Evenepoel: "I’m happy that the 3km rule exists!"

Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl): "I had a puncture on my rear wheel. I wasn’t in the best position. We did a recon of the finale yesterday and we felt the roads were really slippery. I was a little bit scared to be honest in the last 4-5km. I lost some positions. And then I wanted to move up on the steep bump but my rear wheel just went off. I felt I had a flat tyre. I’m happy that the 3km rule exists! Otherwise I would have lost a lot of time today. And then I heard that Primoz [Roglic] crashed so I really hope he’s ok and he can continue the race. Actually, I expected him to attack. We all know that Primoz is really explosive so a finale like this is really made for him. That makes it even more a pity that he crashed. You never want anybody to crash. I felt recovered today. I really needed the rest day because of my crash as well. I felt much better today than I did on Saturday and even on Sunday. It looks pretty good for the rest of the week."