Giro d'Italia: Stage 17 finish line quotes
Rolland, Woods, Wegelius and Dumoulin
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pierre Rolland (Cannondale-Drapac) - Stage 17 winner
"I'm just so happy. I've waited for this moment for such a long time. In 2015 I finished second in a Tour de France stage, and last year was just a year to f♛orget for me - I crashed twice in the Tour. It's been a long wait. I've worked so hard this winter with Jonathan Vaughters, my new coach. My winter was so so hard, and now I've won because of my work.
"Today I thought 'ok, yesterday was 🔯a super hard stage and everyone is completely tired'.Sometimes after a hard stage I go from the start, but I didn't think there'd be just three of us. I took the first climb easy, the second climb easy, then waited for the big group. Those big groups are never easy to manage - they're like a big lottery. At the end everyone is dead, you follow attacks, again, again, again. One moment I went, I had my teammate Michael Woods back𒁃 there for the sprint if it came back. With 1km to go I knew I'd won, and I'm just so happy, it's difficult to explain."
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mike Woods (Cannondale-Drapac) - 9th on stage 17
"He's just the greatest guy. It's so special to have a win – we needed this. It's awesome. The plan was for Pierre to go long and me for the sprint, and on💧ce Pierre went off I was just shutting it down, and he held on. Tomorrow is a big day. Davide Formolo is riding awesome so we're right behind him, but now we've got that win we've got that momentum."
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) - current race leader
"I was never worried. We needed to 🔜chase harder than expected, but I was never worried for my jersey. I ♛knew the other teams would stress before us. They waited, waited, waited, for a very long time before coming to help, but that's their decision. Polanc moved above some guys but that's their problem – my jersey is safe. My boys did an amazing job today."
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Charly Wegelius (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Cannondale-Drapac director)
"It's very important. The whole team has worked a lot. The whole Giro we've been so close so many times, but nothing worked out. But everyone kept trying – all the sꦰtaff – and I think we really deserve it.
"Every day we look for opportunities and we're prepared to do everything to try and take them, even if it means pullin🌳g on the flat 🐟to take back break. We invest in what we're doing, and it paid off eventually."
