I think I made some mistakes. I reacted to Phil [Gilbert] because he was on the mix of the GC and, when I chased him, he stopped his effort. It was hard for me, I missed those 250 meters full gas and I would have needed them for the finale. I thought the final turn was at 250m from the finish line, and it actually it was 360m. Those mistakes happen. In the end, it would have been difficult to beat Peter even if I had got that figure right. But this was a super nice stage, a super hard one on very small roads. There weren’t big crashes. A long stage with wide roads is less tiring. On this kind of course, the fatigue gets into the riders gradually and that makes the race safer. This week we have several nice stages for Classics’ riders. There’s another nice one coming up in Roubaix on Sunday. Quick-Step Floors is a very big threat for tomorrow. My favourite is Julian Alaphilippe. He might as well take the yellow jersey from me.
