Stage 6

26| Agnieszka SKALNIAK-SOJKA

Agnieszka Skalniak-Sojka: "I wanted to fight until the end"

"For sure, I'm disappointed about the ending, but I'm happy about my performance today and how we ride as a team. What I can say ? I'm happy with this red number for tomorrow, and tomorrow it will be a new day for us to fight for the win. From the car, they said that two riders were behind me, like 40", I just kept going, and then they said it's like 25" so I waited for them on the climb. It's easier to work with three than by myself. We rode full gas until the end, but Emma [Norsgaard Bjerg] was sitting on my wheel with like 1km to go. But I wanted to fight until the end,...

Stage 6

113| Yara KASTELIJN

Yara Kastelijn : "I'm happy that I didn't lose points"

"After my crash, in the beggining, it felt a bit bad. After 20-30 km, it was fine again. So normally it will be fine tomorrow, I hope so ! I'm really happy that I didn't lose points today, because Anouska [Koster] was not in a break. I am 4 points ahead of her, I will give everything tomorrow to keep the jersey. Here, I feel strong on the climbs. We will see tomorrow."

Stage 6

14| Lotte KOPECKY

Lotte Kopecky: "Winning the green jersey of the Tour is a really nice thing"

"I don’t know why the break has won three times already in the Tour… Maybe we need to start and learn how to count. But the break was really strong, teams were fully chasing behind. Again, it went pretty fast and in the finale the breakaway was probably stronger. It’s really nice [to be out of reach in the points standings]. At the end of your career if you look back an can say you won the GJ of the Tour de France, it’s a really nice thing. We’ve won two stages, we’ve had the yellow jersey since the start… Now, we have one goal,...

Stage 6

4| Emma JORGENSEN

Emma Norsgaard Bjerg: "It’s my biggest victory ever, I’m so emotional"

"I am lost for words, really. It’s been a very difficult start of the year. I want to thank everyone, my family, my husband, the team for believing in me after being out the whole spring… It’s my biggest victory ever, I’m so emotional, so happy. A few years ago, I might have gone for the sprint, but I need to realise that I’m not as fast Charlotte Kool or Lorena Wiebes anymore, and I need to find other ways to find success. This morning, when I woke up, I was like: ‘Oh no, another day where I have to work, another day where I have to...

Stage 5

191| Cedrine KERBAOL

Cédrine Kerbaol: "It was very fast all day"

"Mentally, it was really intense. Even in the neutral start, the whole peloton started to rub shoulders. I was behind the car, normally I was safe but I got pushed straight away! There was a lot of tension. I told my teammates: ‘Be careful, when the flag goes up, something is going to happen. It didn't miss.’ The bunch split in several groups… The 2nd in the best young rider classification [Ella Wyllie] was in the breakaway. We were not too worried, there was a maximum gap of 45". But we said to ourselves that at some point we would have to bridge the...

Stage 5

14| Lotte KOPECKY

Lotte Kopecky: "It's definitely not the best day for us"

"I think I was the reason why nobody wanted to chase! It’s a missed opportunity but I can’t ask Demi [Vollering] to start pulling the bunch. In the end, the general classification is the most important thing, we don’t want to waste energy we will need later on. And it’s also nice that the women who attack also get a reward. It’s definitely not the best day for us. Losing Lorena [Wiebes] was not nice to start the day. And Demi receiving a 20’’ penalty is bullshit I think. If you get dropped, I think it’s normal, but if you have...

Stage 5

22| Ricarda BAUERNFEIND

Ricarda Bauernfeind: "It's just incredible"

"To be honest, I can’t believe it, it’s just incredible. I had the support from my teammates, from the car behind, all the partners… Everyone helped me and supported us. It was an incredible team ride. First we had to chase the breakaway because we didn’t have anyone there. My teammates did a fantastic job. Then, it was up to me, I tried to attack and it worked out. It’s fantastic. As a team, we waited for such a win all year, and now we did it.

A few years ago, I made the decision to focus on my studies. I wanted to become a teacher....

Stage 5

113| Yara KASTELIJN

Yara Kastelijn: "Every day with the jersey is a good day"

"I feel great. It’s really nice to have the polka-dot jersey back in the team, because it’s a goal for us. So it was a good day! Since the beginning of the Tour, we've just tried to be on the attack, to race the finales, and now we have the jersey and we make a goal of it. I know it will be hard on the final days with all the climbs. But every day with the jersey is a good day. I didn’t expect us to have this kind of success but we dreamed about it. We work really hard and it finally pays off I think."

Stage 4

191| Cedrine KERBAOL

Cédrine Kerbaol: "It was a bit stressful"

"We had a teammate in the break and the gap quickly rose to 10 minutes. It was a bit stressful because then we thought we might finish the stage with a gap of 5 minutes. It wouldn’t have been good for GC. Then the peloton really accelerated in the final quarter of the race. I tried to hang on for as long as possible in the group for the main contenders. On the penultimate climb, I couldn’t stay with the big guns but I finish in the group right behind, with some impressive girls. I still lack a bit of power to follow the strongest moves."

Stage 4

14| Lotte KOPECKY

Lotte Kopecky: "I tried to help Demi attack"

"My moves were mainly to help Demi [Vollering] attack, maybe drop GC contenders and help her towards the finish. At one point, the situation was confusing, I didn’t know the time gaps. On the final climb, we managed to bridge a few riders but I heard on the radio that Yara [Kastelijn] was at the front with a 1 minute gap. We raced a bit different because it was such a long stage. At some point, the break had a very big advantage. I don’t mind having long races like this."