“I’ve enjoyed a few successes today but it happened a little later in the race than I would have liked. It’s been a long time to wait for me this year as I’ve been riding in the shadow of Menchov but after what happened yesterday we changed the tactics a little bit and today I got my freedom to do what I wanted… and I did just that. _ “I haven’t counted the points on the road today and I don’t know what happened on the road behind me but I assume that I’m sitting with a comfortable lead in the climbing classification so it’s possible to keep the polka-dot jersey until the finish. _ “I looked at the times that we did yesterday on the final climb to L’Alpe d’Huez and I felt really bad but I still did the fifth best time. Considering I was pedaling squares for the first five kilometers and I had to wait for Menchov for the last four, it was a pretty good performance after all. I was confident that I had a stage win in me this year.”
Interview
July 19
th
2006
- 18:34
Mickael Rasmussen – “Today I got my freedom...”
