Again all the riders from my team have worked well. Of course, our goal is always to win the stage. That didn’t work out but the plan was also to take the green jersey. That happened so I’m very satisfied. Now comes the time to defend and I’ll try to keep it. I know this is not going to be simple because [Oscar] Freire is close to me, just like [Kim] Kirchen. _ “The capture of the escapees was right on the limit. I know that Nicolas Vogondy is a very clever rider and he gave it everything but it just failed to workout for him. We were very afraid because we had to do a lot of work in the finale but at least we still had a sprint. Cavendish is a great ‘puncheur’, and he really showed that today. He is not unbeatable but he’s absolutely the New McEwen; we’ll see a lot of him winning races, that’s for sure.”
Interview
July 9
th
2008
- 18:08
Thor Hushovd – “Now comes the time to defend...”
