“It was a great way to end the stage. I think I’ve got the best form of my life. It was worth trying something today and see what happens.
“I haven’t exactly been training for stages like this – and the chance of stealing points on the days when my rivals are not in the hunt – but I think I’m changing a little bit as a rider. I’m not that fast in the sprints anymore and I’m getting better at going uphill. Also, with my broken collarbone, I could not sprint so I did normal training and a lot of that work was in the mountains. And I think that’s what I’m getting back now.
“I think the points classification is mostly down to myself and Petacchi now but, like I said at the beginning of the Tour, anything can happen so we always have to pay attention to everyone who is around.”
Interview
July 20
th
2010
- 18:31
Thor Hushovd – “I'm getting better at going uphill...”
