00:00That was a fantastic day.
00:07What was the plan for the beginning
00:09for you to go off that second climb
00:11like no effort at all
00:13by the looks?
00:14Yeah, I wouldn't say it was no effort at all.
00:17Adam did an amazing job in the lead out.
00:20Yeah, plan today was
00:21keep it within reach
00:23and yeah, the guys did an amazing job
00:26all day.
00:27Yeah, the guy's an absolute truck
00:29and he was able to do a lot more
00:31than we thought he could
00:32in the meeting
00:34and Mikael was also amazing
00:36in the second run into the gorge.
00:39Evo was incredible
00:40and then yeah, it was down to me,
00:42Adam and Johnny on the final climb
00:44and it's yeah,
00:46after such a committed day
00:48by the whole team
00:49for it to all go to plan
00:51at the end there was
00:53yeah, it's really nice.
00:54You can't lose it from here, surely.
00:57anything can happen
00:58but yeah, it's really good
01:01to have such a big lead
01:02compared to my last tour.
01:04It's a lot more secure
01:06and we've also got Johnny
01:07in second now
01:08so yeah, we've got to
01:11we're a very strong position.
01:13Was their team orders for one, two?
01:16No, no.
01:19So you just wanted it more?
01:20No, no, like
01:22I mean, he told me to slow down
01:25for him on Corkscrew
01:26so we could work together
01:28over the top
01:29and it's always better to have two
01:31just in case something goes wrong
01:32and yeah,
01:34I'm not going to drop my teammate
01:35for no reason.
01:37Could the day have gone any better, Joe?
01:41Yeah, we could have won more, I guess.
01:42But I mean, in terms of
01:45where you've been left
01:47and in terms of the emphatic nature
01:48of your win
01:49how pleasing
01:51how satisfying was that?
01:54Yeah, I mean
01:55I think I said during the vaulter
01:57that winning is so incredibly hard
01:59and yeah, that's still a fact
02:02of world tour life
02:04but it's incredible
02:05to be able to win
02:08the Corkscrew stage
02:09in my home tour.
02:11I'm disappointed
02:12that I didn't win
02:12in 2023
02:14when we last did this climb.
02:16I didn't focus on the stage.
02:19I was just so sucked into GC
02:21the whole stage
02:24and yeah, to be able to win
02:26my first tour down the stage
02:28is really, really nice.
02:30You spoke ahead of this summer
02:31about how you learnt lessons
02:32from last summer
02:33in terms of
02:34you have to be here at a level.
02:36You know, you cannot assume
02:38things just progress
02:39and progress and progress.
02:41Yeah.
02:42How satisfying is it
02:43that clearly the work
02:44you've done heading into this summer
02:45is bearing some pretty rich fruit
02:47for you?
02:48Yeah, I mean
02:48it's really rewarding
02:50obviously.
02:51Being able to win
02:52the second road stage
02:54of the world tour
02:55is really nice
02:57and being able to take
02:59my TT title
03:01back earlier in January
03:04was another massive goal
03:06and yeah
03:07preparing
03:07preparing through the winter
03:09was a hard sacrifice.
03:11My wife can tell you
03:12having to drive up
03:14and down the mountain
03:14and swap bikes
03:15and all this sort of stuff
03:16was incredibly demanding
03:18also while she was pregnant.
03:20But yeah,
03:21I think it's
03:22definitely worth it
03:23and it's something that
03:24obviously if the course
03:26suits me
03:27in Down Under
03:28I sort of have to
03:30take it with both arms
03:31both hands
03:32and if the course
03:34suits Johnny more
03:35then obviously by default
03:37he'll come super prepared
03:39to take the win as well.
03:41So yeah,
03:43it's one of those things
03:44that on our team
03:45you've got to show up
03:47and you've got to be
03:47in the best shape
03:48to get leadership.
03:50How did you decide
03:52who was going to win today
03:52between you and Johnny?
03:54Well, he was telling me
03:56to keep him around
03:58on the climb
03:59all the way up
04:00so obviously
04:02we've got a better
04:02chance of winning the overall
04:04if we're together
04:06at the finish line.
04:07I think we ended up
04:08winning by 55 seconds
04:09so it's better
04:10to have two guys
04:11a minute clear
04:12of the rest of the group.
04:13we've got
04:14some really demanding
04:16stages still to come
04:17so yeah
04:18and he said
04:20that you can have
04:20the stage
04:21on the actual
04:25corpus group climb
04:26so yeah
04:27it was decided
04:28a long way before.
04:30You have this advantage
04:32how do you approach
04:33the rest of the race?
04:35You know
04:35as you say
04:36it's not over
04:37you've got to be
04:38attentive
04:39I guess.
04:40Yeah, tomorrow's
04:41a really difficult
04:42probably reduced
04:44bunch sprint
04:44so we've got
04:45Milano
04:46but also
04:47it suits Johnny
04:48as well
04:48in the reduced
04:49group finish
04:49and
04:51Wollonga
04:52is not an easy
04:53stage
04:53with three repetitions
04:54and possible
04:55crosswinds
04:56and also
04:57it's supposed to be
04:57well two days ago
04:58it was supposed to be
04:5941 degrees
04:59or something like this
05:00so
05:00it's
05:02yeah
05:02there's still
05:02plenty to happen
05:03and then
05:04also the Sterling stage
05:05it's a really
05:06lumpy hard stage
05:07with
05:08probably a perfect
05:09finish for Johnny
05:10as well
05:10so
05:10yeah
05:11it's
05:13it's not over
05:13but
05:14yeah
05:14there's
05:15lots of stages
05:16that still suit us
05:16and
05:17you know
05:17I'm hoping
05:18until Sunday
05:19to be able to
05:20hold on to this jersey
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