Vincenzo Nibali: "Something can happen every day"

"It's been hot today. We've passed from an extreme condition to the opposite one but I'm not sure the heat is particularly good for me because I'm from Sicily. By now I have ridden my bike and performed in any kind of weather condition. A big trouble because of the heat can happen to anyone, any time. Maybe that's what happened to Talansky today, I don't exactly know. It's been reported that I can lose the Tour because of the heat, because of crashes or because of my team. Crashes also can happen to anyone. It happened to my team-mate Michele Scarponi today but from the team car I got to know that rode over other riders uphill. But he remained quiet and didn't spend any useless energy. I didn't need him on my side as Tanel Kangert and Jakob Fuglsang were there along with me. My team worked very well today again. Many of my team-mates were involved in that work. We have to be careful every day. The daily fatigue is hard to handle, for different riders from different teams. I remember from the Tour two years ago that something is likely to happen every day. Today it was hard because of the nervousness in the bunch and Garmin launched the action very strongly. Cannondale and Orica worked hard behind and Gallopin's attack was decisive. In overall, it has gone well for me today. So far, my hardest achievement since the beginning of the Tour is stage 2 to Sheffield because the rhythm was extremely high and there was a very strong head wind, I had the peloton right behind me with a very small margin."