00:00Yes, we will approach it a bit similar to two days ago.
00:05The main goal is to keep Jonas safe, to keep him in a good position.
00:08I have to say that at least the last sprint stage, the new rule with the five kilometres
00:13today will be four kilometres.
00:15That is an advantage that is making things a bit safer, especially for the GC guys.
00:20I mean, still, of course, the last sprint stage there was a big crash between the sprinter
00:25teams because they, of course, are fighting then in the last two or three kilometres.
00:29But in general, I think it's a good idea to move that three-kilometre rule a little bit
00:34and also to change the three-second rule a little bit because, yes, if all the GC guys
00:39all also try to be in the first position until a kilometre to go, then, of course, it's asking
00:44for more problems.
00:45So kudos for that.
00:47And we have a similar approach, keep Jonas safe, and if Wout feels good, then he will
00:53maybe go for a sprint.
00:54But, of course, it's today a very flat stage, flat sprint, that's also not Wout's absolute
01:00specialty.
01:01You've had time to reflect on yesterday's result.
01:04What's the feeling looking back on it?
01:07Yes, I mean, we lost time, of course, 50 seconds.
01:11I think, yes, if you would have told us before the start of the Tour that we are 50 seconds
01:17behind Pogacar after four days, we would have been happy with it because, apart from
01:24knowing Jonas coming back from a crash, we also knew that the first two days, but also
01:29especially the stage of yesterday, would suit Pogacar really, really well.
01:33So it's basically, in the end, what we expected.
01:38And of course, you always hope for more and you always hope that Jonas can respond to
01:42every acceleration.
01:43But, yes, he's fighting against the overall best rider in the world and we knew it would
01:49be tough.
01:50And, yes, we just have to be really, really happy with the shape Jonas has for the moment.
01:54Now, the last thing Jonas said to the media yesterday was his day will come, which suggests
01:59that you, I know you have a plan, of course you have a plan.
02:04Do you feel downhearted at all at the moment or is it just a case of we have a plan, we're
02:08going to stay calm, we've got a long race ahead of us to go?
02:11Yeah, exactly.
02:12I mean, it's a long race ahead of us, especially the last part of the tour will be super, super
02:17hard.
02:18There are no guarantees.
02:19If Pogacar on every mountain stage, he can stay with Jonas until a kilometre and then
02:24sprint away from him, then it is like it is.
02:27But of course, we hope it will be different.
02:30Also last year, there were quite a lot of stages where Pogacar was that tiny bit better
02:34than Jonas.
02:35And in the end, Jonas still won the tour.
02:39So, yeah, no guarantees in life.
02:41I think they're both in really, really good shape.
02:43Of course, we hope that Jonas' shape even improves more during this Tour de France.
02:49And yeah, we will see.
02:51But I think there will be a fight normally until Nice.
02:56And finally, I mean, whatever else happens, it's very, very entertaining to watch from
03:00a fan's point of view.
03:01And that brings a lot to the sport, doesn't it?
03:03Yeah, of course.
03:04I mean, also, you have to hope that there's a fight for the victory in the Tour de France.
03:09And if it would be, again, like in the Giro where Pogacar just dominated everything without
03:14a real competitor, with all due respect to the other guys, that's of course not that
03:21entertaining and we really hope the Tour is not turning out to be the same.
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