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Stage 8
61| David GAUDU
David Gaudu: “The result is more than positive”
"It was the last stage, we had to try to play the general classification but I did not have the legs to attack today. The result is more than positive, but I couldn't follow it, so there are no regrets. I have passed a milestone, I have progressed physically and I have combined the mental aspect with it. It's a steady progression every year, we add things and I manage to do better races. If someone had told me that at the beginning of Paris-Nice, we would have signed with both hands. The team was there all week, we did everything we needed to do, including the team time...
Stage 8
1| Jonas VINGEGAARD
Vingegaard : “I was happy with second today”
If I had the legs, I would have tried in the last climb, but he was really strong. When he attacked, everybody thought I’m not going with him. That’s’ what I thought anyway. I was happy with second today. I’m happy with the way I raced. Now I can work on my shape for the Tour and hopefully I can be better there. I don’t think I had my best level here. I still have a bit of work to do.
Stage 8
31| Tadej POGAČAR
Tadej Pogacar: “Attack is the best defence”
I never participated in Paris-Nice before. I was good at the first races of the season and it was always my goal and my dream to win Paris-Nice. I’m very happy. They say attack is the best defence. I really know these roads, I’ve done lots of training here. I know exactly how my legs are in the climbs. I was really good with maths today. To be alongside Gaudu and Vingegaard on the podium is special. They are great riders. If I don’t win anything until the end of the season, it’s still not bad.
Stage 7
31| Tadej POGAČAR
Tadej Pogacar: “We’ll do everything to keep the jersey”
Today was really hard. It was really warm it even felt like the summer. We were all dead at the finish.
David Gaudu seems to improve every year little by little and if he goes on like this he will certainly finish by winning a great race this season. I was not a surprise in the last 3 km it was just us three. I was focusing on not giving up when Jonas accelerated. Today was hot I had to push really hard.
Maybe I’m just a little percentage better than Jonas today but he didn’t give up, he always came back and it was quite impressive. He’s growing...
Stage 5
217| Gregaard Jonas WILSLY
Jonas Gregaard: “It was perfect”
It was perfect. Getting out and going for the points and then to go back to the peloton and relaxing a bit and take some more points. So yes it was perfect. I will now take it day by day. I’ll make a plan. For sure I need to take as many points as possible.
I was feeling a bit tired from yesterday as it was a hard day but I recovered a bit today and tomorrow I will be fresh and ready to fight again. From the beginning our plan was to go in the breakaway and then, when we hit the last KOM, take those points and take an easy day. And then I could take some more...
Stage 5
31| Tadej POGAČAR
Tadej Pogacar: “A really nice day”
I enjoyed my first day in yellow on Paris-Nice. It was a nice day, with sun finally and no stress, so it was really a nice day. I know the climbs in the last stage really well because it’s almost my home training loop. But I don’t know the roads tomorrow and the day after. It was published too late for me to do the recon.
I think even tomorrow is going to be really stressful. It’s the classic stage in which anything can happen, a lot of surprises. Saturday we will have to manage the effort to the top. I love the final stage, it’s really...
Stage 5
5| Olav KOOIJ
Olav Kooij: “My best one so far”
This is really nice. I won a few races also last year but it is definitely the best one so far. I was a bit far in the finale but then I took the left side of the roundabout. It was the good choice, it put me in a quite good position behind Mads Pedersen and I was able to overtake him. Coming close, coming second is not bad but it’s victory that matters. I’m happy to be able to do it today. I’m glad for the team, after the team time trial to win this stage.
Stage 4
61| David GAUDU
David Gaudu: “Second again, but second behind Pogacar”
It was a complicated day today. Really hard. There was lots of wind, tension, nerves. But we did well as a team, we never were in a rush, we even launched an echelon so it was a good day.
We saw immediately that Vingegaard’s first attack was not one to be followed. Everybody had the same reaction. We let them do the show and decide who the strongest was. I held there and there was a bit of tail wind so I said to myself: why not? I saw I had nobody in the wheel and a flat section was coming so I tried to hang in there but in the sprint he was stronger than me.
I...
Stage 4
31| Tadej POGAČAR
Tadej Pogacar: “It’s nice to be back in yellow”
It was very nervous all day. It was already hard on the flat parts. It was chaos all day. In the final climb, Felix did a very good job in setting me up for the climb in a perfect place. I had good legs. I knew I could not leave Gaudu too much or I would not win. I was a little surprised (by Jonas Vingegaard). He was first to launch the attack and looked super strong. I did not counter, I waited for a rest. In the end I think he lacked a little bit. It was not in my mind to take the yellow jersey but you don’t say no to the yellow. It’s noice to be back in this...
Stage 3
104| Magnus Cort NIELSEN
Magnus Cort : “We had big ambitions”
“I’m very happy, I didn’t know whether I could take the yellow jersey, but we had dreamt of doing something great. We had great ambitions so this is not totally unexpected. For the whole course it was uncertain, but we had to gather speed, take good turns and give it everything. Tomorrow it will certainly be hard to keep the jersey but of course I will do my best.”
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