Froome: "It’s good to bounce back again after a difficult day"

Chris Froome (Team Sky), overall leader: “Today worked out perfectly in my favour. It was a really tough stage, a lot of GC guys tried to attack on the penultimate climb. Once we got to that final climb, the team did a really strong pace at the bottom and I think some guys paid for their efforts from yesterday and their attacks earlier on today. Fabio (Aru) is one of the GC guys but still over 5 minutes on the classification. For us, he's not really a big threat for the overall title so I think it's more part of the fight for the top 5 and the podium spots. (Gaining 21” on Vincenzo Nibali) feels great, especially after a difficult day yesterday. It's good to bounce back again. The morale is still good, the team is still strong, and we're just looking forward to getting through these next couple days.”