"It has been a nice day out there. For us it’s been more about recovering as much as possible. It’s hard to have the chance to do so in the Tour de France, so we try and grab every chance we get. As for the rest, it was all about staying out of trouble and possible crashes, and avoid any carnage that may happen. In the end, it went well. The first sprint day it’s always tense. The route has been nice in these first stages, as there has been some road furniture here and there yet there have also been many well-surfaced, wide roads."
