“At the start we decided not to work today because we did a lot this week already and the Tour is still long. Maybe we have to defend the yellow jersey one day with Jurgen van den Broeck or something like this so we need to keep something in reserve and so today we tried. We gambled and it worked out well for us; sometimes you have to play poker and that’s how it was for us today.
“I tried on the last climb. My first acceleration was with the 39 – the small gear – but when I wanted to put the chain in the big gear, I had a problem. I had to sit down on the saddle to go a little easier and then I eventually got the 53 and I could go harder but it was too late but I’m happy to get this nice jersey.”
Interview
July 9
th
2011
- 18:04
Philippe Gilbert – “I'm happy to get this nice jersey...”
