Tadej Pogacar 'ready for anything' in fight for yellow jersey with Jonas Vingegaard at Tour de France

10.07.2023 - 19:21 eurosport.com

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) says he is prepared for anything Jumbo-Visma will throw at him in the remainder of the Tour de France.

Pogacar currently trails the yellow jersey of Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) by 17 seconds ahead of Stage 10. Ad The Tour so far has seen the pair fight it out in GC, with Vingegaard currently keeping his nose just ahead despite leaking time on Sunday's climb of the iconic Puy de Dome.

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I just feel good every day,» Pogacar said. «Today was a good rest day and I'm ready to go racing again tomorrow. I'm really happy so far with this Tour and feeling better day by day.» One journalist told Pogacar that Jumbo-Visma had said that his climb up the Puy de Dome was some of his finest — if not his very best — 35 minutes of climbing.

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Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) is likely to be «very, very angry» at the way Stage 14 panned out in his general classification tussle with Jonas Vingegaard, reckons Eurosport's Adam Blythe. Pogacar led Vingegaard home after a 151.8km ride from Annemasse to Morzine les Portes du Soleil, collecting two bonus seconds more than his rival at the finish as Carlos Rodriguez netted the win to make it back-to-back victories for Ineos Grenadiers. Ad However, Vingegaard topped the Col de Joux Plane ahead of Pogacar, getting bonus seconds of his own and securing a net gain on the stage of one second.

Tour de France: Carlos Rodriguez wins Stage 14 as epic Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard battle ends in stalemate

Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) took advantage of the GC leaders watching each other to win Stage 14 of the Tour de France, as Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo Visma) emerged from his Alps showdown with Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) having made the smallest of possible gains in the battle for the maillot jaune. Together as they came to the top of the final climb, the hors categorie Col de Joux Plane, which came with bonus seconds for the first three riders, Pogacar tried to attack Vingegaard but was impeded by motorbikes, which were themselves slowed by the thick corridor of spectators.

Tadej Pogacar ‘forgets his team-mates are human’ says Dan Lloyd ahead of Stage 14 of Tour de France 2023

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) took a chunk out of Jonas Vingegaard’s Tour de France lead on Stage 13 – eight seconds to be exact – but the tactics of the Slovenian were questioned on The Breakaway. UAE Team Emirates worked all day on the front to control the break for Pogacar, who put four seconds into Vingegaard and collected a further four in bonus seconds. But the wisdom of that work was called into question by The Breakaway team ahead of Stage 14.

'All that work for that?' - UAE tactics questioned after late Tadej Pogacar attack on Tour de France Stage 13

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) ate into Jonas Vingegaard’s Tour de France lead to the tune of eight seconds on Friday, but the Eurosport team on The Breakaway were critical of the tactics of the team. Pogacar had fond memories of the Grand Colombier, having won there on route to Tour de France victory in 2020. Ad Vingegaard’s Jumbo-Visma team felt the Colombier would be better suited to Pogacar than the defending champion, and so it proved.

Tadej Pogacar continues to close gap on Jonas Vingegaard after Tour de France stage 13

Tadej Pogacar continued to close the gap on Tour de France leader Jonas Vingegaard after a late, brutal uphill sprint in the finale of Friday's 13th stage at the top of the Col du Grand Colombier.

Tour de France: Michal Kwiatkowski wins atop Grand Colombier as Tadej Pogacar trims gap to Jonas Vingegaard

Michal Kwiatkowski delivered some overdue joy for Ineos Grenadiers with a brilliant solo win atop Grand Colombier on Stage 13 as Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) trimmed the gap to Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) in the yellow jersey with a blistering last-gasp attack. Pogacar swept up most of the escapees with his final flurry to take third and four bonus seconds, chiselling eight in total back on Vingegaard, to leave the gap in the overall standings at nine seconds.