Quotes
Stage 1
63| Thibaud GRUEL
Gruel: "I gambled and I don't regret it"
Thibaud Gruel (Groupama-FDJ): "I really enjoyed it. I was at home and the fans were cheering me on the whole way. I tried to go for it, but Paul [Lapeira] countered me, and I tried to get on the wheel. We went away together, we had a good understanding, I think we were both strong. We were solid, they didn't come in behind. Afterward, we were a bit silly looking at each other in the final. But I took the gamble. I told myself, 'Oh, damn, it's just a game in the end, I'm going to have fun until the end, I don't care. I want to win, not finish second.' I gambled and I don't...
Stage 1
1| Christophe LAPORTE
Laporte: “Matteo was strong; he deserved his victory”
Christophe Laporte (Visma|Lease a Bike): "We fought to get back into the race. We got into the final, (Stefan) Bissegger started the sprint and I didn't have much left in my legs; I was even cramping. I didn't really believe it and at the end I saw that everyone was going all out. I wanted to get out of the saddle, but I couldn't with the cramps. I thought I could come back, but I couldn't. Matteo was strong; he deserved his victory today. We had complete control, then we lost all control of the race. I was all alone; there were a lot of attacks. I focused on Lidl-Trek....
Stage 1
15| Withen Albert PHILIPSEN
Philipsen: “Being on the podium is a privilege”
Albert Withen Philipsen (Lidl-Trek): “The feeling is super good. I’m really, really happy to finish the season off well. Of course it would have been nice to end this season with a win but being on the podium with guys like these is really a privilege and I feel super happy just to be in the mix and be able to ride in the final. It's super hard in a finish like this to have the overview and also to see where your teammates are, but it was good that that both me and (Mathias) Vacek were there almost until the final. Then I think there was a bit of a gap on the...
Stage 1
151| Matteo TRENTIN
Trentin: “I'm still young inside!”
Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling Team): “I won this race 10 years ago and it's finally possible I can actually win a race this year! After the Tour de France, I was feeling really good. Finally, the legs were what they should be. I was a bit unlucky in Hamburg (at ADAC Cyclassics), I got injured and I had to wait again to come back racing, but finally I got it. Actually they (Paul Lapeira and Thibaud Gruel) sneaked away in an actually perfect moment. We were attacking, attacking, attacking, and in the first and only moment of kind of looking at each other, they went....
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