"I think that's something that might not happen again for me - it's incredible to win solo. It's certainly a different emotion to a bunch sprint. In a brunch sprint you don't have time to think, and today was a situation I've never been in before. I just focused on arriving to the line and thought that I'd enjoy it afterwards. The final kilometre was certainly no enjoyable.
Today, we weren't sure whether we would go for me or save our energy for tomorrow. But when it starts raining, I always excel. It's my first solo, and it's in the Tour.
It's not really a childhood dream, because I started cycling later in life. But there's so much pressure here. I had already won in the Giro and Vuelta, but all people ask is: are you good enough to win a Tour stage? Now I've shown them."
-Kaden Groves. The Australian won his first Tour stage that wasn't a sprint in a rain-soaked victory in Pontalier
"We knew it was in his possibilites, but to be honest, I have to say I didn't really believe in it."
-Christoph Roodhooft. DS Alpencin Decunick
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