00:02Sergeant Warren Esquiel, you were already very close to a stage successor a couple of days ago.
00:07You've done it now, but you seemed so surprised.
00:13Yeah, I thought I was too far back and then it opened up on the right side like it usually
00:19doesn't do,
00:20but it was a bit the same feeling as my first big win in Omeloup at Neusblad.
00:28That was also like I was too far back and suddenly I'm at the front and then, yeah, it's a
00:35real, it's unbelievable.
00:39You've been a world champion as an under-23, you've won Neusblad, you now win on the Tour de France.
00:46What does it mean for the rider that you are?
00:49It means everything. It's my biggest win so far.
00:52And like I said, when I came here, I knew that there are two, three guys that are faster than
00:57me.
00:57But if I'm lucky and I have a good sprint like today, then it's possible.
01:03And yeah, usually sometimes I have really good confidence and I believe in myself, but there's many, many times where
01:13I feel super tired.
01:14And yeah, like it's impossible to win here. So yeah, that's, yeah, it's crazy.
01:21It happened today. Also after the crash, I felt really shit in the start, but then my body got going
01:27and I felt better in the final with adrenaline and everything.
01:30And yeah, to finish it off for the team, we have some quite highs and lows in this race.
01:37So it's incredible to take this win and I just have to let it sink in and then I will
01:44probably be more happy than I look now, but it's a big surprise for myself.
01:49You look pretty happy. Take us through that sprint. It was a strange sprint.
01:53Yeah, it was really strange. I knew that we have to be in the front with 6k to go and
01:58then it stopped because all the favorites were at the front.
02:01So they want to take advantage of that. And we had to sprint into the last corners there.
02:06So I got a little flush, but I wanted to save some energy and then, yeah, it opened the gap
02:11on the right.
02:11And then suddenly I see a KS Bull with the gap. So I just tried to sprint up to him
02:16and hold a little bit back and then go from his wheel.
02:20So yeah, but then I saw it was probably 2.50 to go to the finish. So yeah, it was.
02:27I was just waiting for the same thing to happen, like when Malia passed me the last time, but luckily
02:32it didn't happen this time.
02:34Enjoy the podium. Thank you. Thank you.
