Was Pogacar angry? “We are here to win, not to waste time”

He Tade Pogacar team, UAE Team Emirateshas taken the seventh stage calmly, letting others fight the stage and letting other teams, in this case Decathlon, take pride of place in the group of the best. On the last climb of the dayValdelinaresthe French team actually took action and was Felix Gall who tried to stand out to gain a few seconds on his rivals, with whom he gave up time days ago.

Gall, Pogacar and More They left the rest of the rivals and after a few meters the Slovenian accelerated and left, to end up leaving and increasing the advantage over all his pursuers in the general standings.

Enric Mas surprised after crossing the finish line by saying that he thought Pogacar He had gotten angry and that was why he had attacked. Minutes later, at the Eurosport microphones, the leader did not want to get involved.

“Mas’ statements? The day has passed and it has been another good day for us. We didn’t spend much and we managed the day well. We had to go faster because Decathlon attacked at the end and we went very fast. It is also true that they were on their territory and that they had to try.”

Pogacar He has not hidden that “honestly, I preferred my team to maintain the pace in the race, but he entered Decathlon and has broken the group of favorites into a thousand pieces.”

And, in statements to The Returnthe Slovenian carried out the following analysis: “Felix Gall He accelerated and I followed him, maintaining the same pace. Seeing that they couldn’t follow me, I pushed hard to the top and got a small lead. “We are here to win the general classification, not to waste time.”