Ivan Romeo: "I've had this stage on my mind for a month"

June 10 ^th 2025 - 17:34

"To be honest, I don’t believe this! I need to see pictures of myself with the yellow jersey for it to actually sink in.

It was the plan from the beginning, to have someone up there in the break, to handle the climbs and then make the most of this finale. I’ve actually had this stage on my mind for a month now, since training in Sierra Nevada with the team. I’m very grateful to them for giving me this chance. It was our plan but to actually make it is something else…

It was already so hard to get in the breakaway and I didn’t feel really good when I was in there. So I waited for the last moment. I know I have good instinct in this kind of finale. When the others didn’t chase me for a minute or so, I knew I just had to go flat out until the end.

Hard work always pays off and today it was the case. It’s been hard to return to a good shape after a good start of the season but now I think I can say I did. It means so much. Now let’s keep going!

I’m nowhere close to Carlos Alcaraz [laughs]. He’s won five grand slams, I’ve won two professional races. But I’ll try to catch him!"