Le Belge de la Soudal Quick Step, Tim Merlier, vainqueur de la 1ère étape de ce Paris-Nice 2025 et premier maillot jaune LCL.
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00:00Et voilà le dragon actuel de New York Rampart, il n'est pas gêné par les fréquences de l'autoroute.
00:07Hi team, congratulations.
00:09Like two years ago, first stage, first victory, first CEO jersey.
00:13How does it feel ?
00:15It feels really good.
00:19It's now the second time I can really feel the team.
00:23I feel really good.
00:25It feels really good.
00:27It's now the second time I can wear this jersey.
00:31Second time I win a podium, first stage.
00:34So yeah, really proud.
00:38When we see you sprinting today, it looks really easy, if I can say, from outside,
00:43because you have a big gap against the others.
00:45Is that easy to win, like today, for you ?
00:48I don't know the gap, I didn't see it.
00:52I just feel the pain in the legs, so it's not easy like it looks, maybe.
00:59You don't feel you have a big gap against the others when you see the video ?
01:04No, I didn't see it yet, so sorry.
01:08It's always nice to have a big gap or a big jump.
01:14You were the big favorite at the start of the race.
01:17Is that something you like ?
01:20I'm not busy with the pressure that people give me.
01:26I just try to take every opportunity I can take.
01:32Like today, I gave it all again to try to win, together with the team.
01:37But maybe it makes it a bit easier for me.
01:42I don't know, I don't really know.
01:46I'm not busy with it, I just try to win as much as possible.
01:50How do you feel the last kilometers of the race, with a lot of pressure ?
01:55I'm not happy with the last kilometers, I'm not happy with the last kilometers.
02:00I'm not happy with the last kilometers, I'm not happy with the last kilometers.
02:05How do you feel the last kilometers of the race, with a lot of pressure ?
02:12The last climb, the second last was also a tackle.
02:19We were fast together in the last climb.
02:25The classification was good for the bonification.
02:31But we were never far away.
02:35Arkea was riding and Visma was starting.
02:40We stayed a bit behind.
02:45Then they came in order to ride, but the gap was already closed.
02:53The speed stayed in the bunch.
02:58If you are in a good position, you stay a bit easier over there also.
03:03If you are in a good position, you stay a bit easier over there also.
03:07Tomorrow is already a stage for you ?
03:12I think it's a flat stage tomorrow, so it looks like it's again a stage for me.
03:21Congrats, is it so that after Paris-Nice, you will not do races like Denain-Locre and Grévin-Coxerne ?
03:33In order to gain some freshness for the real big classes ?
03:40Definitely we decide this after Paris-Nice.
03:43But it looks like it will be like this.