Post-race interview - Kévin Vauquelin - Stage 2 - Tour de France 2024 - Vidéo Dailymotion

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00:00Kevin, the dream continues, first Tour de France, second stage of the Tour de France, victory of the stage, it's completely crazy.

00:08Yes, it's completely crazy. Yesterday I was at the bottom of the jump, I spent weeks as I said, difficult, with disappointments.

00:14Even if I was at my level, I'm not from France, around Switzerland I was not good, nor was the team.

00:19To succeed in doing that, well, it's an escape, but I'm really happy, we had the perfect day, we saw that the peloton let us go.

00:28I think it's thanks to the escape that was not taken yesterday, they said, we can let another escape. I think it was the perfect day.

00:36Tactically, you played the move extremely well, with Rodriguez who was with you, you left at the right time, ciao ciao.

00:44Yes, but I want to thank Christian, who put a lot of power throughout the race, to do the relay, to animate the escape, and then to control everything, he was very strong.

00:54Yes, frankly, a big thank you. I felt it in the boss before, when Axel accelerated, I came to the tempo, I could attack at the top, but I said, it's far.

01:02I'm going to do that in the last boss and see where I can be. And when I left with the Coliveras and Abrahamsen, I knew that in the boss I was more punchy.

01:11So I said, this is the moment. And if they find each other, they will have a hard time riding, so it was perfect.

01:16When did you start to appreciate?

01:19Late, because I was asking all the time how much time there is, because I know that they can attack very hard, Abrahamsen, Coliveras, and even the escape courses.

01:28So I was always a little wary, but I think my riding qualities were there, so I didn't give up at all.

01:34I imagine you have a lot of dreams, but this one, at least, what was it?

01:39The dream was already to participate in the Tour de France, and now I manage to win the second stage, at the beginning of the Tour de France.

01:44I think it's going to put me in a good spiral for the rest of the season.

01:47And for the team, it's their first win at the Arc de Triomphe, and I'm very, very happy to bring them their first win.

01:52Well done, well done.

01:53Thank you.

Post-race interview - Kévin Vauquelin - Stage 2 - Tour de France 2024

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