Like a child looking at a sand castle, while a wave washes everything away just before the building is completely finished. For example, Merijn Zeeman gazes into the distance at the evening that Primoz Roglic did not win the Tour de France.
Tadej Pogacar trumped the Jumbo-Visma rider in the climbing time trial against all odds. The main goal that sports director Zeeman has worked on for so long has not yet been achieved. Roglic ends up in second place.
‘Superverdrietig’
“Who could have thought that?”, Zeeman sips. “It’s tough. Sport is about making stories with each other, gaining experiences with each other. They no longer take them away from us.”
“At UAE they are experiencing something great, we are very sad that it slipped out of our hands. This group deserved it, but we did not make it. When I saw it went wrong, my stomach turned for a moment.”
View the summary of the all-deciding time trial here:
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