After an eventful second week on the Tour de France with wins for both overall leader Tadej Pogacar and defending champion Jonas Vingegaard AFP takes a look at who has said what about the 2024 Tour de France race so far.
“I haven’t won it yet, and I won’t believe I’ve won it until I cross the line in the lead at Nice on the final day. But I think I finally cracked him.”
— Race leader Tadej Pogacar on his 3min 9sec over defending champion Jonas Vingegaard.
“Maybe some people don’t understand our tactics but that’s their problem.”
Vingegaard scoffing at Pogacar’s assertion that he was scared.
“It’s only a few months ago my loved ones feared I was going to die,” Vingegaard after edging Pogacar in a stage-11 mano-a-mano. The Dane suffered a collapsed lung and fractures in April.
“It’s a good sign.”
— Mauro Gianetti, UAE Team Principal after Pogacar struck back by beating Marco Pantani’s 1998 time to Plateau de Beille. The Slovenian is on course to complete the first Giro-Tour since Pantani, also in 1998. The Italian was later banned for doping.
“We have seen these past two years that Pogacar is capable of a bad day, maybe that will happen for a third year. I won’t give up. I believe I can still win and I will do everything I can.”
— Vingegaard sends Pogacar a warning.
