Leader of the Tour de Switzerland since the first stage, Romain Grégoire recognized having a proud candle in Julian Alaphilippe
The tricolor cycling is definitely doing well on the roads of the Tour de Switzerland. Leader from the first day and his victory in front of Kevin Vauquelin during the inaugural stage, Romain Grégoire is still a yellow jersey with a little less than thirty seconds ahead of the leader of Arkea and Julian Alaphilippe.
The Groupama-FDJ runner nevertheless came close to the correctional, Wednesday, during the 4the stage. The fault of Joao Almeida, who left in a solo and winner raid with in the end one minute ahead of the yellow jersey. The latter nevertheless limited the damage and satisfied himself with his day.
“Mission accomplished! The goal was to keep yellow, so that is done. It was hot, huh … I finished completely dead. But hey, that did it, he said before paying tribute to Julian Alaphilippe, who lent him a hand in the valley. Forty seconds at the top, fortunately that I had Julian with me, he really saved me on this one. I think I’m going to have to pay him a drink tonight! »»
A beer for Julian Alaphilippe?
“Over the last ten kilometers, I knew it was going to attack, and that a group like that, it couldn’t get along. So I quickly understood that keeping yellow until Sunday, it was going to be complicated ”, he continued, adding: “Too bad if runners like onley or O’connor take me back a little time, I had to focus on the closest guys to the general, especially Kévin. »»
“He got angry a little, necessarily …, Did he blow about the latter. But hey, for my mission of the day, which was to keep the yellow tonight, I think that was what I had to do. For tomorrow, frankly, I don’t know at all. I’m going to rest well, and I will think about tomorrow … tomorrow. Because there, I am cooked! »»
