Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar on his race strategy in GC battle with Jonas Vingegaard - 'This year is more controlled'

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.

Rather than our heads, I think it’s going to come down to our legs this year.» Vingegaard lacks the confidence to attack Pogacar — Blythe Poels wins maiden Grand Tour stages as Vingegaard fends off Pogacar to sustain GC lead Pogacar was forced to delay his preparations for the Tour de France after fracturing his wrist in a crash at Liege-Bastogne-Liege. He says he is feeling physically fine at the moment, but admits he is still experiencing some pain in his wrist, which may mean he will need to take time off to recover once the Tour reaches its conclusion. «My legs are good and that’s the most important thing,» he said.