"I’m happy with how the stage went for me. Now I just hope that everyone is okay. So many people went to the ground, including some of my teammates. It was not crazy racing, but there was definitely a lot of tension and lots of people on the roadside, which immediately brought flashbacks from last year’s first stage. It was a hectic day, but there wasn’t any bad temper around – just normal racing. Christophe Laporte, par example, pushed me out of his way when we were approaching the finish line, and it’s only normal."
