Fabio Aru (Astana) new maillot jaune
It’s the biggest thing that could happen to me. I never imagined it could happen. The stage was very, very hard and I’m very pleased to wear this jersey for my teammates. It won’t be easy to defend, we’ll do the best we can. There are nine stages to go. Romain went in the best moment possible, I tried to attack and then suffered a bit. I was using a 39x28. It’s was such a hard finish.
Chris Froome (Team Sky) Dropped to second on GC
It was a tough day. The team did an amazing job today, but I just didn’t have the legs at the end to finish it off, as simple as that, no excuses. I just didn’t have the legs to finish it off on the final kick.
It was brutal, ramps of over 20 per cent, that’s a really, really hard finish. I can only say congratulations to Romain Bardet for winning the stage and also to Fabio Aru for taking the yellow jersey. The race is certainly on now.
There was a bit of a tight turn at the bottom of the climb and a couple of us overshot the corner, we just had to go onto the grass and turn around and come back on.
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Steve Cummings (Dimension Data) last man standing from the early break
I just needed the right combination, but Sky kept the gap too small. Once you commit, you commit and in the end I didn’t have the legs. The final was very difficult. It’s one of a few stages, but today was a good stage. It’s just a shame Sky kept the gap so close. In the end, I didn’t have the legs, but I tried.
I’m not frustrated, it’s just the race. Maybe they wanted the stage. I don’t know. I always try to make it as easy as possible and save my legs and if you’re doing GC it didn’t really seem like they had to do it but it’s up to them. They have bigger brains than me…
There are more good stages coming. I'm going to have to eat a lot of rice and pasta and refuel in the coming days. Tomorrow is too short, but you never know.
Simon Yates (Orica-Scott) 9th on the stage and still in the white jersey
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