“I started really well, with good legs. I went a bit too hard on the climb and then on the rolling part on the top I think I suffered the most. Towards the end was a nice parcours also and I really enjoyed today’s time trial. To lose against Remco, World Champion, the best time trialist right now, it’s still a pretty good feeling. I can be satisfied. I would have loved to have taken a stage win today but against Remco it’s a bit tough. But I can gained time on Primoz [Roglic] and Jonas [Vingegaard] and the other guys so I can be really happy. I need to keep an eye on Remco now, he is a bit closer, but also Jonas and Primoz I think they can show their good legs in the next mountain stages. I think in this Tour de France, the hard stages are coming really towards the end and the bodies will be really tired. So we could see bigger gaps. I would say that right now it’s really close and for me it’s better to be in the lead than be chasing. I already did two good time trials at the Giro, yet I rate this performance somehow higher as I only lost to the current World Champion by just a few seconds and was still above some tough guys like Primoz and Jonas. I think the TT in Nice should be nice for me too, as I know the roads quite well.
