"He can at least trust us now" - Visma responds to Pogacar's comments of underhanded tactics with fair play gesture
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Calm before the storm that should be the first big mountain stage on Thursday, stage 11 of Tour de France was a black box in terms of predicting any development, but ultimately came to a stalemate with race favourite Tadej Pogacar crashing in last kilometers, the peloton came to a halt under the command of Visma | Lease a Bike and Remco Evenepoel.
When the world champion went down, there was some confusion in peloton as to why is the race being neutralized. "I heard a crash," Visma co-leader Matteo Jorgenson told NOS afterward. "It happened right behind me, I think. Afterward, we decided to wait, which was a sportsmanship decision."
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The seventh stage of Tour de France created extra tension between the Slovenian and Visma after cameras caught an incident occur between Pogacar and Jorgenson in a feeding zone. Following the stage, Pogacar made comments about underhanded tactics of the Dutch team trying to find a way to overthrow the defending champion of Tour.
Jorgenson believes those feelings will have mellowed down after a fair play gesture from peloton when Pogacar hit the deck. "After last week's accusations of unsportsmanlike conduct, he can now at least trust that we want to beat him in a sporting manner. I'd never seen those accusations against him before."
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Ondrej ZhasilCycling Journalist
Ondřej Zhasil is a cycling journalist at CyclingUpToDate and has been part of the team since 2023. He is based in Ostrava, the third-largest city in the Czech Republic, and covers professional cycling across the main UCI competitions, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España. A key focus of his work is startlist analysis and pre-race coverage, where he examines team selections, rider line-ups, and tactical scenarios ahead of major events.
Alongside WorldTour coverage, Ondřej has developed specific expertise in junior cycling and in racing across East Asia, including competitions in China and Japan. He also maintains a broad working knowledge of other disciplines and levels, including cyclocross, while continuing to expand his understanding of mountain bike racing.
Ondřej holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Physics, which supports his analytical, data-driven approach to performance and race analysis. In his reporting, he regularly uses ProCyclingStats for results, statistics, and historical context. He places strong emphasis on careful sourcing, editorial accuracy, and updating articles promptly when new, verified information becomes available.
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- great analysis thanks! appreciate you posting this. I didn't realize CX had a different standard for deviation. this is even more egregious it seems.mij10-11-2026
- As he isn't currently with Red Bull, I guess if he want to race for one more year he needs to find a team. He's 37 so this will be his last year I would guess, unless he wants to race for almost nothing like Froome did.awp10-11-2026
- I think some are making much ado about nothing. Even though Jonas is getting older, before his crash in the Tour, he looked like a solid 2nd all the way home. No one can really climb with Tadej until this year, Eric Mas showed himself which I think was a one off year for him and Paul Seixas has been able to be pretty close to him. Whatever stage race Jonas enters as long as Tadej is not there he is a favorite to win.awp10-11-2026
- Giro or not Giro, he won't win the Tour!MajorPayne10-11-2026
- Very true.awp10-11-2026
- Ciccone had a very strong end of season. Consistently attacking and livening up races. Hope he makes that last leap in progress and starts notching some significant wins. Great rider to watch.Occam10-11-2026
- Me too!!!!!Occam10-11-2026
- they can sign any 100 of top riders today but Pogi will win over Remco any time at the TDF unless something goes wrongabstractengineer10-11-2026
- the time for a GC rider to retire is when they cannot win stages, or have a significant level drop like from winner/podium into top 5/10 consistently. Roglic is still competitive and Froome raced even though he became pack fodder.abstractengineer10-11-2026
- He should be in a different team. It was detrimental. For them it does not matter if he does not develop. He should have gone to a team where they need him to succeed.abstractengineer10-11-2026
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