What a race by Lennard Kämna! The 25-year-old almost slipped into the yellow jersey after the 10th stage of the Tour de France. The Bora driver was only eleven seconds short of overtaking Tadej Pogacar in the overall standings.
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But when Kämna crossed the finish line on Tuesday, he had no idea that he was so close to the coveted Maillot Jaune. In contrast to the ARD, which cheerfully calculated during the entire stage whether it could be enough for the climbing artist.
Your reporter Michael Antwerpes then grabbed Lennard Kämna while the race was still going on. Antwerpes immediately talked to Kämna: “It looks like it could end well today. Just speculating: Tomorrow Col du Galibier (11th stage; editor’s note) in the yellow jersey, Lennard.”
Kämna herself was visibly irritated and replied: “Don’t get my hopes up for something that won’t turn out that way in the end. I’m not celebrating that now. We’ll see, we’ll see.”
Antwerpes then praised the professional cyclist for his modesty and said: “Of course you only have to celebrate when the time comes, when the duck is plastered.” The duck was not plastered in the end because Kämna did not make it into the yellow jersey.
How much Kämna thought of the interview with Antwerpes showed his reaction a few hours later on Twitter. He uploaded a picture of himself with the phrase “I’m not celebrating that now”.
The Twitter community understood what the 25-year-old was trying to allude to. One user wrote: “Great race! And then still so confidently stupid questions run into the void. Great, keep it up!”
The 25-year-old was nevertheless flushed into second place in the overall ranking, which prompted Antwerpes to ask whether Kämna was the new captain. He remained surprisingly calm this time and said that nothing would change in the team tactics.
The Russian Alexander Vlasov captained Bora in the Tour of France, but is now more than three minutes behind Kämna. Nevertheless, especially with regard to Kämna’s driving style, the hope that the German could really end up on the podium in this tour is completely exaggerated.
He has worn himself out for his captain on several stages and has been in many escape groups. The first week and a half were very exhausting for the 25-year-old. Nevertheless, the ARD talks about the driver as if he could achieve great things.
He has already achieved great things, almost won a stage and just barely missed the yellow jersey. Nevertheless, the reporting should be more realistic and classifying. And the duck really only gets plastered when the time comes. Maybe already at the upcoming Tour de France.
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