{"id":207426,"date":"2025-06-23T10:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T10:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/207426\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T10:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T10:35:14","slug":"i-apologize-for-not-having-succeeded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/207426\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI apologize for not having succeeded\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSpeaking to L\u2019\u00c9quipe,<\/a> the 24-year-old didn\u2019t hide his
\ndisappointment. \u201cI’m obviously disappointed, there were a lot of expectations
\non myself, my legs were a little strange today, it’s a lot of emotion in a
\nshort time,\u201d Vauquelin admitted. \u201cI tried to give my all, I felt that I was
\nmissing that little bit of guts that you have when you follow someone like
\nyesterday (Saturday) when Joao tried to make me explode on the climb. It’s
\nstill this work that I need to do. I felt that I had a little less watts,
\nthat’s how it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, second overall represents a huge result for a rider
\nwho began the week without GC ambitions. \u201cI came in expecting a slap in the
\nface. We really didn’t want to make the overall standings. I find myself second
\nin the Tour de Suisse, having achieved milestones in my career. It’s just
\nphenomenal,\u201d he said. \u201cI did decent numbers, but I didn’t break my records, I
\ndidn’t have the extraordinary day I would have liked to have, that state of
\nflow. I have no regrets, I gave it my all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vauquelin\u2019s performance also comes amid deep uncertainty for
\nhis team, Ark\u00e9a \u2013 B&B H\u00f4tels. Rumours of financial instability have dogged
\nthe team for months, and Vauquelin was quick to highlight how resource
\ndisparities played a role.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgainst teams like UAE, it’s not the same,\u201d he said. \u201cThis
\nweek, we didn’t have a chef, we have much less resources, we’re in a
\ncomplicated financial situation. But we’re getting through it, we’re showing
\nthat we’re here, I hope this result can bring sponsors and help B & B
\nHotels, Manu Hubert, we need it. I built myself thanks to the team, I turned
\npro in 2022, I grew with them, I’m here thanks to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a brave ride in the circumstances, and while he came
\nup short of a historic French victory, Vauquelin\u2019s honesty resonated. \u201cI was
\nunder pressure, but I didn’t think it was bad. Why not, if you’re afraid of
\nmaking history for your country… It would have been really great, I apologize
\nfor not having succeeded.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Speaking to L\u2019\u00c9quipe, the 24-year-old didn\u2019t hide his disappointment. \u201cI’m obviously disappointed, there were a lot of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-207426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114732238351686195","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}