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Samu Sánchez: “The Alps will be our main dish”

I'm kind of an advisor for Tejay van Garderen because this Tour seems a bit similar to 2011 when Cadel Evans won and I was there too. Whatever his statistics are, Tejay is in an incredible state of form. However, the main part of the race remains ahead of us. The Pyrenees will be a starter and the Alps our main dish. The first day in the mountains will come just after the rest day, that will make it extremely difficult. It's been twenty days since we last saw a climb and La Pierre-Saint-Martin isn't just another climb. It's hard, it's hot with a lot of humidity…

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