Frank Schleck – “Tomorrow, we'll have to go!”

“We did a good job today. At the top of the last climb there were just a few riders left and everybody was struggling. When I say everybody, I mean all of us! It was very fast and we had a really quick downhill. I was scared a bit on the descent but I managed and was pretty confident about how it would end. Of course, I thought back about the crash of [Oscar] Pereiro and about the crash that I had in the Tour de Suisse but it was good to be able to stay upright and up there at the finish. _ “I have to say thanks to Bernard Hinault talked to me and he gave me a few little tips for the downhill and they worked out pretty well. I had a lot of confidence and have every reason to be satisfied. _ “I absolutely have to attack tomorrow and try and break the others. We tried it today but I have to give a big compliment to Carlos [Sastre] who made a really good decision at the beginning. He said, ‘Okay, we’ll let everybody go and we’ll just have to stay with the team together.’ We rode a good tempo and it worked really well. Tomorrow, we’ll have to go! _ “Carlos did try to get clear at the top but there was a really strong headwind. _ “Today is as nice as the stage before for me. Not just because I kept the jersey but as Andy now has the white jersey. We didn’t expect that. We didn’t ride for it but he’s got such class. He is the future and he’s going to win the Tour one day.”