Tadej Pogacr: "I'm a little bit disappointed to not win today"

"I’m a bit disappointed to not win today because I was not far away. It was a very long and hot day with a lot of dangerous points. I kind of liked the last climb. I hesitated a bit in the last sprint and Van Aert passed me super fast, but the third place is still great. I’ve always liked sprinting. When I was younger I was the smallest so I always finished last in sprints, but now in a 5km long climb I can do good in sprinting, although not good enough to beat Michael Matthews and Wout van Aert. It wasn’t the plan to win today but since BikeExchange and Jumbo-Visma wanted to catch the breakaway, then it became another opportunity for us to go for the win so we tried. In the early crash, I hit the ground but not too much. It was nothing bad for me, I came back quickly.” 

09/07/2022 - Tour de France 2022 - Etape 8 - Dole / Lausanne (186,3km) - POGACAR Tadej (UAE TEAM EMIRATES)
09/07/2022 - Tour de France 2022 - Etape 8 - Dole / Lausanne (186,3km) - POGACAR Tadej (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) © A.S.O./Pauline Ballet

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