“I tried everything and maybe it would have been nice not to have such a headwind for the last few kilometres. I think I left it all out there and I wish I could have pushed a little bit harder for the end, but it is what it is and it was not enough. At the moment it is hard to see the positives. I think from now most of the stages are really sprint stages or mountain stages so today was the very, very good chance and I was close. I think I’ll have to enjoy the rest day tomorrow and maybe take a look to see if there are any more opportunities.”
