Tom Dumoulin: ‘We had everything under control’ | Cycling

sport">“I look forward. It is actually a ski slope on which a kind of goat path has now been laid up, ”said the Limburger of Jumbo-Visma on Tuesday at the WE after the sixteenth stage won by the German Lennard Kämna. The yellow jersey of his Slovenian teammate Primoz Roglic had not been in danger.

sport">That could be different on Wednesday in perhaps the most difficult stage of this round. “I think it might be even harder the next day, but the arrival in Méribel is much more difficult.” That is why the riders of Jumbo-Visma took it relatively easy on Tuesday and left a large leading group.

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sport">“There was little to gain for us today. In the end, Pogacar accelerated a bit, as we expected. He feels good. But we had everything under control and are another day further. We still need our strength in the coming days. ” The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar is Roglic’s closest attacker. The difference between the compatriots is 40 seconds.

sport">Wednesday’s ride brings Dumoulin to an area he knows well. “I have often skied there and we also explored this pass last month. I recognized many, although now it was green instead of white. It is a nice climb, very irregular with parts of 20 percent increase, then 5 percent. It is well paved. ”

sport">The path that Dumoulin talked about concerns the last 7 kilometers of the 21-kilometer final climb. It is a new road, specially built for cycling enthusiasts. “I like it, it is a very special road. I took a lot of pictures there. ”

sport">watch here the results, the stage schedule in the positions in various rankings in Tour de France.

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