“First of all, I’m super happy to be back in the yellow jersey. Obviously we wanted to attack on the Tourmalet but it cost energy. Tadej was really strong. He deserves the stage win. I was not at all surprised to see him bouncing back after yesterday. It’ll make an exciting Tour de France for what is left. I would have preferred to have two minutes lead than twenty-five seconds but it’s always better to be ahead and have the yellow jersey. We’ve had beautiful stages in the Basque Country and we’ve probably experienced one of the hardest starts of the Tour de France. President Macron remembered me from stage 18 last year and he wished me good luck for the rest of the race.”
