Paul Ourselin: "I haven’t made all these efforts for nothing"

June 8 ^th 2025 - 15:44

"When we spoke to the team this morning, I was named to try and get into the breakaway. The idea was to get the week off to a good start. Lidl-Trek and Israel-Premier Tech quickly controlled the gap, so it was hard to aim for anything else than the polka dot jersey. There was a great battle in the first three KOM summits, we really gave it our all. It really means something to wear this jersey in a race like the Dauphiné, especially as it escaped me on stage 1 of Paris-Nice two years ago. I know it's difficult to think about winning it, given what's in store for us next weekend. So we're going to work with the team to see what strategy we adopt, but I haven't made all these efforts for nothing."