Rolf Aldag, le directeur sportif de l'équipe Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe de Primoz Roglic à l'arrivée de la 10e étape de ce Tour de France 2024.
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00:00Yeah, he just slipped. He said, like, maybe I was a little bit too far on the inside of
00:08the left turn. And then he slipped and then, yeah, he was gone. Once you slide, it's like,
00:14you know, like ends of the floor. But he did get up quickly. So actually before the mechanic
00:19could even get there, he was up, he was going, and he was in the bus, like, all thumbs up.
00:26I'm good. You know, lost a little bit of skin on the left side, but otherwise no involvement
00:32of the shoulder that had surgery and everything. So where he crashed on in Dauphiné. So right
00:39now we're all good. We're good to go.
00:41Now, we've heard that you believe the crash was in the last three kilometres and consequently
00:46he shouldn't lose any time. Am I right?
00:48Well, it was at 1.5, 1.6 kilometres. So the last left turn and the kilometre mark was
00:54before the last right turn. So very positive it was at 1.5, 1.6. And they repeated in the
01:02race radio to say, remember, today is a three kilometre rule with a one second, you know,
01:07not three seconds, but one second. So in case of an incident within the last three kilometres
01:12should be the same time. Could not sprint for third. He could not sprint for extra four
01:17seconds against Remco. It's always nice to finish it off with a good result. We had the
01:24impression, you know, that he was third best in the race today. You know, it was like undoubtable.
01:30It was like pretty spectacular what Jonas did there to close 30 seconds on Taddei. It
01:36was super spectacular what UWE did there as a team. So I think, you know, realistically
01:41we are there and we see a positive trend. If we see, you know, from stage one to over
01:47Garnier to now, I think we see a positive trend and can be happy with it.
01:52And Primoz certainly looks as though he's getting stronger. The team, well, he was a
01:58little bit isolated, shall we say.
02:00You're really looking for words, aren't you?
02:02Yeah, he was a little bit isolated in the last 30 kilometres. Is that a concern?
02:06I mean, we know, like, you know, Alex is missing Vlasov, I think, in the shape of Dauphine.
02:12He would have been there. On the other hand, you also have to say realistically, just like
02:17with a team like UWE, who dominates, there's not too much to do. I mean, they define the
02:23rhythm and they define the point and the moment when the race explodes. So if you have one
02:29guy more who explodes then or not, or two or three guys who explode more or not, it's
02:36only to say, yeah, it's always good to have somebody extra in the downhill with, you know,
02:39let's say a spare bike and stuff like that, or be able to give an extra drink. Today,
02:45I think it had no influence on the outcome of the race. And I do think Jaihin is still
02:50there to get there slowly but surely. Also there, we do see a pretty good upwards trend.
02:57It seems like a proper race now between Vingegaard and Pogacar. He showed maybe a tiny bit of
03:03weakness, Pogacar.
03:05Yeah, you probably have to see it that way, because if you're from Danish TV, you know
03:11you have to sell the positives. No, it was impressive from both of them. I think it was
03:17impressive, you know, how the yellow jersey takes the race on. Because, you know, like
03:23if you look back to, you know, some of the yellow jerseys in the past, they would just
03:27defend, defend, defend. Why is there a reason to attack? Now Tadej really takes it on. He
03:32could have waited, you know, he could have waited endless with his team, control the
03:36whole stage from A to B, but he didn't. So, you know, chapeau to him. And yeah, of course,
03:41big respect to Jonas to close 30 seconds. To Tadej, it's really impressive. That's for
03:47sure how he, you know, how he closed the gap and beat him in the sprint. It was an outstanding
03:53battle in between, well, first team UEA and the rest, and then Tadej and Jonas.