Pogacar-Vingegaard, the Tour has already started. The Slovenian: “Jonas is the big favourite”

A summer ago, the story of those two, the same as today, on Saturday, for the next three weeks. The comparison between Tadej Pogacar And Jonas Vingegaard it started in front of the Guggenheim Museum Of Bilbao, in front of a cheering crowd, with a beret on his head. The question, to which the ascent of Pike (2 km with peaks at 20%), on Saturday, he will give his first answers at the end of a stage with 3300 km of difference in altitude, is: how is Pogacar’s left wrist after the repaired fracture? The Slovenian, wearing the national champion’s jersey for the first time at the Tour, is pre-tactical, admits he still needs time “I have 70% mobility”.

The fracture in Liège and the slow return

The scaphoid and lunate fracture she strengthened herself also thanks to a guardian. Now she no longer wears it, but she has not been able to train for five weeks and she only resumed with intensity in early June. She won the two national titles last week, but she hasn’t had any real racing since April. “We’ll see in the race how I do,” she said Pogacar in the press conference, “I’ve had a good workout in the last two weeks but I haven’t run. Normally the Dauphiné or the Tour de Suisse is raced before the Tour de France. I think the legs are good, the head is super good, I hope I’m ready.” A look at the route of the first stages, unusually tough at the beginning of the Tour: “I think this first week is really tough and explosive, so it will be interesting. When I saw the route I was really excited, but after my injury, I’m a bit unsure about the first week, but I hope I have good legs. We have seen the end of the first stage, it will be super explosive. There will be a big selection, maybe 10 or 15 riders who can aim for the stage win. If I’m ready, it could be an opportunity to make money. If during the Tour I can take seconds here and there, I’d like to do it.”