Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) says he has had a change of tactics to last year's Tour de France as he battles it out with Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) in the general classification.
Pogacar is currently ten seconds behind Vingegaard in the GC battle and it seems the Slovenian is happy to wait before launching an attack during the final week of the Tour.
Ad «Last year [at the second rest day] I was far behind and maybe wanting too much,» Pogacar said. Tour de FranceVingegaard lacks the confidence to attack Pogacar — BlytheYESTERDAY AT 18:15 «I was just doing stupid moves.
This year is more controlled. I am not so far behind time-wise this time, so I’m not throwing all the bombs at once. »Maybe just once and doing it 100 percent, so that’s a different situation." Pogacar says there is no psychological battle unfolding between himself and Vingegaard and that the yellow jersey will go to the fittest of the pair. «I can see Jonas is looking pretty good in the bunch,» he said. «He doesn’t seem to be too nervous.