“Thor is winning some incredible races now. He’s an incredible rider. You could see he was aggressive all day, even at the beginning when the race was full on, he was always in the breaks and then he finally got away and although the climb wasn’t for him – it was going to be hard – but with the shape he’s in it wasn’t going to be too difficult for him.
“It’s not that easy for the sprinters here in the Pyrenees. We’ve got to sprint [at the intermediate prime] and then, 10km later, we’ve got to do a climb. It’s how it is; I’m not the only one who’s got to do it... but it just happens that the other guys are better climbers than me.
“I’m not comfortable in the green jersey – I’ve got to keep pushing away at it. As you can see, Gilbert is plugging away and getting points and there’s only two more sprint days left but we’ll keep trying and see what happens when we get to Paris."
Interview
July 15
th
2011
- 18:21
Mark Cavendish – “We'll keep on trying...”
