Loudenvielle (France) (AFP)
Nans Peters (AG2R La Mondiale) "sank" in the 8th stage of the Tour de France, Saturday, at Loudenvielle, a year after winning the Giro which he was also competing for the first time.
QUESTION: How do you explain your efficiency in the big towers?
ANSWER: "I run without complexes, I try things. You have to try. But I do not go for two or three shots on flat stages. You have to know how to target. I know how to put my energy to good use on shots where there is a good chance of going to the end. Today, I put to the bottom. In a big lap, recovery, management of the efforts count. After, I manage the beginnings of stages quite a bit to go on good breaks and I fight, I never give up, I go to the end of the effort. At the start of the year, the objective was to be on the Tour and, once at the start, I I'm here to try to win. But there is a big leap between trying to win and winning. "
Q: Did you fear Zakarin's return on the last climb (Peyresourde)?
A: I didn't have the headset.
At the start of the stage, it was not going well and I returned it to the following car.
I judged the gap with Zakarin by eye, I didn't have any particular information.
Two terminals from the finish, I said to myself that it was good.
I remembered the images I had seen from the Giro stage, the commentary by Christophe Riblon saying + savor Nans, savor +.
There, I took more time to savor. "
Q: What has happened since the Dauphiné that was difficult for your AG2R La Mondiale team?
A: "It's true, we had a complicated Dauphiné. The Jumbo-Visma was very strong, it crushed the race. We fought with our weapons. We recovered well and we overcompensated. The work had been done. done at altitude, in training, there was no reason that it should not work. The wheel has turned. It seems to bear fruit on the Tour for the whole team. Romain (Bardet) is in the overall match, Benoît has the polka dot jersey, we're on the right track. "
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