They had to try to attack me and all I had to do was withstand the attacks. It's one day less in the race. I'm taking it day to day. It's still a long way to Madrid.

What happened was going to happen. You can't win a grand tour without a strong team. I was the best rider and with a stronger team the victory wouldn't have slipped out of my hands. But my team came here with few expectations. After winning one stage, we already fulfilled them.

He always changed the rhythm , all the time.

I think it all worked out pretty good. I didn't do any work so I wasn't going to try to win the stage. The others had worked, so I wasn't going to try to contest the sprint.

1,200 calories a day is the lowest you should go on food intake.

It's an extremely sad day for the Best family,