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Mutual Respect TdF24-133
Sometimes it isn't the victory salute that is often staged for the gaggle of press photographers at the line, but the interaction after the effort. Having dropped Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) in the final 500 meters of the stage, the first person Tadej Vingegaard (UAE Team Emirates) wanted to see was Vingegaard. This is the fifth year the two have battled it out in the Tour de France. The first two went to Pogacar, the next two to Vingegaard. Now the pendulum has swung back to Pogacar. He will win the Tour tomorrow barring any serious catastrophy. While I said some cross things about Pogacar yesterday, today he has rekindled my respect, mainly for the respect he showed his main rivals today. And the incredibly fast attack he launched in the closing meters of the final road stage of the Tour. Please, don't let us find out anything was untoward with his race!