Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe): “It was a difficult stage today. I think everyone was… you saw that the rest day did everyone well, so everyone went super fast on the climb at the start. We just tried to keep the breakaway as small as possible, also with no GC riders in there, and I think we did a pretty good job. In the end, we expected the stage like this, without going all out on the climbs, so we are happy with how the stage went. But the start was super difficult to control, and I think quite hard for everyone. Today I felt pretty good again. I also didn’t know how the rest day would affect my body. I really needed a rest yesterday, but now I feel good again and I’m looking forward to the next stages.”
