"Jonas Vingegaard is the favourite for the Tour de France” insists UAE's Joxean Matxin
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This is such a coward move by UAE 😂
Imagine being so afraid of being heralded as favourites that you make a rider who broke most of his upper body less than 2 months ago today favourite for the overall win of the GC. They also just want it to look more impressive when Pogi beats Jonas.
It's also a lie that he has been at altitude for weeks. Sure, he has been in Mallorca, but his trainer confirmed he was only doing soft training and was mostly there to ride in the sun and be with his family.
I don’t know where the altitude info came from but for sure no-one goes to Mallorca for that, you can barely get over 1000m and hardly stay there.
He said "will have been" if I'm not mistaken, meaning he will have been training at altitude for weeks by the start of the tour. And it's nothing strange or cowardly in saying this. They're simply putting the pressure off Pogi and onto Jonas
So the tactic is to take the focus off Tadej /UAE and put it on Jonas /Visma. It's much safer to say that than putting the pressure on yourself. Well played.
He can try but I’m pretty sure most unbiaised fans have long since concluded there is no real favourite at this time, which is a reason why there is so much interest already.
What do you mean by 'there is no real favorite' ?. Is Tadej looks alike a monkey?
A fully fit Jonas would be the favourite for sure. However either spring he has had, I am not sure if he is really the favourite or not.
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