Towards the end of the stage, Mohoric got away with Kasper Asgreen, who won Thursday’s stage, and Ben O’Connor. In the sprint it seemed for a long time that Asgreen was going to win for the second day in a row, but in the last 50 meters Mohoric got past and got a brilliant move with the bike just the wheel in front of the Dane. Mohoric thus took his career’s third stage win in the Tour de France and after the finish he sobbed with joy, both when it became clear that he had won and in the victory interview with the organizer. – Sometimes you feel like you don’t belong here, because everyone is so strong. You sometimes struggle to hold the wheel. You know that the man driving in front is struggling as much as you, but it is cruel to be able to follow the decisive attack. When Kasper attacked – he was so strong. He won the stage yesterday and to have the willpower to do it again today, you just feel that you don’t belong here, says Mohoric in the interview shown on TV 2 and continues: – I followed him and knew I had to do everything perfectly. I did my best. Not only for myself, but also for Gino (Mäder, teammate who died last month) and for the team. And at the end, you almost feel like you’re betraying them (the competitors), because you beat them. But that’s how professional sports are. Everyone wants to win. If I was going to win, I had to take the wheel to Kasper and then try to beat him in the last 50 meters. GOOD HUG: Ben O’Connor (with his back to him) gave stage winner Mohoric a good hug after the finish line. O’Connor was third. Photo: Tim De Waele / AP – Incredibly humble On social media, there are many who allow themselves to be impressed by Mohoric’s interview. Eurosport commentator Theis Magelssen writes on Twitter that it was “one of the finest moments in this year’s Tour de France”. – Sympathetic, conscientious, collegial, reflective, well-articulated and sensitive. He summarizes and describes cycling in an incredibly beautiful way, he writes. – An incredibly humble Mohoric shows the greatest respect for the guy he just beat in the fight for victory. So many emotions in that interview, writes the former Danish professional cyclist, now cycling expert for Ekstra Bladet, Michael Rasmussen. Uno-X active throughout the day The 19th stage was identified in advance as the best remaining opportunity for a number of riders and it led to an intense breakaway battle. Edvald Boasson-Hagen bumped early, but it took close to six miles before a first breakaway group was established. Nine men got away and Rasmus Tiller was among those who had to see that he just didn’t make it. At that time, Uno-X had four riders left in the field and Jonas Abrahamsen and Anthon Charmig were almost immediately ordered to the front to keep up the pace. Together with a couple of other teams, they easily managed to maintain the distance of around a minute and after over 100 kilometers, of the stage’s 173 kilometers, a group managed to get up to the break. Uno-X sat there with Abrahamsen, Charmig, Tiller and Søren Wærenskjold, in a group that numbered over 30 riders. The Norwegian team did a lot of work in the group, where Tiller was the team’s clear captain. He stayed in the group behind the trio with Mohoric over the last climb and towards the finish he ended up behind when the pursuers split into two groups. In the end, he was number 21 on the stage. – I tried my best, but there was a lot of tactical play at the end. I got very good help from the other guys, so I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t quite get it, he says to news.
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