What a day again! THE Switzerland Tour We definitely offer us a particularly spectacular week, with every day upheavals and sacred numbers. This Thursday, the Briton Oscar Onley (Team Picnic Postnl) won the 5th stage at the top of Santa Maria in Calanca, barely beating the Portuguese JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), which continues its incredible rise in the general classification. Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa – B&B Hotels), like the day before, perfectly limited the breakage on Almeidafinishing 4th, 57 seconds from the head duo. While Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) has completely exploded, he takes advantage of this new top 5 to seize the leader yellow jersey.
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“I think it's a real level in my career”
After the arrival, the Frenchman was delighted with this yellow jersey: “The jersey? Of course I hoped. It was a very difficult race, so I'm really happy to be where I am, and to do 4th in the stage, already. It was not really easy, but now, the advantage of being 2nd in general before approaching this step, it was often well placed in the right place and at the right time. Especially on bumps with wear, I have always been very well placed. Reclute..
He continues on his constant progression in recent months: “I think it's a real level in my career, quite simply. I hoped that one day, I was said:” Yeah, you may be able to start playing on a week's races “.
But every time, I had a time when I was cracking … or courses that did not get me out. Today, it was a big day, very energy -consuming, with long passes at altitude. Now it's going to be complicated, we're not going to lie. The time doesn’t just have me compared to João, simply because it’s in a bump. But I'm going to fight to the end. I will make the most of being yellow on a World Tour race, especially on a Tour de Switzerland “he concludes.
