Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates): “I had never suffered like this before. It was so hot out there. From the last climb, I was pumping full and I didn’t know if I could go. I’ve had a lot of bad luck over the years in Grand Tours and I really didn’t know if I could make it work. I’m just so happy I could eventually win another Grand Tour stage. It was a super good team effort with Marc [Soler] and Jay [Vine] to drive the break. They set me up perfectly. Marc did an amazing job to keep the pace super high and then on Hazallanas Jay went super hard as well until it was just me and Gaudu. I saw he was suffering in the heat. I was suffering also but I knew I had to go. And from then on it was just suffering, suffering, all the way to the finish line. Honestly, I don’t give a s*** about the GC. Today was all about the stage.”
