Tour d'Italie 2023 - Geraint Thomas : “Everything is still very tight for the time trial on Saturday. It will be fun to watch and terrible to do”
Un an après son premier succès sur les routes du Tour d'Italie, Santiago Buitrago a remis ça sur l'édition 2023 en s'offrant la 19e étape au sommet des Tre Cime di Lavaredo ! Le Colombien de la Bahrain Victorious s'est montré le plus fort d'une échappée composée initialement de quinze coureurs. Déjà trois fois deuxième sur ce Giro, le Canadien Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech) a encore pris la deuxième place ce vendredi (+ 51"), tandis que Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF Education-EasyPost) a complété le podium (+ 1'46"). Dans la bataille pour le classement général, Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) a de nouveau été dominé par Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) et Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers), le Portugais ayant concédé 20 secondes à ses deux rivaux.
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00:00 Garen, three seconds lost on Roglic, 20 seconds gain on Almeida, what do you make of that?
00:07 Yeah, it was okay. When I went, 400 metres to go, I realised after 100 metres, 400 was
00:13 a long way at this altitude. I just tried to pace it and Roglic came past the last 100
00:23 metres or so. I just lost a couple of seconds on the line, but it's nice to gain some time
00:31 on Zhao and be super close tomorrow.
00:35 No big deal and the big final tomorrow?
00:38 Yeah, I think it's going to be exciting to watch, horrible to do.
00:44 Has Vincenzo Di Valle told you that you were lucky with the weather here today compared
00:48 to him ten years ago with the storm and the snow?
00:52 Yes, we've been lucky the last few days, but we've had plenty of bad weather, so it's nice
00:58 to have some bit of warm conditions.
01:02 You probably saw some Slovenian flags today. Do you have the feeling that tomorrow it will
01:07 be an away game for you?
01:09 Yeah, I think so, but the atmosphere on that climb was incredible today. I think that's
01:13 the loudest. It was about 100 metres, 200 metres when Primoz attacked. I think that's
01:19 the loudest I've ever had in a road race. It was incredible, but a really good atmosphere.
01:25 Like at the Tour de France, you have to win the Giro through the time trial.
01:29 Yeah, slightly different, but we'll see. I'll give it everything.
01:35 Good luck.
01:36 Thank you.
01:36 Thanks Jeff.