"In the end I was at the right place at the right time. I had to ride the final at the back of the group behind Columbia. I couldn’t do anything else other than survive. In the end there were some winners and some losers. That’s sport. It’s a shame that Andy (Schleck) lost a bit of time but that’s the Tour de France… these things can happen. I can’t say anymore than that. It’s certain that this is not the best day for Saxo Bank but at least we’re still in yellow and I’ve gained some seconds to other riders.
“I don’t know if what the team did early in the stage will cost us for the team time trial but we close the chapter of stage three and start considering the next one now.
“The split happened in a moment when a lot perhaps weren’t expecting it. I got news over the radio, ‘Okay, now there’s a right turn and then in one kilometer there’s a cross wind and it’s going to be strong.’ So I jumped over some speed bumps and just luckily I arrived at the front at the right moment. I couldn’t drop out of the lead group to go and help my team-mates because that was too risky.”
Interview
July 6
th
2009
- 19:02
Fabian Cancellara – “I arrived at the front at the right moment...”
