A champion and a Martian: they won in two. It was known that he would triumphed Tadej Pogacar And in fact he also put behind in the 13th stage of the tour, closing the chronosced-praister-peyragudes of 10 kilometers and twentieth centuries with a spatial time of 23 minutes. Gave more than half a minute a Jonas Vingegaard Which now chases him “desperately” in general to more than 4 minutes.

Except miracles the tour ended here But the Danish today fought like a lion to let the faint flame of hope did not go completely, to make the Slovenian Martian understand that, he will not happen, but if he happens … he is there. The difference between Tadej and Jonas is all in the looks that tell how at this moment the struggle between a phenomenon and a sample is learned. Pogacar on arrival has a tired look, rejoices tightening his fist and then slowly continues to pedal escorted by his masseurs who give him drinking. End. Vingegaard arrives with “spirited” eyes. It runs a fantastic time trial, recovers two minutes in Remco Evenepoel (not any one) and passes it on the finish line and then collapsing exhausted on the handlebar of its bike hidden by an unpresentable helmet that amplifies the king. Exhausted, folded in two by a huge effort, empty in the body but perhaps also in the soul because if all this is not enough to win, to dominate, to rejoice it does not understand what else can be done. Of human at least.

The Danish is a champion. One who wins two tours is a sample necessarily and today even more, because after the “blow” taken yesterday on the hautacam in a few, perhaps nobody, they would have been able to react with a time trial at these levels. It has mild air but it is a tough type. Above all humble. Two years ago after his second triumph in Paris, looking out from the balcony of the Coopenaghen town hall in front of 25 thousand people who applauded him as if he were a king, he immediately let his compatriots know that his dream was not to make a trio in Paris, win a world championship, a classic monument or who knows what else. No. His dream was to participate with the Danish national team in the Paris games … a request not a claim. And in fact he did not go to Paris because he was not selected, obviously without the shadow of a controversy. So goes to his parts, so is Jonas Vingegaard. Also beaten today but in its way victorious …