"I wasn’t too far away from keeping the Yellow Jersey. I gave it a try, but the last few climbs turned out to be harder than I expected. Anyway, it isn’t bad at all to lose the jersey to Mathieu [Van der Poel]. I’m super happy for him. We at Alpecin-Deceuninck are having a super good start. My teammates are doing an amazing job to support Mathieu and myself. We have already had two amazing days, and we are looking forward to keeping it going. Tomorrow’s stage is a very good chance for another win indeed."
