"I did what I could. When Tadej attacked, I was a bit stuck behind Jorgenson and also my own teammate Mikel Landa, I couldn't react quite quickly enough. But in any case it was really the rider who deserved the stage victory who won today. I tried to follow Jonas, I stayed with him a little but he rode faster and faster and I was dropped, the pace was very high. But ultimately at the finish I only lost around thirty seconds behind Jonas. I can consider myself lucky, because I am 3rd in the stage and I gained time over those behind me. The 4th rider is 4 minutes behind me, that’s a great lead. About Tadej and Jonas, they have more experience and more power than me. I will continue to fight for the podium. With Jonas, you never know, he is not that far away and must have also felt that Tadej was too strong, so he will perhaps go on the defensive and there will be some moves for us to make.”
