Quotes
Stage 21
131| Tadej POGACAR
Tadej Pogacar: "This sport is amazing"
“It’s unbelievable. It’s really crazy to be the winner of the Tour de France. Even if I’d come second or further in the ranking, it would still be nice to be here. This is just the top of the top. I can’t describe it with words. Today was a very special day with my team-mates. Finally I had some time to talk with them on the bike. The other days, it was just racing full gas. I think every rider from the peloton congratulated me today. This sport is amazing!”
Stage 21
43| Sam BENNETT
Sam Bennett: "I never thought I'd win here with the green jersey!"
“I can’t tell you how I feel, standing here as a winner with the green jersey on the Champs-Elysées. This is the world championship of the sprinters. I never thought I’d win this stage, so to win it in the green jersey, it’s fantastic! I’m part of a dream team. It’s just such an amazing feeling. The suffering in the mountains was worth it. It took me so long to get here, I’m going to enjoy every moment of this victory. It was a really fast and technical finale. I’ve been nervous when we went back to the front. Then the...
Stage 20
43| Sam BENNETT
Sam Bennett: "It would be amazing to win in Paris with the green jersey but everyone wants to win there"
“I’m still cautious. There’s one more day. I won’t celebrate until we bring the green jersey home, if we do… Today I’m just happy to finish inside the time limit so I can get to Paris. I’m looking forward to tomorrow. There’ll be two steps: the intermediate sprint and the final sprint. It’s a sprinter’s dream driving to the Champs-Elysées in the green jersey. If I could manage to win the last stage with the green jersey it would be amazing but everyone wants to win there.”
Stage 20
131| Tadej POGACAR
Tadej Pogacar: "Actually, my dream was not to win the Tour de France but just to take part in it"
“I think I’m dreaming. I feel like my head is exploding. It’s really crazy. I was happy with the second place and now I’m here with the yellow jersey. I don’t know what to say, it’s unbelievable. I’m really proud of the team. They did such a big effort over three weeks. I feel sorry for Primoz Roglic. He had done a very good Tour de France so far, he was superior during the whole Tour de France, his team did an amazing job and he had a bad day today. For me, to wear the yellow jersey on the final day, it’s just a dream...
Stage 19
44| Rémi CAVAGNA
Rémi Cavagna: "I enjoy riding for Sam Bennett"
“It wasn’t planned but it was one last opportunity for a breakaway, so I told myself I could try. I knew that everyone was tired but I still had some energy left. I raced with a tailwind at the beginning. Later on it was a bit more difficult but I had a good day. I would have needed more time to hope for something but it was cool. Our goal for the end of this Tour is to retain the green jersey with Sam Bennett and I think we’re on the right track. He’s a great guy and I enjoy riding for him.”
Stage 19
131| Tadej POGACAR
Tadej Pogacar: "It would be unbelievable if I'd win the Tour de France tomorrow"
"The beginning was super fast, they rode at a very fast pace on the front. On the final hills there were many attacks, but when this group of riders went away the peloton relaxed a bit. And I’m happy for that, because I think the roads were not adequate for a peloton racing. Everything is possible, but it would be unbelievable if I won the Tour de France tomorrow. The Mountains jersey? It’s an ITT, so I’ll go full gas from start to finish, like I do always. It’s not about making priorities. It doesn’t matter on which order we start tomorrow:...
Stage 19
3| Richard CARAPAZ
Richard Carapaz: "I'll race an authentic uphill time trial tomorrow"
“It’s been a very special day. I enjoyed wearing the polka dot jersey very much in a relatively easy stage. Tomorrow it’s a key stage for the King of the Mountains competition. We’ll race it like an authentic uphill time trial in the final climb.”
Stage 19
43| Sam BENNETT
Sam Bennett: "I probably raced in a very frustrating way for the others"
“I want to thank my team again. It was a really hard day and I probably raced in a very frustrating way for other competitors, but they are so strong that I had to do it that way. I had to throw away the stage and focus on Sagan and on the fight for the points classification. I left everything I had on the road to secure it. Am I close to winning the green jersey? First I have to overcome tomorrow stage. I think, if the conditions are correct, I will only have to finish it off on Sunday.”
Stage 19
11| Primož ROGLIC
Primoz Roglic: "I pretty much what my place will be on the ITT"
“It was not really a recovery day. We began quite hard, with Bora chasing. At halfway it got easier, but then there were some attacks at the end which upped the pace. Anyway, it’s been another good day, another stage finished, and now I begin thinking of recovery for tomorrow. We did a reconnaissance of tomorrow’s time trial on its day. Of course, the final climb is very hard. It will be about being strong and giving it all. I will really consider changing bikes for the final climb until the last moment. It will depend on everything, on what the conditions...
Stage 19
205| Søren KRAGH ANDERSEN
SK Andersen: "It's incredible to beat some of the world's best riders"
"I have to say that, in the last kilometres, I was actually screaming in pure disbelief. I got two stage wins on the same Tour de France… It’s incredible. I’m speechless. When I saw who was in the breakaway group, I realized I was in the mix with some of the best riders of the world for this type of race. I honestly didn’t know how to beat them, and I was on my limit too. But then I realised that, if I managed somehow to get a small gap, it may enable me to pull it off… And that’s exactly what happened. This is a memory I will carry in...
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