Floyd Landis - "Everything is fine..."

“I didn’t know whether I’d get the jersey or not; I just worked hard to try and get as much time as I could on the other guys once I saw they were dropped. I didn’t expect to win the stage but I am happy. I didn’t do the majority work of splitting the group up but once Rabobank isolated a few guys, it was up to me to do the work because that was the moment when there was the most to gain. _ “I would have liked a little more help but there was a tailwind most of the time and I didn’t get much assistance at the end of the day. _ “We came here telling everyone we were going to win; that’s been our objective from the beginning. We’re a long way from the end but so far, we’ve done our job. _ “We’d like to keep the yellow jersey for as long as possible… Paris would be the right place to stop wearing it. _ “I’m satisfied with how the race has gone. We’ve still got half way to go but up until now everything is fine. _ “I don’t know exactly what the time differences are, I have to look at the results before I declare who I think the biggest rivals will be. Things change a lot after the first day in the mountains: some guys suffer a bit on the first uphill finish and there are three difficult mountain stages to go. I wouldn’t write anybody off at this stage.”