“It would have been nicer to gain than lose time on Tadej Pogacar but as I said before, I came to the Tour knowing that the first week suited me less than what’s to come, so to be in the yellow jersey at the end of the first week satisfies me. I felt quite OK today, however Tadej was again a little bit better. Today, we didn’t want to go for the stage win, however, hadn’t we controlled, the gap would have been 40 minutes and we would have had to ride at some point anyways. It was a very hard but very nice experience to race up to Puy de Dôme and I’m looking forward to the Alps.”
