The duel between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard for the overall victory in the 112nd Tour de France outshines everything. Remco Evenepoel feels at home in the slipstream of the two top favorites on his second tour of France. The Belgian really likes that the third of the classification has so far flies under the rader.
“These have been the winners of the past five years, so it is a great honor to compete against them. I can learn a lot from you, because the tour is pretty new to myself. I do my best and work hard to get to you as close as possible,” said Remco Evenepoel with a view of Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard at a press conference on the day of rest.
“I try to learn as much as possible from you. I am only 25 years old, so I have a few more years to achieve my goals on the tour and the Giro,” said the 25-year-old, who is currently in third place in the overall ranking of the Tour de France. Almost 90 seconds are missing for the yellow jersey, which is currently wearing Ben Healy. Pogacar is a minute away.
Evenepoel wants to annoy Pogacar and Vingegaard
On the upcoming stages, Evenepoel wants to “get as close as possible” to the top favorite for the overall victory. The Belgian hopes that Visma | Lease a bike and UAE-emirates team concentrate on the duel of the giants that they are forgeted something.
“I will let them play,” Evenepoel said the direction for the upcoming races and followed: “Now there are a few other stages on which I have to use my chances when the legs are there and then see what is possible. For us it is good that they concentrate on each other and not on us.”
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However, it will be difficult for the time trial specialist until the end of the tour victory. “Maybe Pogacar is a little further ahead when we thought. We weren’t entirely awake on the first stage, but after that we fought ourselves well. I’m where I should be. At the moment everything is fine. The actual fight for the overall ranking begins in two days,” he said on Tuesday.