2023-07-09 20:49:00
There were four terminals left and the American Jorgenson was still not in his line of sight. He stood up on the pedals, returned to Matej Mohoric’s height, leaving him there without looking. At that exact moment, Michael Woods was just thinking “regarding doing a time trial to the top”. He did not think for a moment of victory. Or rather he refused to believe it. Because he had known too many disappointments in the past. However, when he saw that he was basing on the great hope of Movistar, he realized that he was approaching his dream. “Since I have been cycling, I have dreamed of winning the Grande Boucle, because it is the most prestigious race on the calendar”, added the rider from Israel-Premier Tech.
When he left Jorgenson there, he understood and allowed himself to savor, even though there were no spectators to share his intense happiness. “It was very special. Up to five kilometers from the finish, there were lots of people and a lot of noise. Then, all of a sudden, we went into a world of silence. It was like a race in the days of Covid.”
He no longer had the opportunity to be alone with his thoughts. And to savor, even if the lactic acid gained every inch of his legs. “It’s the greatest success of my career, a dream that finally comes true.”
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“I knew I didn’t have much time left to win.”
A goal he had set himself in the morning because, he recalls, “I knew that I didn’t have much time left to win. I felt that the window was closing”.
This success, the one that won a Vuelta stage in 2018, dedicated him to those who supported him during so many difficult times. “They were patient.”
Like him, on the slopes of the Puy de Dôme. He waited for the right moment to place his acceleration. And be intractable until the finish line.
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