Eiking: "I was 9 minutes behind, it required a miracle"

Odd Christian Eiking (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux): “We already had [La Roja] with [Rein Taaramäe] after stage 3 so this is a bonus, and a special one for me. I couldn’t expect that this morning. I was 9 minutes behind and it would almost take a miracle to be in the jersey. I heard on my earpiece 8 minutes, 9 minutes, 10 minutes… And then in the end I understood this was really possible. Guillaume [Martin] is a strong climber. He just came off a top 10 in the Tour de France. I knew it would be close, so I had an eye on him. I tried to get as many minutes as possible in the end. I can’t describe what this means, it’s really really big.”

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