"It's definitely advantage Jonas Vingegaard," he declares although despite
Tadej Pogacar now being 1:48 down on his great rival at the top of the general classification, McEwen refuses to rule him out. "With that mountain stage to come, and a tricky stage in the Vosges mountains towards the end of the race, this is not over."
The Aussie's Breakaway companion and fellow Eurosport analyst
Daniel Lloyd also agreed. "Pogacar has won this race twice. He's not going to settle for second place without a fight," he says. "This time 12 months ago, the time gap between Pogacar and Vingegaard was bigger than it is at the end of today's stage. And we saw how much fight Pogacar put into it through to the end last year."
"He'll do exactly the same tomorrow (stage 17)," concludes Lloyd. "If it doesn't work tomorrow he'll do exactly the same on Stage 20 on the last mountain day. So this race is not over but it's certainly looking in favour of Jonas Vingegaard."
