‘I was ready to pace and he told me to attack’ – Adam Yates answers Pogačar’s improvised call on Pla d’Adet at the Tour de France

Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) was as surprised as everyone else when his teammate and yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar asked him to attack with just over seven kilometres to go on the final ascent of the Pla d’Adet on stage 14 at the Tour de France.

In the end, the team tactic served an important role in the outcome of the stage, allowing Pogačar to bridge across and then launch his own winning attack 4.6km from the top of the climb.