Robert Gesink – “I was having my own problems...”

“It was difficult after a few hard days already. As I’ve said before, I hope that I could stay in the front group today but it was really difficult. After the crash, it’s become a difficult Tour. Since then my body has been hurting a lot. I don’t know what to expect from the coming days. Right now I can’t really consider what’s going to happen… I can’t even comment on who is going well because I didn’t see who was in the front today – I was having my own problems.
“I’ve got to keep on trying. I’ve been in pain for a few days and it’s difficult for me to recover. The legs won’t do what I’d like them to do. The Tour is a very hard race and naturally I’m hoping that I’ll overcome my problems in the coming days and then we’ll have a look at where we’re at.”