Tadej Pogačar, usually a formidable competitor, admitted to miscalculating his pacing strategy in the time trial at the Critérium du Dauphiné, resulting in significant time losses to rivals Remco Evenepoel and Jonas Vingegaard. With a deficit of 48 and 28 seconds respectively, Pogačar faces a challenging road ahead in the series' remaining stages. He expressed optimism about upcoming stages, especially the Queen stage, where he hopes to regain time against Evenepoel and improve his strategy as preparation for the Tour de France.
"I didn't do the perfect TT today. I think I probably got the pacing slightly wrong. I started out on the first section a bit too conservative and should have pushed a bit more there. But it's OK - that's why we are here, to tune up before the Tour and improve."
"There are still three big stages to come here and I'm looking forward to it. The team is working well and with the rivals we have here, it's the best place to test ourselves."
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