“After the race I was feeling pretty good, but soon afterwards I got sad because I heard my girlfriend Urska has crashed in the Giro Donne, and that she maybe has a concussion. That’s sad news – way sadder than losing 50” or 1’00” to Jonas. Let’s go day by day. It’s the first mountain stage and the situation has changed quite a bit for my team. We now need to gain time back, and of course to keep fighting. I don’t know if Jonas’ attack was a surprise. He could see that I was on my limit during the last two kilometres of the Marie Blanque climb, after the Jumbo team sped up. He went on the attack and I couldn’t follow, because he was stronger today. There was not much I could do. I hope for better legs tomorrow. I feel okay – that’s the most important thing.”
