'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.

Tour de FranceStage 13 highlights: Kwiatkowski emerges victorious as Pogacar launches late attackAN HOUR AGO The damage was limited to eight seconds, as Pogacar crossed the line narrowly in front of Vingegaard while also taking four bonus seconds for finishing third on the stage. Pogacar and UAE may head away from Stage 13 with a sense of regret, as the team worked all day to try and control the break — seemingly with a stage win in mind — but they did not get it and a lot of effort was invested for a small reward. That was the view of Adam Blythe, Robbie McEwen, Dan Lloyd and host Orla Chennaoui on The Breakaway.

Reflecting on Pogacar leaving it late to attack, Blythe said: “We knew it was coming but I thought it would be sooner. “It was an amazing attack, but for me we knew it was coming but that was a lot of work from his team for the one minute of effort that he did. “That’s three hours of work done by his team, a lot of riders in the red.

We saw Marc Soler, he was done at the end of it. “We have two huge days coming up, massive days, and they have done all that work for a minute of effort and four seconds’ advantage. «It’s not a lot of advantage in the grand scheme of things and with what’s to come.