Opinion: Tadej Pogačar has one big advantage entering Tour de France’s second week

The wind is not blowing in the favour of Jonas Vingegaard as the race approaches the Alps

Tadej Pogačar attacks Jonas Vingegaard at Tour de France 2023
Tadej Pogačar attacks Jonas Vingegaard at Tour de France 2023
(Image credit: Pool / Getty)

Cyclists are all amateur physicists, we’re good at judging momentum. We know how far up the next rise in the road it will carry us, we sense when our tyre choice is robbing us of some of it and we know when to put another sinew to the sword to maintain it.

Tadej Pogačar is no different. He enters the second week of the Tour de France with a gentle breeze blowing at his back while he remains essentially tied with yellow jersey holder Jonas Vingegaard, a paltry 17 seconds separating them.

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