Warren Barguil (teammate of the winner of the 1st stage Romain Bardet at DSM): “It’s a team victory. At the start of the race we absolutely wanted to have someone in front, Frank (Van den Broeck) was really strong today, Romain too. I asked him what he wanted, he told me: “If you can go get me some ice and a bottle.” I went there and then he said on the radio that he was going to attack and that was it.
I was thinking today that I’ve never ridden for a Yellow Jersey and we’re going to do it, it’s completely crazy. Romain is often second and criticized, today he did something crazy. In the last three kilometers I counted the seconds they had left after each turn. In the last corner I was sure they had won. It’s just incredible.
“(Romain Bardet) is extremely undervalued compared to the investment and performance
The team has had some bad times but we have always stayed in it, and today is a great day. It feels good, I wasn’t having a great day but I worked and we were rewarded.
Yes it is underrated, of course, it has still made several podiums, it is extremely underrated in relation to the investment and the performances. Few runners put in as much effort as he does. When you start the Tour like that, it’s the dream scenario, it’s just crazy.”
