Daryl Impey: "It's a massive bonus"

June 5 ^th 2018 - 16:58

“It was quite a tricky final. We obviously tried to bring that guy [Nikita Stalnov] back in the end. It kind of left surf a little bit by myself at the very end. But I was in a good wheel with [former team-mate Jens] Keukeleire. Other guys jumped ahead of us. I would have liked to win the stage but the bonus gives me the yellow-blue jersey and it’s a massive bonus for today. Today obviously the sprinters’ teams were controlling. At the end, it looked like no one wanted to take the chase on. I knew I had some good chances to get the jersey if we’d come down to a bunch sprint.

It’s gonna be nice to start last. We’ll know everyone’s time on the road. To ride a TTT in yellow is gonna be amazing. It brings me memories back from the Tour de France in 2013. Hopefully it’s just the start of good things to come. We have a great team. We have to be the fastest tomorrow to keep the jersey.”