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Created: 2025-07-21 09:53:54 UTC

The peloton Pogacar was in wasn't a breakaway group — it was the main peloton.

It makes zero sense to ask a rider to willingly drop from the peloton to wait for a dropped rival, just because the team wants to attack — instead of the teammate simply dropping back and bringing him back themselves.

Vingegaard and Evenepoel didn’t drop back in Stage XX.
The fact that Pogacar is being blamed for doing the same thing his competitors did four stages ago is insane — but it’s probably a smart PR move from Visma’s side.

(I still personally think that race is race in every case. Nobody should never wait for an opponent crash)

#TDF2025


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