"It's crazy. Winning a stage in my first Giro d'Italia last year was already unbelievable, and the same with the Tour de France. I said to myself, why not try it in the Tour?"

"It was a dream. I knew [Ilnur] Zakarin was stronger than me on the climbs, but I never gave up. I convinced myself not to crack. I saw him go down like a goat on the Portes de Valles downhill, so I was confident I could beat him in the stage finale. I didn't have an earpiece, so my only information was to look back. With two kilometers to go, I knew I could win." (ASO)

"I was lucky to get into the break. Of course, I could have stayed within five minutes, and if I had, I wouldn't have survived. I could have dreamed of winning a stage at the Tour de France."

"The first [climb] was easy, well, not "easy," but it was a solid tempo. And the second climb was the hardest one, so we all worked hard. After that, it wasn't very long, just a long downhill, and that's when it seemed to explode. Unfortunately, I wasn't strong enough to keep up with the first guys. But it didn't work out, so I kept fighting on the last climb (Peyresol). We were pretty close, but really, well, not that close.

"We'll put the jersey on, change the legs, and try again tomorrow. (Trek-Segafredo)

"We talked about the breakaway in the pre-race meeting. [Peters] was really good and today's descent was a very big problem for me. I know it's my problem. [Peters] was really strong and he was very motivated today." (CCC Team)

"The other guys were looking at each other and I could see that everyone was on the edge, so I had a chance to attack.

"On the downhill I went down as deep as I could and at the end I had a 40 second advantage. Tomorrow will be another hard day, I am looking forward to it. (UAE Team Emirates)

"Dumoulin set a furious pace (on the final climb). I ran a little bit at my own pace. I was able to run with everyone at the top and overall it was a good day.

"Tomorrow is a similar stage. Tomorrow is a similar stage. If I can hold on for one more day, the day after tomorrow is a rest day, so hopefully I can hold on [to the yellow jersey] until then."

"It was good. I did my thing to stay out of trouble. So like I said, hopefully I can get through tomorrow. (NBCSN)

"I was really happy to break. I wanted it a couple of times before today and I was happy to push myself to the limit today. I'm a little disappointed, but that's the way it goes."

"I went into the break looking for the win, but I wasn't strong enough. It was not a waste of time, it was good training and I learned a lot from the loss. We will try again another time." (Team Sunweb)

"The idea was to take two points on the first climb at the 9km mark. But it turned out to be more difficult than we expected" (Team Sunweb).

"I had to fight hard in front of Bora Hansgrohe. I raced hard all day. After the green jersey group caught me I couldn't do anything. I am disappointed with my performance because I could have helped Romain [Bardet] but I couldn't get there. Tomorrow we have a big day ahead of us. First we have to recover from today's stage." (ASO)

"It was a very fast day. I knew there would be some nerves, but I didn't expect this much. We didn't stop throughout the day.

"In the finale, I saw an opportunity and used it to break up the pack. The Tour de France can be won on a stage like this. The team did a perfect job

"We did two hard stages. Tomorrow will be a GC day for sure. We'll stay focused, try not to lose time, and if we get a chance we'll take it. (ASO)

"It was a hard stage as expected. Especially the last two climbs. That combination is very hard. Jumbo Visma's pace was very high. On the first HC climb I had Emu [Buchmann], but on the last climb we lost contact. He was completely empty and lost some time today, but not much (1:03 behind Yates). On that front, I hope to get better in the next few days and come back 100%" (Beulah Hansgrohe) (Beulah Hansgrohe)