Tour d’Italie : l’avertissement du directeur sportif d’Ineos à Pogacar

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tour d’italie : l’avertissement du directeur sportif d’ineos à pogacar

Tadej Pogacar

Le directeur sportif d’Ineos-Grenadier a mis en garde Tadej Pogacar, grand favori du Tour d’Italie.

Tadej Pogacar va viser un doublé inédit pour lui. Pour la première fois de sa carrière, le Slovène a décidé de prendre part au Tour d’Italie, qui débute le 4 mai prochain. Forcément, le double vainqueur du Tour de France sera le grand favori de l’épreuve, lui qui vient de prouver son excellente forme en écrasant la concurrence sur Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Néanmoins, plusieurs coureurs vont tenter de lui opposer une résistance, à commencer par le vétéran Geraint Thomas, leader d’Ineos-Grenadiers pour l’occasion. Dans une interview accordée à GCN, le directeur sportif de l’équipe Steve Cummings a affiché son optimisme : « Bien sûr, il (Pogacar) peut être battu. C’est déjà arrivé. Je pense que c’est la course qu’il peut perdre, c’est comme ça que je le vois. C’est très difficile de le battre mais c’est une question de cohérence, de le mettre sous pression, de mettre son équipe sous pression, et faire les choses de base correctement. »

 

Steve Cummings veut s’appuyer sur la force collective d’Ineos pour venir contrecarrer ses plans : « Pogacar est le favori à chaque course à laquelle il participe. C’est un peu un monstre mais il reste battable et c’est une longue course. Tout peut arriver, nous avons donc hâte d’y être et de voir nos coureurs se tirer d’affaire et être agressifs. On va vraiment faire la course, ça va être cool. Tadej est le favori, mais nous allons faire de notre mieux et voir où cela nous mène. Geraint a cette expérience et ce palmarès. Mais il ne s’agit pas seulement de Geraint, il s’agit de l’équipe et de la façon dont nous courons. »

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