Elisa Chabbey (FDJ-Suez): "Every day I told myself it was another day wearing it! It's a jersey that's pretty incredible to win. I really enjoyed every day. It clearly wasn't the team's main objective. But I had this jersey from the first day. I'm quite grateful to the team for letting me keep it and go in the breakaways, because that's how I was able to keep it. I'm super grateful to everyone. From the first climb [today], I exploded. I really wasn't feeling well; I think I paid for the efforts of the last few days. Afterwards I knew it wasn't in my hands. I told myself that if she [Maeva Squiban] took it, it would be deserved. If on the other hand I kept it at the end, that would be great!" During the stage, I just heard that Demi [Vollering] sprinted up the hills to try to keep it. That was really nice of her. But after that, I didn't hear much [information on the radio]."
