Matteo Jorgenson: “The race is on”

March 8 ^th 2024 - 17:19

“I was going for the GC today. I had the feeling it was going to be a GC day with the weather conditions. I’m not disappointed not winning the stage, I’m a bit disappointed with Skjelmose just sitting on for a while but that’s the game I suppose. Chapeau to him.

I really expected that there would be hesitations and I expected Primoz and Remo to go pretty hard on the last climb. They kind of watched each other and I was surprised that we had this big a gap in the end. We had good legs in the front but they must have been holding themselves at the back.

Brandon is a good friend but the race is on now. I definitely won’t hold anything back. That’s the position I wanted to be in.

I know la Madone d’Utelle well, it’s actually one of my favourite climbs in Nice. I was really happy when I heard the news last night. I ride it quite often. It’s one of the best views in the whole of Nice with the Alps on one side and the sea on the other side.”