Primoš Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) - stage 4 winner

"Whew, that was a pretty fast day. It was hard, but the guys did a really good job again.

"(Winning the yellow jersey) is news I have to accept. I had a good day, I rode safe, and I won. Let's keep going like this."

"I am back after the crash. I can race and I feel a little bit better every day. I am happy to be able to ride again. I have already proved that I am ready to start. Now it's up to the whole team to keep doing a good job." (Eurosport)

Julien Alaphilippe (open in new tab) (Detunink-Quickstep) - 5th, race leader

"The objective today was to control things to keep the jersey.

"Of course I wanted to win the final and I tried, but the tempo was very, very fast on the last climb. But the tempo on the last uphill was very, very high.

"I'm just happy to be in yellow again tomorrow. It was a very hard stage. Like I said before, I'm proud of my team and I have to thank them, because I'm not here to control the race for three weeks." (France TV)

Egan Bernal (open in new tab) (Ineos Grenadier) - 7th

"It was a really fast, short climb that finally packed a punch, it was a good climb to see how the GC riders were doing, and I'm very proud of them, they were really good. It was really tough, so I'm happy to arrive with them."

"It's not good to have the other GC riders a few seconds ahead of you, but I think you have to be patient and the best scenario is to arrive in week 3 without losing too much time and let the long climb recover your time. We want to come into the final week as fresh as possible. (ITV)

Guillaume Martin (open in new tab) (Cofidis) - 3rd

"The feeling was good.

"The last climb was quite undulating, as expected. There were not many attacks from far away and the tempo was good. There was a lot of jostling for position. [The last kilometer went well and I sprung a surprise with 600m to go. I made a surprise with 600m to go."

"I didn't win the sprint, but I'm happy to be up there. The Tour is still long and there are more tough days ahead. (France TV)

Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) - 8th

"It was important to finish in the main group of favourites.

"I said yesterday that if I knew I could be in that lead group I would be very happy.

"I was really fast. I was really fast. I had some problems with my back after the crash in the first stage, but it's much better now and it went well today." (Eurosport)

Emmanuel Buchmann (open in new tab) (Bora-Hansgrohe) - 17th on stage by 9 seconds

"I felt ok until 1.5km to go. Then I couldn't keep up.

"I'm not in pain anymore and it's getting better and better. I'm not 100 percent right now, but I know I'll be better the next day.

"There's still a lot to go until Paris and a lot of mountain stages. (Bora-Hansgrohe) [47].