2023-07-06 20:11:07
Jonas Vingegaard suffered this Thursday on the roads of the Tour. STEPHANE MAHE / REUTERS
THE QUESTION OF THE DAY – Beaten by Tadej Pogacar in Cauterets-Cambasque, term this Thursday, of the 6th of the Tour de France, the Dane failed to rise to the height of the impressive work of Jumbo-Visma.
Jumbo-Visma wanted to win by knockout at Cauterets-Cambasque, 6th stage and first arrival at the top of the Tour 2023, to put an end, already, to the suspense of the Tour de France. The Dutch infernal machine has deployed major means. The Belgian Wout van Aert left belly to earth as soon as the flag was lowered. Scout. On a mission. The Belgian had found his superhero cape from the 2022 Tour capable of riding in the lead for tens and tens of kilometers without weakening, without letting anyone pass. Whatever the terrain.
Behind the breakaway, Christophe Laporte in the lead, Jumbo-Visma accelerated the pace in sight and in the Tourmalet. Propelled by Sepp Kuss, precious bodyguard, Jonas Vingegaard attacked 1.3 km from the top of the mythical pass. Without managing to win Tadej Pogacar, the leader of the UAE Team Emirates team. Secluded but serene. Solid. Stuck in the wheel of a rival who gradually saw nervousness eat away at him, make him lose his lucidity and draw on his reserves, before abandoning him, running out of ideas and resources, on the climb to Cauterets, the last difficulty of an epic day that Van Aert, indestructible, attacked in the lead, before finishing on the hard shoulder 4.8 km from the finish.
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Frustrated goalscorer
The spirit of initiative and solidarity of the Jumbo-Visma team were rewarded with the yellow jersey of Jonas Vingegaard (who precedes the Slovenian by 25”) but the Dane left the flowers and the smiles to Tadej Pogacar. The Jumbo-Visma formation dreamed of a fatal blow, it struggled without counting, to find itself almost naked after having let slip the stage victory and contributed, in spite of itself, to inflate confidence in a rival who staggered.
Jonas Vingegaard did not know how to conclude the formidable work of his team. In Cauterets, the Dane was a frustrated goalscorer at having let a great opportunity slip away. It happens to all scorers, to all leaders. His yellow jersey did not have the shine of the Col du Granon, when, last year, he flew to his first stage victory on the Tour, symbol of his final victory. Vingegaard, weak link for a day was at the baton of an unfinished symphony. He, in spite of himself, helped to revive the suspense of a Tour which only hoped for that.
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