Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious)third to Courchevel, He commented that he took advantage of Vingegaard’s presence in the last kilometers, “leaving him the responsibility”, and assured that “thinking about third place on the podium is crazy”.
“At the end Vingegaard turned around, I saw him coming and he came, so I stuck to his wheel and he made us in the last stretch at. The Loze. There we suffered all the way up, and then down he pulled Gaudu and I, leaving him the responsibility. I did everything to reach the finish line,” said Bilbao at the finish line.
Bilbao, sixth overall, 12.50 behind the leader and 2.05 behind the third place now occupied by the British Adam Yates, He got into a good day’s escape, but his chances of winning were slim given the quality of the climbers he traveled with.
“I know it’s difficult to win the stage, there are better climbers than me, but I defended myself without going crazy in La Loze, I went at my pace. I’m very grateful to Jack Haig, he was the key on stage. , he organized the front group, He made the descent and I owe him 50 percent of my position”
From now on, the main attraction of the Tour will be the mountain stage on Saturday, where Bilbao will once again look for a “crazy day”.
“I don’t know what my ceiling is, these stages like today are going well for me, I ran. Let’s see if there is another crazy top and we can improve,” he said.
“Dreaming of the third step of the podium is crazy. The last mountain stage will not be as extreme as this one. I can try to win another one and get a good position in the general classification, but I don’t know which one. ,” concluded he.
Source: La Verdad
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