"I’m absolutely destroyed. I can’t believe it. To win one stage from the breakaway was already unbelievable. But now, to do it against the GC group, against the strongest riders in the world, it feels like I’m dreaming. I don’t know what I just did.
After the descent towards La Plagne, I was talking on the radio, Tobias [Foss] was there, and I spoke with our DS Zak [Dempster]. I thought today is the last mountain stage. I’m not riding for GC, but I’ll try to hang on, see how the legs feel in the first kilometres of the climb. I told Tobias to swing off: 'Tomorrow is your day, and I’ll see what I can do here.'
Since I’m not in the GC, I figured maybe they’ll look at each other. I just try, I just don’t take no as an answer. Tadej [Pogacar] and Jonas [Vingegaard] are the strongest in the world, almost aliens, and I’m human. I can’t believe I beat them today.
I tried to not look behind, to go as fast as I could. I did and it was enough. This is just crazy.
I got sick in the last week of the Giro. Somebody crashed into me and my knee was hurting. I still got to Rome but I had better hopes. To then go to the Tour and take two stage wins is just crazy."
