Follow the live press conference of today’s stage winner. His immediate impressions, the key moments of the race, and his answers to questions from professional cycling journalists.
Segui in diretta la conferenza stampa del vincitore della tappa odierna. Le sue sensazioni a caldo, i momenti chiave della tappa e le sue risposte alle domande dei giornalisti di settore.
Segui in diretta la conferenza stampa del vincitore della tappa odierna. Le sue sensazioni a caldo, i momenti chiave della tappa e le sue risposte alle domande dei giornalisti di settore.
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00:00Welcome to the winner of Caden Groves, the winner of stage 6, questions will be in English
00:24and then I will do the translation in Italian.
00:28This is from the press room because there is no one here, so go on from the press room.
00:33Caden, hi. Can you hear me? Hello? Great, thanks. Congrats on the win. I guess a day of very mixed feelings, no?
00:43With your teammate injured, but also a win.
00:47Yeah, we're still not sure what the verdict is with Yuri.
00:54It was a nasty crash for a lot of riders and then the neutralisation came, so like you say, a lot of mixed feelings.
01:01Whether we were not knowing whether we were going to race or not and then having to decide on the spot.
01:07Yeah, it's certainly tough mentally because, you know, we switch off and we get cold and then we have to start again.
01:16Yeah, my thoughts with Yuri.
01:19But he's played a vital part in this team as well in the last days and, yeah, I, yeah, it's for him.
01:27I mean, because he also makes so many sacrifices and arrived here in good shape and, yeah, he's super unlucky to be injured today.
01:36Restroom.
01:37Can you actually tell us a bit about the final kilometres there and how it went for you?
01:45And also a little bit about the crash itself.
01:47Did you see it? Did you hear it? Were you caught up in it at all?
01:51Yeah, firstly about the crash. It was a fast moment in the race just because we were approaching the breakaway and descending on the wet roads.
02:01And, yeah, it happened in front of me, but I was lucky enough to slow and avoid it.
02:06But I think it's just, you know, the slippery roads and a touch of wheels.
02:11Someone breaks and maybe slips and it causes a chain reaction.
02:16So these crashes happen and there's really not a lot you can do about it.
02:20So I hope those involved are not too bad.
02:25And, yeah, personally, the final kilometres were made more technical because of the rain, of course, the wet stones also,
02:34meaning the position was super important to arrive, yeah, safely more than anything.
02:40So taking the final corners in the front is not ideal, actually, for the legs,
02:46but it means you can get a, you know, clear view of the conditions and get into the final itself
02:56because too far back you risk crashing and also sprinting at every corner.
03:03Restroom?
03:05From here it's all. You have the line.
03:07One more, one more.
03:09One more, one more.
03:10Yeah, just one more, Caden, from me.
03:12Do you think they made the right decision to stop the race there and neutralise it like that?
03:15Was that the best thing to do in the circumstances?
03:17Of course. I always think, you know, crashes happen.
03:22So I don't have a problem with waiting, you know, for teammates and the rest of the peloton to, yeah, to get cleaned up, to get, you know, get everyone gathered together and we can resume racing.
03:35So I obviously don't like stopping because, you know, you get cold and doubt settles in.
03:42But I have no problem with the neutralisation because, you know, without the peloton, we have no race.
03:48And although we're rivals, there still needs to be, you know, respect between each other because one day you're not affected by the crash.
03:57But then, you know, the next, your whole team can be involved.
04:01So I think it's not an easy decision by the the organisation.
04:06But I have no problem with the neutralisation of the GC because ultimately it makes it also a bit safer.
04:14I think for those who want to take the risk and the sprint teams, we're free to do so.
04:20Any more questions?
04:22No, grazie. Davvero finite adesso.
04:25Thank you, Caden, and congratulations.
04:32Andiamo con la traduzione.
04:33Ho esultato all'arrivo, chiaramente, però non sapevo cosa fosse successo al mio compagno di squadra, Yuri Holman.
04:42È stato un momento molto difficile, quello della naturalizzazione.
04:45Non sapevamo se avremmo continuato o no.
04:49Non solo fisicamente perché ti fermi, fa freddo, ma anche mentalmente è stato un momento duro.
04:56Chiaramente adesso penso e voglio dedicare questa vittoria a lui perché è parte di questo team,
05:01quello è molto importante, fa tanti sacrifici come tutti ed era arrivato in forma al giro.
05:07È stato un momento improvviso la caduta.
05:12Eravamo in un tratto in leggera discesa, veloce, ci stavamo avvicinando alla fuga.
05:17È stata proprio davanti a me che sono riuscito ad evitarla.
05:19Qualcuno si è toccato, qualcuno scivola.
05:22Sono cose che succedono e non si può fare molto.
05:25Spero che tutti coloro che sono caduti stiano bene.
05:29Il finale invece è stato molto tecnico.
05:31Era molto importante tenere le posizioni di testa perché anche se magari fai un po' di fatica,
05:38però vedi bene la strada e le condizioni della strada.
05:41Troppo indietro avrei magari rischiato di cadere anche io.
05:45Come detto, le cadute sono cose che succedono e la decisione è stata concordata con tutti.
05:50Siamo riusciti a ripartire e anche se non sapevamo quando saremmo ripartiti.
05:55Poi ti fermi, fa freddo.
05:57Ci sono dubbi, insomma, non è facile neanche per l'organizzazione.
06:02Però chiaramente siamo dovuti essere tutti solidali perché un giorno cadi tu, un giorno cadi qualcun altro.
06:09È una decisione difficile, però è stata la decisione più saggia.
06:14Grazie!
06:15Grazie!
06:17Grazie!
06:18Ciao!
06:19Ciao!