"I've been waiting for this second stage win for two years now. So I yelled with joy on the finishing line because it's been a complicated day with lots of rain and cold. Jan Hirt didn't want to cooperate so it's been a bit nervous between us but at the end I'm happy with everything."
"The truth is that it's been a very complicated day, especially because of the weather conditions and the climbs. But as a team we've worked very well for Mikel Landa and myself. It's another good day in terms of time gained on GC."
"I think I just sat behind Simon [Yates] for the whole of the Mortirolo, on a steep climb like that, there's not much you can do if you don't ride at your own pace. So I just sat there behind him hoping I could get to the top with him over the other side. I got to the top with him but was dropped on the descent so, ah well, but it was a good day.
"I think for me I just felt out of my comfort zone. The first few corners I had already stuffed up and I just didn't want to get in the way of Simon either. It was unfortunate I couldn't help down in the valley but we had [Mikel] Nieve who came back from the break and had an amazing ride so it wasn't all bad.
"I think we've got a super strong team, there's plenty of opportunities for us to go for stage wins and move up the general classification and you can see some chinks in the guys armor like we saw with Roglic today. It's not over.
"I'm starting to get pretty tired, if the suns out, it's all good."
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