“It was a hard stage and my goal was to make the front group. Being three from the team there has been useful for helping Jonas [Vingegaard] put pressure on the other teams. We also wanted to make Giulio Ciccone and Jai Hindley tired. Jai looks very strong these days. I would have liked to try and win the stage but the last climb would have been too difficult for me. It’s a good thing for the team to have gained one minute on Tadej Pogacar, we didn’t expect to do so well. I’m happy to have been able to help Jonas and apparently he’s got very good legs.”
