably been part of the breakaway during the 14th and 15th stages.
Jordan Jegat succeeds Mathieu Van der Poel. The unfortunate Dutch runner forced abandoned Tuesday before even appearing at the start of the 16th stage had been rewarded for having been one of the great hosts of a first week who had notably seen the former world champion wear the yellow jersey for four days and win the 2nd stage, in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
For similar reasons, Jegat was elected on Monday on the sidelines of the second day of the most combative runner of the second week. Unlike his predecessor, the new leader of the Totalnergies team following the abandonment of the Belgian Steff Kras, a potential number 1 before the big departure of Lille, on July 5, did not have the pleasure of occupying orders from the general classification or even winning a step.
However, the young Vannetais of 26 years old, who participated in the large loop for the second time (Editor’s note: he had finished 28th in 2024), was a lot of actor and turned into a great actor of this second week marked mainly by several stages at high altitude programmed in the Pyrenees, including a time trial, last Friday, that Jegat had finished in 24th place.
Jegat has hosted the last two steps
Breton, undoubtedly the French revelation of this start of the round, notably animated the last two stages, the 14th (Pau-Luchon-Superbagnères) and the 15th, between Muret and Carcassonne, by slipping two times into the escape. The teammate of Anthony Turgis and Mathieu Burgaudeau in particular was not rewarded for his efforts. However, he promised to try his luck again.
But, above all, the initiatives of the one that few people would have imagined as well at the dawn of the last week before the departure of Lille allows him today to knock on the doors of the top 10, with a superb 11th place as a general at just under 20 minutes from Tadej Pogacar but less than a minute from the 10th Ben Healy. A hell of a performance for the moment of Jegat, which deserves its reward while perhaps waiting to know its day of glory.
