Giro d'Italia 2019: Stage 13 finish line quotes
Ilunur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin) - stage 13 winner
"Yes it's good. [We knew] the last climb would be really hard. I didn't have a plan for the climb, I did my best and this is the result. The ambition is to be in the top five and now it is possible.
"I think the stage win was a bit of a surprise because I didn't have this in my plan.
[Can Roglic win with a weaker team?] "I don't know, [Primoz] Roglic is strong and a really good guy. We will see. If he is without the team, I don't think that it makes a big difference because he is really strong."
[Will you attack early tomorrow?] "We will see. Now I will rest a bit and tomorrow we will see."
Jan Polanc (UAE Team Emirates)
"Today I knew it was going to be hard to defend the jersey, so I was thinking I would have to go my pace in the last 2km and sure, stay as long as I can with the first (rider) and then try to do my pace. It was a really hard stage. We saw in the final we were all alone. Thanks to my team for supporting me today. I'm really happy to keep the jersey. It's going to be hard (to keep it). I'm realistic. We saw [Vincenzo] Nibali and Roglic today, I think they're the strongest. Zakarin did a really good job, but the Giro is still long. Let's see."
Max Sciandri (director Movistar)
"Chapeau to Zakarin because even to be out there in a breakaway with 20-some-odd riders is still something difficult. We didn't think the win was going to come from the breakaway. Good move for Zakarin and fantastic for our guys.
Matt White (director Mitchelton-Scott)
Nicolas Portal (director Team Ineos)
You can read more at Cyclingnews.com