“It was a difficult day especially as beforehand I thought we’d arrive with about 30 of 40 men but it was quite a selection with the Schlecks and Sastre doing an impressive job but I generally felt capable of following. _ “The descent was dangerous but it’s only what you make of it. You’ve just got to try and limit the risk and be wary; the good thing from the downhill is that Denis Menchov lost 30 seconds in the general classification and that buys me a bit of time. It’s an important 30 seconds. _ “It makes sense that there weren’t any big attacks on the Bonette-Restefond. It’s a huge mountain of over 2,800 meters, there was a descent to follow, the wind was blowing and I don’t think that big gains could have been made especially as the whole CSC team was so strong. We had to be practical about what could have been done against them. As for happens now, winning the Tour? I don’t think so but hopefully after tomorrow I’ll still have this jersey with the beautiful spots.”
Interview
July 22
nd
2008
- 18:00
Bernhard Kohl – “It's an important 30 seconds...”
