"When I broke away, I was thinking about both the stage and the polka dot jersey. But I quickly realised that I would come short to fight for the stage, the others were just too strong. I didn't want to leave empty-handed, so I focused on the sprints on the climbs to collect points.
Of course, it feels strange to wear the polka dot jersey that my grandfather won so long ago. I'm sure he must be proud of me. Now I'm going to try to keep it as long as possible, maybe even until Paris, but with Tadej Pogacar it's going to be difficult.
In any case, it gives me a great goal to aim for. It's true that in the final I rode with Pogacar and Vingegaard, but that was just because I wanted to finish in the top 10. It's a bit anecdotal, but after such a great day I didn't want to finish 20th, for example."
