"He’s probably the most disappointed guy going into a yellow jersey in history" - Robbie McEwen on Jonas Vingegaard

Jonas Vingegaard took control of the general classification at the 2023 Tour de France on stage 6. Despite this, the fact his advantage over Tadej Pogacar was slashed meaning the Dane wasn't totally happy, as Robbie McEwen evaluates.

“The plan was good but they got over-confident and stuck to the plan too rigidly and did not adapt to what was going on,” the 12-time Tour de France stage winner told his Eurosport colleagues on 'The Breakaway'. “Based on the day before, now was the time to sink the boot into Pogacar, get rid of him and take more time. But Pogacar was there when the attack was made on the Tourmalet, was there over the top."

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"We have since heard radio communication of the Jumbo-Visma team and it just blows your mind when you see what happened at the end of the stage," continues the Aussie. “They were telling Vingegaard, ‘he’s on his knees, he’s going to go on the last climb, you can get rid of him on the last climb.’ It was quite the opposite. Vingegaard should have known. When he made that attack the day before he blasted a minute into him in a kilometre. He made the attack yesterday and Pogacar was right there, so you have to say to yourself ‘today is different.’”

The result was Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma on the back foot despite taking the Maillot Jaune. "He’s probably the most disappointed guy going into a yellow jersey in history,” McEwen concludes.

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