Kim Andersen

We tried to keep Sastre up front ahead of the climb, where it all exploded. Of course, it would've been read more

We tried to keep Sastre up front ahead of the climb, where it all exploded. Of course, it would've been more fun if we'd had a rider in the break, but I'm pretty satisfied with the fact that we had three guys in the second group with all the big favourites.

Everything went according to plan, as we were counting on Sastre, Peron and Piil to do really well today and read more

Everything went according to plan, as we were counting on Sastre, Peron and Piil to do really well today and at the last intermediate time it even looked as if Sastre might take the second place, but unfortunately he stalled a bit towards the end.

It was very impressive of Van Heeswijk. He bridged back to the peloton all by himself after his puncture and read more

It was very impressive of Van Heeswijk. He bridged back to the peloton all by himself after his puncture and still had strength left over for the sprint, even though the pace was high towards the end of the stage. Christian Vande Velde crashed during the final descent, but he wasn't seriously hurt and managed to finish in the main peloton, while Linus Gerdemann lost some time because he's suffering from a back ache.

We tried to keep Sastre up front ahead of the climb, where it all exploded, ... Of course, it would've read more

We tried to keep Sastre up front ahead of the climb, where it all exploded, ... Of course, it would've been more fun if we'd had a rider in the break, but I'm pretty satisfied with the fact that we had three guys in the second group with all the big favourites.

It was definitely a good result because it was a really tough test today, where only those riders who are read more

It was definitely a good result because it was a really tough test today, where only those riders who are in shape had any chance of doing well,