“It was a really tough day after the effort I put in yesterday. I knew it would be the toughest day to keep the yellow jersey. Tomorrow, obviously there’s the Tourmalet – which is a very difficult climb, but it’s a long way from the finish – and I hope that the favorites won’t fight it out together.
“I knew that [Andy] Schleck and [Cadel] Evans would attack on the first climb. I know I can’t follow them so I just stayed calm. The AG2R boys really helped me out and Goubert stayed with me all the time and we managed to catch up before the top.
“It was the perfect scenario because we had Efimkin up the front and so we didn’t have to work and we left the responsibility of the chase to the Astana team.”
Interview
July 11
th
2009
- 18:21
Rinaldo Nocentini – “I stayed calm...”
