“It was very nervous and that was the main difficulty of the day. It wasn’t so physically demanding but the anxiety made it hard. We all wanted to avoid any crashes and we all wanted a good position in the bunch. That’s what made it so nervous.
“I will try, but I honestly expect to lose the jersey tomorrow. That doesn’t mean that I won’t fight. We’ll see...
“We have three riders on my team who are doing their first Tour de France and we lost Christophe Kern at the beginning of this race; he was very important for us especially in the mountains. I still have Anthony Charteau, Pierre Rolland and Cyril Gautier for the climbs but there’s no doubt that we’ll really miss Christophe.”
Interview
July 13
th
2011
- 17:55
Thomas Voeckler – “I expect to lose the jersey...”
