Plugge went on to say: “If he goes to Slovenia by bus from Paris then we will be safe.”
“Many things can happen again, so we shouldn’t celebrate too much and just focus on our plan.”
“It was definitely one of my best days on the bike ever. All the hard work today paid off,” said the Dane, who is 1:48 minutes ahead of Pogacar in the general classification ahead of stage 17.
“Meanwhile I had doubts about my power meter, if the values weren’t too high,” said Vingegaard. He was “very proud” of his first time trial stage win on the tour, but stressed: “I have to keep fighting until Paris.”
