Maybe the Best Sports Interview You Will EVER Hear | Tour de France 2023 Stage 19 

Well put

The tears on his face just after the finish were telling in their own way. Great finish, was pulling for Asgreen's double but very happy for Moho too!

So true.

Couldn’t agree with you more

Brilliant!

He also talked about Ben O'Connor knowing he couldn't win a sprint, but still pulling. That's the beauty of cycling.

Even as a Dane rooting for Kasper Asgreen to win two days in a row this interview made me so happy that Mohoric was the one to beat Asgreen.

You are right, a new rockstar in my eyes

Agree with you 💯

Totally - almost had me in tears listening to him.

I was glued listening to the interview. He was sharing some amazing insight into the soul of the professional cyclist that was mind and heart boggling!

Hear hear!!

It's the empathy and selflessness that puts him head and shoulders above the rest. Winning the race was the bonus that allowed him to express this.

I think Matej was talking more about the strength of the riders around him, moreso than doubting his own abilities. He knows he is a great rider with the ability to win the biggest races. He knows the amount of preparation he put into being in peak form for the Tour. And yet, it's *still* hard to follow wheels because everyone else is so strong at the Tour. It's a reminder of just how hard the Tour is for everyone involved, even a rider of Matej's class.

I just feel the TdF is so physically, mentally, and emotionally draining. You can see all three there.

@@christopherdolan7330 Yeah it is something along those lines. Didn't listen to the whole interview in english, but right before, when he had done it in Slovenian, he mentioned something to the like: "Easily, it s very cruel to compete at the top, because everyone is so well prepared (he uses different words, but the meaning is sth similar) ... the last time ... when we were riding up on the (some mountain pass), I was embarrassed in front of all the fans from Slovenia ... I was completely out of energy and strength ... you are at those 140 hb per minute, 300 watts of power, that any recreational cyclists can output cuz you are just so exhausted from everything ... at the same time you have already been 3-4 months away from home etc. etc. and you feel stupid (and embarrassed) as you are trying to reach the time threshold (idk what s the correct term, dont watch cycling too much)." The slovenian one is a lot more emotional and it really hits you.

I understand where he is coming from in a generation with the likes of Wout Van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel, Tadej Pogacar, etc.

I can't help but react to the OP : I don't think this guy needs confidence. He must have much more confidence than most, for being able to face his vulnerabilities, and talk openly about them instead of acting tough or lying to himself even.

Yep, it's not win that makes you champion.

Amen my broter...

Spot on, spot on!

Speaking the truth right here about Philipsen. He is not being penalized yet by the UCI but his karma will eventually catch up to his bullshit.

Not that it matters for me how I think about Philipsen, but he was gesturing that, in his eyes, the 3 breakaway riders benefited from the motodraft too much.

Ok but not just Philipsen was affected by the motordraft. All the other riders were affected too and they weren't gesturing and complaining like he was.

Try not to mention Philipsen challenge (impossible)

He’s been so active, disagree with him not being awarded most combative today too. I’d would’ve loooooooved to see him take a stag Edit: he did win! Ty to those below for correcting me

@@beermonster1234 So many riders like Victor deserve a stage win!

@@beermonster1234 Did he seriously not get most combative? I thought he did because the French commentators said he would get it.

@@username8644 they said on my coverage that the award was given too early and it didn’t go to campenaerts. Otherwise I can’t find online who actually took the award 🤷‍♂️

If I had to pick a rider to go on a breakaway with it would 100% be Campenaerts

I doubt he is able to grasp such alien concepts;-)

Thank you for recording, posting, and translating! He's about as great a representative of Slovenia as you could hope for. If your previous comment contained a link, it may have been deleted automatically by youtube rather than LR