“It's either us or another team that launches the offensive”
“It was a stressful day, but a good day for us. We ended in the first group, as planned. Our plan was to try a border 20 kilometers from the finish, and the team perfectly executed that. They kept me out of danger from start to finish, so a big thank you to them. And they managed to create the break too, so for us, it was a good day”said Awesome when this 1st stage arrived. “Honestly, it is either us or another team that launches the offensive. At that time, we knew that the wind was going to blow aside, and that it would be strong enough. So we knew that if it was not us, it would be someone else. And in this case, as much to do it ourselves. At least, we are in front, we control. It was our approach today, and that worked well.”
And Jonas Vingegaard et Matteo Jorgenson arrived in the first group, the winner of the last Giro d'Italia, Simon Yatesfinished him at more than 6 minutes. “It is never pleasant to see Simon losing, I think, about six minutes. It is a real blow, clearly. But at the same time, we, we stayed safe, and to be honest, I think it was probably the safest end that we could hope. If you put 180 runners on this arrival, in a first stage of the Tour de France, then there, it would be a total chaos”explained the Danish.
