Jordan Jegat denounced virulent insults from Simone Velasco to the arrival of the 20th stage of the Tour de France 2025.
Arrival Houleuse for Jordan Jegat. The Totalnergie runner found himself in the heart of an incident with Simone Velasco (Astana),
During the 20th stage of the Tour de FranceSaturday in Pontarlier. With a 7th place on the stage, his best performance on this edition, Jegat returned to the altercation with the Italian, which insulted it on arrival.
“It is only (Simone) Velasco who insulted me with all the names on arrival. I’m not talking about Italian, but I understand very well what he told me ”confides Jegat in the mixed zone. According to him, Velasco reproached him for his presence in the breakaway: “We talk a lot about yellow cards in cycling, he would have deserved one today. Everyone is free to do what they want, it is in my right to be in the breakaway, and I do not see why they had to insult me like that. It disappointed me. »»
The Frenchman said that other runners understood his approach, even if some would have preferred not to see him in the breakaway. “Others have said to me: ‘It’s a shame that you’re here’, but no one insulted me (apart from him), they understood, it’s the game”he adds.
No attack for the last step
Now 10th in the general classification, Jegat has been proud and moved. “Well it’s good, we can applaud, right?” I went to get it, with a word that I will not say on TV. Inevitably, I am moved, and there remains a step tomorrow. I’m not going to attack. If I deserve it? Yes, I don’t know, everyone is fighting on the road. It is a pride and I am necessarily happy to be able to give that to the team ”he lets go.
The final verdict will fall on Sunday in Paris, on the Champs-Élysées, for the last stage of the Tour de France 2025. A last effort for Jegat, while Tadej Pogacar is about to win a fourth coronation.
