"It was a great day. I heard my name called out a lot from the roadside and that’s nice.
I was expecting a longer battle for the breakaway and a much tougher day. In the end, it was a fairly quiet day, shall we say, though we were still riding quite fast. That said, defending the jersey wasn’t down to me. So I’m really happy to still be here.
Tomorrow, there aren’t many points up for grabs, so we can keep it fairly easily, so to speak. And after that, it’ll all come down to the Tourmalet [Stage 6]. I’ll need to be strong."
