for Romain Bardet, “Tadej Pogacar will not want to be second in the Tour”

After the Alps, he is the best Frenchman overall. Romain Bardet (Team DSM), fourth 9 seconds behind third Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), is only 13 seconds behind Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), second, on the evening of the 13th stage, Friday July 15.

However, the Habs intend to keep a cool head. “I try to take the days one after the other because this Tour de France is difficult. I arrived in Copenhagen with a lot of uncertainties about my physical form, but they dissipate as the days go by. even riders who are superior to me in the mountains, and I don’t want to project myself too far. I don’t want to think about the time trial in Rocamadour”, he said on the set of the program “Vélo Club”, on France Télévisions.

The tricolor rider said there would be movement in the Pyrenees. According to him, the race is still long. “I don’t think there will be a status quo in the Pyrenees, the Jumbo team is very strong, but I know Pogacar won’t want to be second in the Tour de France. I think there will be other stages like the Granon. There will be at least one or two.”