It feels great to be the first Latvian to wear a distinctive jersey at the Tour de France, but it had to happen sooner or later, right? If not me, someone else would have done it. It was definitely not the goal at the start of this Tour. We came here for looking after Bauke [Mollema] on GC and sprint with John [Degenkolb]. Today I was mostly out there trying to go for the stage win and I end up with the polka dot jersey. Obviously, it’s not a bad way to start. Sylvain Chavanel going solo ended the chances of the breakaway making it to the finish, and thus I decided to take advantage of my position to fight for the leadership of the Mountains classification. When Chavanel attacked, Calmejane just sat on. I got frustrated after dragging him for free during 30 kilometers, and that’s why I attacked to catch Chavanel. And he still said he wouldn’t ride, because I looked too fresh and too strong. That seemed inappropriate to me.
