00:00Two years later, you're back, a winner of a stage of La Vuelta a Espana.
00:04Would you say this win comes from far out, after a lot of suffering?
00:09Yeah, it's incredible. I really didn't expect this today.
00:14I even said in the team radio after about 50 or 60k that today wasn't my day, I wasn't feeling
00:22good.
00:24Then I ended up in the break and my legs came around a bit.
00:30I had two teammates in the break as well, which always helps.
00:33That made me feel a lot more comfortable in the breakaway and it just gave me a bit of time
00:39to relax
00:39if anything happened on the flat or the descent that I had someone there.
00:44They done a super job and having Tom there in the final made a big difference.
00:54This year I had three months out where I didn't ride a bike at all after a bad accident.
01:03I really didn't think I'd be here and even competing for stages let alone just be here.
01:13I can't believe it.
01:14Was it the right thing to do to not react when Boutrago attacked with 2k to go?
01:20Yeah, again, when you're in a situation like that, I wish I had the same legs as Boutrago, that's for
01:29sure,
01:29because the attacks he puts in are incredibly strong and I need to be a bit more careful about when
01:37I use my effort.
01:38I knew I had one effort in me and I wanted to use that effort to win the stage.
01:44When they went on the steep bit with about 12k to go, I really paced myself there not to go
01:49into the red.
01:51I came back and again, having Tom there just gave us an extra bit of insurance.
01:54I actually thought Tom was going to get the win today, he looked super strong.
02:00But in the end, having the numbers there really played in our favour.
02:06That last K went so quick, I can't even remember what happened.
02:10Well deserved, congratulations.
02:12Cheers.
