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EFE · Road Competition · 06/09/2020
The Swiss cyclist Marc Hirschi (Sunweb), the protagonist of the day’s break in the ninth stage of the Tour de France and a hero with no other prize than that of the combativity of the stage, was sad and resigned with the outcome.
“I am sad because in the end I could not finish with a victory. I wanted to enter the break because we are on the Tour to win stages. We thought that today there was a probability, so we had to do it,” said the Swiss.
“You had to try,” he added sadly.
Hirschi rode solo for half a stage to end up being caught by the group of favorites 1,700 meters from the finish. Even so, the Swiss was strong enough to compete in the sprint and finish in third place.
“In the end, they advised me to wait for the pursuers because I’m not bad at sprinting. I was hoping to win, but in the end I didn’t,” he concluded.
Adam Yates: “I gave everything I could to endure”
The British Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), who left Pau today wearing the leader’s yellow jersey, lost it at the Laruns finish line after failing to be with the best on the ascent to Col de Marie Blanque.
“I knew when I got to the Tour that I was not at one hundred percent. I gave everything I could to endure,” said the Mitchelton-Scott rider after leaving 54 seconds at the finish line.
“I think we can be proud of what we did. Now rest, have a rest day and then try it in some stages,” he added.
Peter Sagan: “I tried to catch the getaway”
The green jersey of the Tour de France, the Slovak Peter Sagan (Bora-Handgrohe), explained that he tried without luck to get into the break of the day.
“I tried to take the break but I expended a lot of strength and then I did not have the energy to do more. So I have gone quietly in the` group “, he said.
“Every day I see how I wake up in the morning. You never know what can happen in the Tour. Sometimes you can get a big blow to the head. It is better to think about the present and not about the future,” he added.
Guillaume Martin: “I am still among the best”
The French Guillaume Martin (Cofidis), third in the general classification 28 seconds behind the yellow jersey of Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), was satisfied with his performance on today’s stage, in which he crossed the finish line at the second group only yielded 11 behind the winner.
“The Marie-Blanque has risen very quickly since the approach. It has been a very intense day from start to finish, without respite. I think I have had a good performance and I am still among the best,” he said.
Omar Fraile: “We arrived at the rest day with high spirits”
The Spanish Omar Fraile (Astana) assured that the team arrives at the rest day “with high morale” despite the fact that its leader, the Colombian Miguel ngel `Superman Lpez, had given 54 seconds with Roglic.
“I don’t know what happened with` Supermn Lpez, I think he was with a partner. We arrived at the rest day with high spirits, “he said.
The Basque cyclist stressed that “we are in the middle of the Tour, there is a lot of mountains left and the team is fine. We hope to spend a quiet rest day and that there are no positives due to Covid.
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