2023-06-02 17:18:08
“It’s a good week of getting back on the road and testing before the Tour”said the leader of Groupama-FDJ on Friday, two days from the start of the Dauphiné and less than a month from the Grande Boucle. “There is still Vingegaard so we will have to calibrate ourselves against him, know what level I amcommented the Breton. I was maybe a little notch above him in Paris-Nice. He was completely above in the Tour of the Basque Country. »
His objectives at the end of this Dauphiné, ending with two hearty mountain stages next weekend: “Play the general classification”. “And if we can get close to the podium, or even climb on it, we won’t deprive ourselves of it”he added without forgetting to list the “panked” of leading runners present on the roads of Dauphiné – « (Mikel) Landa, (Henry) But, (Adam) Yates ».
Paris-Nice as a pledge of confidence
The 26-year-old climber admits having shot ” trust “ at the end of winter from his second place in the race for the sun which he completed between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, the two men having shared the first two places in the 2021 and 2022 editions of the Tour de France.
“It’s something that gave me even more confidence. It was goodhe appreciated. But it was Paris-Nice and it was in March. Not in July. It just shows that at this point in the season, I was able to be with the very best. »
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