Expected to win a new Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar could hurt the big loop if he crushed it.
Six minutes ahead of his only real rival, Jonas Vingegaard, and six stage victories: Tadej Pogacar flew over the debates, last summer, on the roads of the Tour de France, the Slovenian enjoying the difficulties of the Danish, whose preparation had been disrupted by a fall on the Tour of the Basque Country in the spring.
This time, the leader of La Visma-Lease A Bike had optimal preparation. However, Tadej Pogacar appears to be the great favorite in his succession. Worse, many fear that the world number one crushes the race as last summer. Consequence of its procedure of force on the criterium of the Dauphiné.
If he was dominated on the time trial, the native of Klamanec seemed to be without rival in the mountains. Enough to fear a one -way turn. “Given that he also has a team that has been clearly strengthened, which has a lot of experience. And then, the Vingegaard team which seems to me a little less strong, explained to this purpose Cyril Guimard with Cyclism’Actu. Evenepoel, I don’t feel it. At least, not to play at this level. As long as he does not pass the percentages to more than 6%, it will be excluded for him to win. Unless he did what it took to pass them. »»
“It would be the death of the Tour de France”
However, the former sports director of Bernard Hinault does not imagine him winning ten stages as some evoke.
“It will not happen, he blown. You know, I know a team that has won 10 steps on the Tour. It is Tour 84 with Laurent Fignon’s victory. It was the Renault team. We won 10 steps, we lost one that would have done 11 with Vincent Barteau. He was so happy to take the jersey that he forgot to sprint and he did 2. It was the big Renault team. Today it is no longer possible. I could be wrong, but I don’t see how a runner could win 10 steps. »»
Such a scenario would also be a disaster for the big loop. “I believe that the worst is that it would be the death of the Tour de France, he said. He will be asked to brake if he had the capacity. »»
