Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky), red jersey: “We tried to control the breakaway but we were happy with the gap they had. We expected teams to make things hard in the final climb and that’s what happened with LottoNL-Jumbo. Congratulations to them for their effort but in the end they didn’t get anything out of it. I’m not the main GC contender. Quintana, Valverde, Bennett, Buchmann, those are the guys who need to do something in the mountain summit finishes. Today’s scenario was perfect for me. It wasn’t my interest to chase the break, but to maintain a good position regarding GC and save some strength and that’s what I did. I’m happy.”
