00:00Coming to the end of your 26th Grand Tour and you still have made some top
00:05tens in mountain stages, are you happy with the condition you have? I have to
00:10say it was a really nice Giro for me of course I tried to want to win a stage
00:14but I think I did some really good mountain top finishes, three times in the
00:18top ten so I think I can be happy. Zepkus completed his trilogy yesterday, you
00:24today? It would be very nice I mean we're gonna try it one more time it's very
00:28difficult but yeah we will see. If it's not the Dutch team winning again a
00:35mountain stage how can be the scenario for someone else to win? Yeah to be in a
00:42break and stay away but yeah sometimes depends a little bit of the GC teams and
00:48also on this stage of the Giro you get also of course a race in between the
00:53race if they're not the right riders in a break maybe the number nine of GC gonna
00:57change for the number 12 and but yeah that keeps it all so interesting. You guys
01:03have raced very well yesterday are you happy with the result? Yeah I'm really
01:08happy with how we raced the result could have been a lot better but that wasn't
01:13dependent on us. Yeah that was yeah Trek's decision to race in that way and the finish. But yeah I'm
01:23happy like still 7th on GC, gained some time on some people, lost some time on others but they're more
01:30or less in my place for the general classification.
01:34You made the top ten of the Giro before but with the seventh place and maybe better
01:38do you have the feeling of stepping up? Yeah a little bit yeah I think um yeah
01:45generally improve from year to year slowly slowly and also gradually a bit more experience and I think like experience
01:53helps to manage a day like yesterday.
01:59Two times to finish the Giro d'Italia or the mountains at the Giro d'Italia what do you think
02:05of that? I think it's gonna be an interesting stage of course the last opportunity for the GC riders to
02:13show what they can do so yeah I mean it's gonna be for sure a super hard session.
02:22For you guys is it a fight against Jai Hindley to get the third place back?
02:27I mean yes of course of course we want to to be in the podium and yeah I mean at
02:35some point maybe we will try something but you know how it is you know like when the other guy
02:40is stronger then you know there is not much things to do so I mean we will see during the
02:47during the stage how how timing is feeling and then
02:50if he is feeling good maybe we can try something.
02:55Julio you have looked a bit in trouble in this Giro but yesterday not at all what happened to you
03:01before and how were you yesterday?
03:04I mean a lot of things happened this Giro but yeah yesterday I found a bit of energy I don't
03:12know where on my body and yeah I tried to do my best in the end I have Jai so
03:18I think it was a good move for us to have one ride and a breakaway and now Jai is
03:23on the podium so today we have to defend and try to give everything.
03:28Is it all about defending that place today and what do you think of having Piancavalo twice?
03:35Yeah I think it's a super hard stage super long climb but yeah now normally we have to defend because
03:45we are on the podium so somebody will attack for sure and if we will have the legs we will
03:51try something but before we have to defend and be sure of the podium.
03:54Do you think your friend Davide Piganzoli will finish in the white jersey tonight?
03:59I don't I say nothing I hope for him of course.
04:04Derek with his second place yesterday it looks like you finished the Giro in a great form how do you
04:10want to take advantage of this great condition today?
04:13Yeah I'm really happy with how the legs were yesterday and how they've been progressing all race and yeah nice
04:18to finish it with such a hard stage because hopefully some more gaps will open.
04:23So far Wisma has won all the mountain stages can it be different today?
04:27Ah for sure it can be different but yeah they've raced a really good race.
04:33Sepp was super super strong yesterday so it is entirely possible they win all of them.
04:39Do you feel the fight will start on the first time up to Piancavalo or only the last time?
04:45Oh it's really hard to say I think it depends how guys are feeling it's been a long race but
04:50I expect someone will kick it off the first time up.
04:53Today you can win the Giro, you can win the stage, you can be the king of the mountain, you
04:58can win the team's classification.
05:01Your teammate can win the Malia Bianca. What do you want?
05:06Well of course the main priority today is the Maglia Rosa by the end of the day and of course
05:13we would love to win another stage here.
05:15We will try to go for it but we're not the only ones in the race.
05:19I think it's the last chance for everyone and everyone will try as hard as they can today so we
05:25just have to see what we can do and also the white jersey would be a dream.
05:31Besides yourself the priority is the white jersey for Piganzoli, how confident are you?
05:36Well I mean he's showed great legs so far, yesterday he took more than a minute into Eulaglio so obviously
05:43we hope that he can also take the white jersey today.
06:05All of this is a game, you guys are the best!
06:07It's a game to play!
06:07It's a game to play!
06:10You're playing at the game, I won't think it's a game to play with me now and it's a game
06:12to play!
06:14Let's play games!
06:15I've been playing games, so I'll let the game and play!
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