While he could have lost all hope of final victory on this Switzerland Tour During this 7th stage, Kévin Vauquelin was stronger than ever. Attacked from all sides, the fraçais of the training Arkéa-B&B Hotels perfectly resisted. Impressive of termination, he even tried a blow in the final, launching the sprint from afar, but was overflowed in the final meters by JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Team Emirates XRG) et Oscar Onley (Picnic Postnl). However, he keeps his yellow jersey 33 seconds ahead of Almeida and 41 “on a Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) … What to keep hope on the eve of the final time!
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“I was probably the fastest in the group …”
“Really disappointed, because we had done a perfect race. We managed the last two bumps super well. I knew that I could win this step if I was going. I was probably the fastest of the group, I may think. I may have launched a little early, I cracked from afar … And I missed a few meters. Of course, I would have liked the line, but it's really very disappointed. is there, to win a stage “said Vauquelin on arrival. “I really thought I was going to go to the end. I saw that João looked at me a lot, to try to make myself crack in the last bump. But I really hung on. I told myself that this step, she was for me today. I am very happy with my perf, even if I missed a little something at the end.”
“The time of tomorrow? Anything is possible. We don't know how Joao will recover, and I don't know how I will be either. What I know is that it will be a fight against myself. I will have the car behind who will scream, and all my family, my friends who will be there. So I'm going to give everything to take full advantage and pass a nice finish line”he concludes.
