The shelf patron Kristoff: – He was amazing

Kristoff and his teammates cycled with a goal to keep pace with Cholet on Monday: To minimize the loss of time for the Daniel Martin team. To score, the UAE was quoted by a cruel Alexander Kristoff

The distance to the winning BMC team was one minute and 38 seconds. It was at maximum to live with. The athletic director Mauduit has given the star of the Norwegian team team a solid part of the merit for such a thing.

– He was incredibly strong. He suffered like hell in the last climb, and then I used only forces on him and did not fit the others. I shouted "you can do it, Alex, we need you for the last few miles." Random, random! "He smiles at NTB after the scene.

– He fought all the way, and one kilometer after the summit he suddenly led to our team. Then I thought "wish".

Had power again

– Were you afraid of losing Kristoff on the rise?

– Yes, of course. For the increases is not his specialty. It was obvious that he suffered. Fortunately, he did it and made a fantastic conclusion, Mauduit said.

Kristoff himself was more modest, but at the same time had a glimpse of the eye since he was going to put words on the 35-kilometer beginning and end in the center of Cholet. ] – I fight often at the beginning, because I do not heat much, but I warm up soon after, Kristoff slipped on NTB, but quickly added:

– No, I warmed up today and I felt good. At the same time, at the same time, everyone is the strongest, and then I'm not better than others. At the same time, I played better than a lot, and in the end I had the strength again.

After the stage Kristoff had a slap on the shoulders of teammate Kristijan Durasek when they were sitting on the bikes. ? I do not think of revenge.

Gray as a child

The story also says that the UAE team was unhappy on the way to Monday's stage. Early on the stage, the Italian Oliviero Troia had to drop his teammates after a puncture. Alexander Kristoff and the team were injured.

– He is also quite tall and I sat behind him, so I suddenly had a little harsher working conditions because I had less darkness. It was a shame for us. He is one of the team's best drivers, said Kristoff, estimating that the UAE could have been 20 seconds closer to BMC with Troia in the team

The athletic director Mauduit was totally agree

– cycling, and we have to accept that. It was a shame for the boy himself. He cried like a little kid when he came on the bus, he said about Troia.

Mauduit meant that the team was operating above the expectations of the pace.

– Yes, because I thought we would lose two minutes. Fortunately, he became smaller, he told NTB.

After the Monday stage, Daniel Martin is number 39 in the resume. He has one minute and 38 seconds to direct Greg Van Avermaet

(© NTB)