Mauro Gianetti, le manager général de la formartion UAE Emirates Team de Tadej Pogacar et Adam Yates... sa réaction à l'arrivée ce samedi de la 20e étape de ce Tour de France au sommet du Col Le Markstein.
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00:00 Maro, couldn't we have finished this Tour better for you and Tadej Pogacar?
00:11 No, I don't think we could have finished better.
00:14 What we experienced during this Tour was exceptional.
00:17 We started with the yellow jersey, the stage victory,
00:21 then Tadej lost a minute, then won again a few seconds,
00:25 we were there, we were close, and we almost said the drama,
00:30 for Tadej, not for us, and we ended with another stage victory
00:33 that no one expected, two guys on the podium,
00:37 it's exceptional what we did in this Tour de France.
00:39 He wanted this stage, the spirit of a great champion.
00:42 Yes, the first 24 hours were not easy,
00:46 but we made him understand what he was doing, it was extraordinary.
00:50 With three and a half weeks of training, after five weeks without a bike,
00:54 we knew he could do it.
01:00 He had a much stronger Vingegaard, but he did a great job.
01:03 Today, after showing in the Laos account that he is a champion,
01:07 because he saved a dramatic situation, he saved the podium
01:11 in a climb with 20% of the podium, and two days later he came back
01:16 and won a very difficult stage, with an incredible exercise today.
01:24 It means he is really a great champion.
01:27 Tadej said at the beginning of the Tour that he was not at 100%.
01:30 Did you think he was at 100%?
01:33 No, we monitored the situation, we didn't discover the cards,
01:37 we knew he was good, we knew he could be good for a one-week race,
01:42 but we knew that the amount of work needed to be ready to win the Tour de France
01:46 is much more important.
01:48 But we hoped, and that's what he showed today,
01:51 that only Vingegaard is stronger than him, even if he couldn't prepare 100%.
01:56 If you had to remember one image of this Tour de France, which one would it be?
02:00 One image?
02:01 I have difficulties with that, because today it was a great victory,
02:06 but what he did in the Colnaglos, in my opinion, is much more important,
02:10 because he really showed his quality.
02:12 Thank you.
02:13 Thank you.
02:14 (upbeat music)
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