00:00Felix, what comes to your mind when you see a few climbs on a mountain course?
00:07It's a Queen Stage today. It's going to be a big battle.
00:12It's a super hard day. I think it's going to suit me.
00:18I'm ready. A little bit of excitement, a little bit nervous, but I'm ready for today.
00:28What is a Queen Stage or how to make it the Queen Stage?
00:33Well, if you look at the final climb, it's not super long, but it's very steep.
00:39Blockhouse was the harder finish, but today we had so much climbing before.
00:45There is already a lot of fatigue in the peloton, and then with all the climbs before the final today,
00:51we're going to see quite some big gaps.
00:53And then on the final climb, I think it's just whoever has the best legs.
00:58For you, is it about defending the second place or doing something different?
01:04It's racing for the podium for me, defending the second place.
01:09Yeah, but there's nothing really special I can do. I think it's about the legs.
01:16You won the second last stage last year.
01:19Do you want to wait for the second last stage again, or would you be happy to win again today?
01:25I think I'd be happy to win any stage at the Giro. So yeah, I mean, today's a good opportunity.
01:31It's a hard stage. Tomorrow's another hard stage. So yeah, we'll see how the legs are the next couple of
01:37days.
01:37And yeah, hopefully they're good.
01:39Looking at what Visma does, do you think today they are happy if a breakaway wins?
01:46I'm not too sure, and I don't know whether it's completely up to Visma.
01:49I mean, there's still a big fight for the podium of the Giro.
01:54So yeah, I mean, it's interesting to see what the other teams that are close to the podium do, not
01:59just Visma.
02:00So yeah, I mean, maybe Visma want to go for the stage, but maybe another team want to put some
02:09pressure on and see if they can secure a podium or something like this.
02:15Do you also see a fight for the top ten?
02:19For me personally or just in general? I mean, yeah, I guess it's always nice to be in the top
02:27ten of a Grand Tour.
02:29And yeah, guys, you know, like Caruso put himself in the top ten the other day.
02:34So yeah, I think today's another day where obviously there can be big time gaps.
02:40So for sure, I think guys are definitely thinking about it.
02:44That is your first time during the third week of a Grand Tour. How do you feel?
02:51Yeah, good, good. We feel that we are close to the end.
02:53So that also gives some more motivation, I would say. And yeah, it was a solid week.
02:59And yeah, I feel quite good for the moment. So I hope it will continue during the stage today and
03:05of course tomorrow.
03:06When you look at the race profile, what do you think? It's going to be hard or it is exciting
03:11for you?
03:12Well, both. It will be anyway hard. And yeah, of course, it's exciting. We don't know how it's going to
03:19be a race.
03:20So yeah, it's always interesting and it will be super hard stage. So yeah, I'm looking forward to see how
03:28the legs will be.
03:29Fighting for a top ten? Fighting for a stage win?
03:32Fighting for the best I can do today.
03:34In cycling, what is a Queen stage?
03:39Well, yeah, I mean, I guess one with a lot of climbs, one with epic climbs like we have today.
03:46With big fights?
03:48Of course, yeah. Yeah, I think today, today is, yeah, we'll be a monster stage. We'll be a big fight.
03:56And yeah, every second counts.
03:58Everyone has different goals. What's yours?
04:02I mean, yeah, we're here to fight for the podium and I think it's, it's achievable and yeah, we're all
04:10in.
04:11How much do you think it will impact the race that Piganzoli could be the best young rider and Vingegaard
04:17wants to give him something back?
04:20I mean, yeah, of course, I think they will try to defend Pink and I think that that's their priority,
04:26but they have a super strong team and potentially they can also take the white, but they will.
04:31They will have to ride pretty hard, pretty hard all day today if they want to do that and I
04:37don't know, they can also play into our hands.
04:40How high are you?
04:43I think not so bad, no. We will see today. But yeah, we just keep fighting today.
04:50How did the crash happen?
04:54Look, in the final, I think, you see, I need to change this, no, because we have a lot of
04:58crashes always in feed zone.
05:00It's always a casino, all teams, all riders, all staff, all people always in the same place, no?
05:05And, yeah, it's super dangerous. It's not first time, second, third. It's always happen in the feed zones.
05:12Nothing broken. It means you can race like you did yesterday in Calder Poggio?
05:18Look, yesterday is different. No, I like these days and I like to attack when I have my good legs.
05:24Today I think will be different. It's a super hard day. I think it's just survive, no?
05:28You know, the final is not so bad, but yeah, the day will be super hard. Thank you.
05:34Is it your day?
05:36It will be an interesting day for us, so yeah, let's try it.
05:39Do you know what to do to get this Maria Bianca?
05:44Yeah, I mean, I start with the same feeling of the other day, just helping for Jonas, and then we
05:51will see what will come.
05:53But Jonas says he wants to help you.
05:54Yeah, yeah, for sure. So for this reason will be a nice day.
06:43And I'll see you next time.
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