Frank Schleck (Trek Factory Racing), stage winner
“I came here with intentions of a nice classification, then I was involved in a couple of crashes, then of course we had to change the team tactics. We were going to play for some stages because with the crashes I just lost too much time. The team put a lot of pressure on me because we have seen Haimar [Zubeldia] and Markel [Irizar] going in the breakaways. So it was my turn today. We planned to go, we talked about this stage – a lot of reputations of the climbing, it’s good for me. It was a good day for us and for me.
"The confidence is what you saw but you didn’t see what I felt. Of course I was very nervous. He [Torres] was tough, I didn’t know him so well. Fortunately the team in the car, they analysed the race, told me what I had to do. We didn’t really know what Torres could do. It was tough to win this stage, but all the work, all the injuries – today it’s all worth it."
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Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha), who took the race lead
"It was such a tough stage. The gap is modest. The last two climbs were so difficult so I was thinking and even praying that I could do my best. It was difficult to set a rhythm up there and difficult to know how everyone else was going. Now I’ll have to try and recover for the time trial."
Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin), who lost less than half a minute
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