Pogacar, however, hinted there was not much he could do for now. We're just 50 (53) seconds behind Vingegaard and it's only the fifth stage. He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep. tags: insomnia, night, sleep, sleeplessness, stress, work-load. sleep is such a luxury, which i cant afford. "We fought in the first days and took yellow. Quotes tagged as 'sleeplessness' Showing 1-30 of 87. "We were hoping he would be in good condition but we knew since Liege-Bastogne-Liege (where Pogacar broke his wrist) it would be difficult to be at 100%," said Gianetti. Pogacar was focusing on Vingegaard, but when it was time to react, the Slovenian's head dropped. Hindley won the Giro d'Italia, we had said that the battle is not only between Tadej and Vingegaard and we have to expect other contenders and we see that Hindley is a big contender." "Vingegaard is super good but Tadej was not good enough to be with Jonas. "Fortunately we had an advantage from the first two stages (after Pogacar picked up bonus seconds). In the first two stages near Bilbao on the short climbs, Tadej was fine but today it's a bit different," UAE Emirates team manager Mauro Gianetti told reporters. "Vingegaard was very, very impressive and very good game by Hindley. With a tougher mountain trek through the Col d'Aspin and Col du Tourmalet on Thursday, the two-time Tour champion will be worried that he might get hit again.ĭamage control and hoping to peak in the final week in the Alps seem to be Pogacar's best hope of regaining the title he lost to Vingegaard last year. "It's a big blow, it's the first mountain stage," Pogacar said. UAE Emirates controlled the pace but Pogacar was without a team mate when Vingegaard made his move. "Tadej, what do we do?," one of his team mates said on the team radio as a group of 36 riders, including Hindley, broke away early in the stage. The 24-year-old Slovenian, who is often seen with a smile on his face regardless of the circumstances, looked stunned at the finish line after he and his team were caught by surprise. Vingegaard's brutal acceleration near the top of the Col de Marie Blanque was too much for Pogacar, who had to dig deep to limit the damage.Īustralian Jai Hindley won the stage and took the overall leader's yellow jersey from Pogacar's UAE Emirates team mate Adam Yates, with Vingegaard moving up to second, 53 seconds ahead of sixth-placed Pogacar. Pogacar, who attacked several times in the first two hilly stages, lost more than a minute to Dane Vingegaard as his lack of fitness showed in the fifth stage on Wednesday after his preparations were hampered by a fractured wrist in late April. LARUNS, France, July 5 (Reuters) - Tadej Pogacar was expected to attack in the Tour de France's first mountain stage, yet it was defending champion Jonas Vingegaard who struck first, leaving the Slovenian worried and hoping he will regain his best form before it is too late.
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