Jerome Cousin: "I didn't rob this"

March 8 ^th 2018 - 17:40

I had cramps towards the end. The goal was to go for the breakaway and take the KOM jersey. I did not spare my efforts and we had a tacit agreement that if I went for the climbers they would leave me alone on the flat. Now when I saw that the victory was possible I worked hard to go after the Katusha rider and I played with his b…. a little. That's the way i won. I'm so generous in my efforts all year and I was beaten in similar circumstances so many times before that I decided to maneuver differently for once and see if it worked. I didn't rob this. Last year I raced for only 30 days. It's a great comeback. We no won two stages, It's important for the team but I must recover because I'm also supposed to be helping Lilian Calmejane make it into the top 10.