We get it. Having to take care of the yellow jersey while also performing your other duties, team orders and more, one can quickly snap. Nils Politt tried to play it cool during stage 16. When a large breakaway was already off, the UAE Team Emirates – XRG teammate of Tadej Pogacar would’ve been more than happy to let the group go, but more attacks came. The unhappy German would thus roll up to the front to enforce ceasefire.Thomas Voeckler, former professional and now an expert for the French TV, was outraged at the display. “There’s no worse attitude, in an arrogant way. It’s often the domestiques, not the leaders, who show up like that. I can’t stand riders who try to lay down the law. Not so long ago, he was struggling in the mountains.”
