Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale): “Yes I was optimistic today. I guess I’ve proven wrong the people who expected me to lose the jersey. I had a pretty good day. It’s a bit of a shame that I exploded a bit at the end but that’s gotta be one of the most horrible endings to a climb that I’ve ever done, it was disgusting! It was kind of only one attack and that was Primoz [Roglic], super impressive, then it was very much man against man that climb. You just felt like you were going nowhere, you couldn’t see anything with the fog as well. It was rough. I’m still in the lead so I’ll take it. I’m gonna rest tomorrow, try to enjoy it if I can and then tackle Lagos de Covadonga on Tuesday. I’m proud. It’s 10 days now. It’s pretty special, it means almost the half of the course. I can just be happy with myself, happy with the boys and I think it’s really a magical moment for myself.”
