Pogacar continues to tackle Vingegaard and his Visma team. Rivalry is intensifying at each stage of the Tour.
The tension between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard does not weaken. If the two leaders of the Tour de France display a courteous face in front of the cameras, their declarations suggest a more electric rivalry than it seems. Last episode to date: this Sunday, after a fall that upset the peloton, Pogacar criticized
The attitude of the Danish teammates, who remained at the top of the race without waiting for their leader. “If I was in the situation of Vingegaard, I would not be the happiest at the table this evening”Did he drop at the TV2 microphone.
This is not the first time that the wearer of the yellow jersey attacks the Visma-Lease A Bike team. Less than a week earlier, Pogacar already called them “A little annoying” Due to their many attacks. And from the 6ᵉ stage, he had deplored their tactical choices: “Visma is late, but what they did today had no meaning. They may have derailed. »»
The passive between Pogacar and Visma dates back several months. During the Critérium du Dauphiné, the general rehearsal of the big loop, he had strongly criticized their behavior in a descent of the Col de la Croix de Iron. “Frankly, they took unnecessary risks (…) It was really limited. I had to leave a little gap in case they were not going to succeed in taking the turns ”he said.
Visma in a “blacklist”?
More recently, Matteo Jorgenson seems to have entered the viewfinder of the Slovenian. In Vire, Pogacar did not understand why the American launched a sprint for anecdotal places. A few days later, he accused him of having embarrassed the catch of cans in a refueling area: “They do that all the time, to go ahead as if they were the only ones to have cans. You have to know how to be patient and respect everyone. »»
Enough to feed rumors around a “blacklist” run by UAE, where some runners would be targeted according to their attitude in the race. A hypothesis reinforced by the words of Nils Politt, teammate of Pogacar: “In our team bus, there is a list of friends and a black list. It is better to avoid being on this list. »»
