Matej Mohoric: "Long stages suit me well"

"This definitely is the best day of my career. I’ve won stages on the two other GTs, and it has always been on the longest stage of those GTs - that endurance effort suits my characteristics. On this kind of breakaways there always are many tactical games at stake, so I decided to go early. What I didn’t expect was leaving the rest of the group behind that early, with 88km to go. The fact I was to win the stage didn’t sink until I went under the flamme rouge: that’s when I started to cry out of pure emotion. I was actually going for the KOM jersey today because, since Schelling wasn’t on the break, I knew it was up for grabs. From now on I will try to honour the jersey, maybe even go in the break tomorrow, and absolutely go for it."

02/07/2021 – Tour de France 2021 – Etape 7 – Vierzon / Le Creusot (249,1 km) - Matej Mohoric (BAHRAIN - VICTORIOUS) - Vainqueur de l'étape
02/07/2021 – Tour de France 2021 – Etape 7 – Vierzon / Le Creusot (249,1 km) - Matej Mohoric (BAHRAIN - VICTORIOUS) - Vainqueur de l'étape © A.S.O./Pauline Ballet

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