Pogacar: "Why wait?"

June 13 ^th 2025 - 17:43

"I’m super happy to be back in yellow. It was a very good day for us. I’m getting very good answers from this Dauphiné. I wasn’t too stressed after the time trial and the shape is here. After the Dauphiné, I will go to Isola to rest a little and work on my TT bike.

We had our own plan but then Visma went full gas on the first category climb [Côte du Mont-Saxonnex]. We survived well with Tim [Wellens], Jon [Narvaez] and Pavel [Sivakov]. They did an amazing job and we actually controlled all the way today, except from that moment when Visma attacked. We controlled again ahead of the final climb and we went from the bottom because: why wait?

I had to pace myself after the attack and the feelings were good, the legs were turning, and a 1 minute gap is good, I’m happy. I also had to hurry up to watch the finish of Urska [Zigart, his partner] in the Tour de Suisse [14th].

Tomorrow is going to be really hard with longer climbs. But right now I enjoy today’s stage and I can be confident with my shape and the team’s."