Quotes
Stage 1
1| Puck PIETERSE
Puck Pieterse: “The most painful four minutes of the year!”
Puck Pieterse (Fenix - Premier Tech): “This climb is all about being well-positioned at the bottom and going all out. When you start the Mur, you know it’s the most painful four minutes of the year. For sure it doesn’t look pretty, especially the last bit, when you start sprinting!” “I had to follow my own pace, I didn’t want to stand still at the middle of the ascent. When I started my sprint, at first I was hesitant and I came close, so I thought maybe there’s something possible… But Demi [Vollering] was just a bit faster....
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93| Paula BLASI CAIROL
Paula Blasi: “I can't really explain it yet”
Paula Blasi (UAE Team ADQ) reacting to her third-place finish and the final battle on the Mur de Huy: “I can’t really explain it yet, the finish was a bit improvised, I was going with Mavi [Garcia] for the final. I know myself well and I wanted to pace myself. I let Demi [Vollering] go and I was waiting for everyone else to pass me. But by then we were close to the finish and I just thought ‘let’s give it everything’. I think maybe Amstel Gold Race [which she won on Sunday] you could think it’s a lucky thing, the bunch let me go. Today...
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11| Demi VOLLERING
Demi Vollering: “My teammates were so strong”
Demi Vollering (FDJ United - Suez): "I’m really happy to win and in an impressive way I guess. I have no idea what happened behind, I never looked back. I only did it just before the finish and I saw Puck [Pieterse] coming. She scared me, for sure: ‘Oh my god, I still need to do a sprint I guess.’ I just really trusted my own pace and didn’t want to have any regrets afterwards. In the end, it’s not so much about tactics, it’s about having the legs and going really really deep. It can be scary because you don’t want to blow up on...
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