He was asleep. That's his own fault.
Edit: After watching the helicopter view I started to see what some of you were talking about. Johannessen turned abrouptly, and honestly it seemed tough for Tadej to avoid him.
He said exactly the same thing after his stage win at La Planche des Belles Filles in 2022 and we know how that turned out in the end.
He probably expects a big jump in climbing performance from Jonas compared to the Dauphiné
It did, actually. I remember Paul the Sixth in 1973 (which was documented in Løth doc about the Giro "Stars and Watercarriers") , but I think that it happened also some other time.