"It wasn’t supposed to be a really difficult day. It was meant to be a stage for the breakaway like what ultimately happened but unfortunately the problems at the end, due to this sabotage, made it very stressful, nervous and very dangerous in the end. That was a bad thing but otherwise it was an okay day for me.
“For me my best memory so far from this year’s Tour was when I was away with Pierre Rolland and I took the points ahead of him on the ‘hors categorie’ climb; that day and a couple of days before when I attacked solo. For me, they are memories that I’ll always have with me.”
Interview
July 15
th
2012
- 18:53
Kessiakoff: Very stressful, nervous and very dangerous

