This Saturday, the 112nd edition of Tour de France started from Lille for the third time in the history of Large loopafter 1960 and 1994. At the end of a tumultuous first step marked by numerous falls and borders, the Limburg Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) won his tenth stage victory over the Tour de France And had, at the same time, the privilege of wearing the yellow leading jersey. Seventh of this Sprint in a small committee, the Frenchman The country (Groupama-FDJ) confided in our microphone Cyclism’Actu on his first experience of Tour de France.
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“I had bizarre sensations …”
After the stage, the 23 -year -old French sprinter said: “I think that, suddenly, Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet has lost time, Romain Grégoire too, so it pisses off. I think it's more for the general guys, or that's it, it's really stressful, these first 10 days a little chaotic. But for us, with a little more classic-man and race for a little day, that suits us.
From the start, I had a little bizarre sensations, because with all this Boucan, it's really impressive. And then, it even hurts a little head, and at the end, we forget, because it becomes a habit. But it is true that at the beginning, it is really very, very engaging. One has the impression of being in a tunnel with the window open by car, a little bit. So it's really, sincerely, impressive. But now, I think day after day, I'm just going to get used to it and it will be able to unfold later. The shape is there, so I was already confident compared to that. But now, being able to show it in the race, it is true that it remains even more rewarding.
Tomorrow, I know it's a very nice step for Romain (Grégoire), he is very motivated. I hope he is not too disgusted this evening, that we will be able to quickly move on, and that he will very quickly refocus on tomorrow. And then I, for Monday, another great opportunity. With the races of a day, we are a little used to being very well placed at these moments, we had also identified it. And now, I really have to thank Cyril (Barthe), who, at that time, was really essential. He really placed me at the right time, on the small highway bridge. Afterwards, we made a big recovery at the top, and that allowed us to be very well placed, with Clément Russo in my wheel. So here it was, it was really ideal and I can thank them “concludes The country At the end of this first step.
