"To be honest, this has been one of the trickiest stages in this Tour so far. We started under the rain, and the roads were a bit slippery. I was a bit stressed, because things weren’t entirely under control. We just wanted to save the day. Afterwards, the stage became super fast because of the tailwinds and the strong breakaway at the front. We had to chase really hard and, on my side, I only focused on trying to save as much energy as possible and recover from yesterday’s efforts.
This Tour de France has been quite nice for us at Lidl-Trek. Mads [Pedersen] won a stage and that took some pressure out of the way. We have the green jersey, the white one, and the yellow helmets as the best team. We just hope to keep going on the same note."
