It took a while for a reaction from Tom Dumoulin after the stage, but his team eventually sent a short reaction to the world. “I had a hard time on the Porte de Balès when Wout van Aert took over from Robert Gesink”, he says.
“I didn’t have the legs to go with the best all the way to the finish. I could still hold on to it in the descent. But we are here to win the Tour. That was the intention and that would happen with Primoz Roglic. or with me. But I felt today that it would not work for me. I was already hanging and strangling so then I made the choice to take the lead for Primoz. “
“In the end that was too early. That way he got isolated and we don’t want that of course. But if I hadn’t been in the lead I would have had to get off. It was a difficult final for us, but fortunately Primoz is still in good shape. in front of.”
What will his role be now in the coming days? “I am out of the rankings. We are here with the general aim of winning the Tour. Primoz has very good cards and we are going for that.”
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