00:00 No, it's incredible. I don't know what to say. I mean, this whole year has been incredible.
00:15 And now, yeah, to do so well in the Tour de France and to win the Queen's stage, it's
00:22 incredible and I just want to say thank you to the team. They have given me so much.
00:36 You look completely empty physically and mentally, am I correct?
00:41 Yeah, I mean, it's not easy to do a three-week stage race and then also, yeah, I had the
00:52 role of the leader now after a few days, so we slowly focused on that and I was stressing
01:00 myself a lot about that also. And yeah, it's not easy, but the last few days I have been
01:08 more and more comfortable and now I was just afraid that I would be caught on the last
01:17 or just the last kilometre, so the last descent and yeah, it's incredible.
01:24 It's a classical question, but what is going through your mind? What went through your
01:28 mind when you crossed that line?
01:32 Not much. I'm just grateful for all this.
01:39 When did you decide to attack?
01:41 Well, I was feeling really great and actually I was feeling great all day and yeah, I didn't
01:50 think that or thought that the chance would have, the break would have a big chance to
01:54 go for the victory. But I mean, the stage was so hard and I felt good at the start and
02:00 so I thought, yeah, why not be in there to have a little bit of a gap on the favourites
02:07 on the final climb to anticipate the final. And then actually in the final or before the
02:15 last climb, I was feeling super good and just looking by the numbers, I knew it was a super
02:23 hard day, even though I was feeling good, but I knew if we do this pace all day, yeah,
02:32 I'm in a good spot to give it a try. Not many people, oh yeah, and then I just...
02:37 You're a champion, you're a champion. Enjoy.
02:45 Thank you.
02:47 And then Ben did a great job on the last climb and I just won. I felt so good at the bottom
02:54 and I was just waiting for the steep part until it starts so I could attack and then
03:00 I was feeling not that super good anymore, but I wanted to give it a try and I also knew
03:07 looking by the numbers that I'm doing a good pace and also we're in altitude.
03:14 You're living a dream. This is something that you probably dreamt of, no?
03:17 Yeah, I mean, it's not... I cannot say it's a childhood dream, but it's definitely...
03:23 Yeah, one year ago or one and a half years ago, yeah, I could have never imagined to
03:30 be in this position now.
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