Lance Armstrong's on Tadej Pogacar's stage 12 tactics: "He sprinted and it's something I don't understand, there was no reason"
CyclingSaturday, 15 July 2023 at 09:59
As every day, Lance Armstrong analyzed in the Youtube channel The Move with George Hincapie the last stage of the Tour de France, in this case the 12th, which ended with Ion Izagirre's victory, and he has frowned upon Tadej Pogacar's sprint finale.
During the show, they highlighted the great work being done by the Cofidis team in this Tour de France after several years of continuous failures and Armstrong recalled that it is one of the most loyal companies in cycling, since it appeared in the peloton back in 1997, just when he had just overcome his cancer.
Beyond the praise for Izagirre, Guillaume Martin and Cofidis, Lance Armstrong blasted Tadej Pogacar for sprinting as he rode into the Belleville-en-Beoujolais finish line to finish twelfth in the stage behind Maxim Van Gils: "Pogacar sprinted and that's something I don't understand, there was no reason."
Hincapie agreed with him: "Why is he doing that? Especially when last year he also did it in similar sprints to fight for ninth or tenth. You have to save as much energy as possible, it's the Tour de France, now comes a very hard week."
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They interviewed Matteo Jorgenson, who came close to victory but had to settle for third place. The American rider gave his feelings from the Movistar Team bus and explained the strategy he follows to get into the breakaways:
"I'm fine, I had very good legs, but I couldn't go alone as I should have done. Today (yesterday) you had to do it when the road got hard, you couldn't go on the flat part, you have to be well positioned, you have to go when you feel it's the right time and on the right wheel. There are 7 of us in the team looking for the breakaways, something that makes it easier for us to get in because we're all going for the same thing and we don't have to watch so many wheels."
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Titheads commenting on someone they don't even know. Grow up and move on. If you don't like the content Lance produces then simply move on. Or are you so caught up in your own jealousy that you rather talk down at someone rather than producing what he does. If you can do better, shut up and show up. The world is waiting.
You must be the President of the LA fan club ! Keep buying those LiveStrong bands since LA needs the money.
He sprinted to gain time on Jonas. So far he has regained 30 s on bonuses which is half of what a long range attack from Jonas gained. It is his strength and it is not like Jonas is not doing anything, he is also sprinting therefore is going to be equally tired. Thats a bad take
Some weak and unqualified individual picked cycling as his sports. When he realized that he didn't have the strength and talent, and will not win in a fair and even fight, he doped and cheated the sports seven times in a row, and then some. I don't understand.
Ahhh Lance...you're just jealous that he's such a talent that doesn't require doping like you needed to 'win' your Tours ! Maybe have some French 'whine' with your next meal to sooth your soul.