Nathan Brown proved himself the best climber of the breakaway during stage 3 at the Tour de France on Monday, earning the second polka-dot jersey of the race in just his first participation. Just don’t ask him to keep up with Cannondale-Drapac teammate Taylor Phinney - who won the jersey the day before - in his post-race interviews.
"You can't compare me to Phinney now; my interviews won't compete," the 25-year-old American said of his teammate, whose press conference the day before included multiple references to "bros" and a story about a strategy meeting with director Charly Wegelius during which the rider was naked.
"He didn't. He didn't walk into my room. No one told me," Brown said when asked if he, unlike Phinney, had clothes on when Wegelius devised the day's plan in his hotel room.
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In fact, Brown's breakaway was not part of the team's pre-race plan. Cannondale-Drapac had targeted Dylan van Baarle as the rider to infiltrate the day's escape. But luck shined on Brown when he was covering moves.
"Luck and a little strength involved," Brown said of making the breakaway that stuck.
"Dylan was the main one to go in [the breakaway], and obviously I was going to watch any moves that he wasn't in, and one went away that he didn't make and I jumped across. It happened to be the one."
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