Giro d'Italia 2019: Stage 10 finish line quotes
Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) - Stage 10 winner
"I have obtained some big victories with this team and we set out here to achieve another one. I fulfilled the mission we set ourselves as a team. I'd have liked to have raised my arms earlier, but we stuck together. I knew that it would come, today or tomorrow, and I know how to be patient even if it's not easy mentally."
Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates) - overall leader
"I hope nothing bad happened to my team mate Simone Consonni in the crash. I was well protected by my team the whole day. I thank them for giving me one more day in the Maglia Rosa."
Rudiger Selig (Bora-Hangrohe) - second place
"I think [Pascal Ackermann] crashed off my back wheel as I started my lead-out for him. Unluckily, one rider, I think it was [Jacopo] Guarnieri came from the left and blocked me and I had to break really hard then I just heard a really big noise and looked back and saw Pascal on the bottom so it's not a very nice feeling.
"I can see it doesn't look very good, we will see how he is after a shower and then again tomorrow but he is a fighter.
"Today we tried a different way and came from the back after 150 kilometres to preserve some energy and then come with one quick move to the front. Then with 1km to go we were never in the wind but then it's like a poker game, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose."
Conor Dunne (Israel Cycling Academy)
"I think everyone knew it was going to be hectic at the end there after 150km of pan flat it was always going to end with a 20km crit. It was really fast and there was nearly a crash with about 10km to go and it was nervous from then on really so I was just trying to do my best for [Davide] Cimolai today, give it the beans and hopefully he could get up there.
Kim Andersen (Trek-Segafredo DS)
Miles Scotson (Groupama-FDJ)
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