Tour de France 2019 stage 10 finish line quotes

15.07.2019 20:09

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) - Stage winner

"I can't believe it, beating all those fast guys in the sprint. Ah... Sorry, I can't believe it. It's above anything else. I felt it in the last 10 days, how big this race is. Winning in my first attempt...wow.

"It became quite nervous in the finale. I managed to stay in front and kept our leader Stevie [Kruijswijk] in position. Unfortunately, Dylan was not in the first group and I was allowed to go for the sprint. From the last one, I learned I had to go early, so I went 250m from the line. It was close with Viviani, but one centimetre is enough.

"I think it started quite early at around 70km to go, and we managed to stay in the front and a team, but then there was a roundabout and we were out of position and it broke. Steven [Kruijswijk] and me were at the front, but George [Bennett] lost out.

"When we were in the front group, I could either stay with Steve or try for the sprint, and he said he was OK, so it worked out all OK.

"In the sprint, I was on the wheel of Peter Sagan with a few hundred metres to go, so I decided to come from the back and start early with a lot of speed, and that’s what I did, and it worked and [Elia] Viviani came close but I got it.

"You always have to make the best of it and try in the sprints and it worked. We won the TTT and three stages like today with three different guys and I think that says enough about our team." (ASO)