Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck): “It was quite a tough day. It started dry and then the finish was wet so it made it quite dangerous as well. My team was so strong. Thankfully they had a super day to help control with Kern Pharma and DSM. It wasn’t easy. We only caught the attackers in the final kilometre so it was a super team. [The late attacks] were not so unexpected. There are only a few sprint stages in this race and the rest are mountain stages so the intermediate riders really have to try on days like today. But the team was super motivated to control attackers all day and to repay them with victory number 3 is pretty special.”
