C'est desormais acté, Simon Yates (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) a remporté le 108e Tour d'Italie. Le Britannique remporte ainsi son second Grand Tour devant Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates XRG) et Richard Carapaz (EF Education EasyPost). Le leader de la Team Visma | Lease a Bike a renversé ses adversaires lors de la terrible 20e étape et l'ascension du Colle delle Finestre en partant à 50km de l'arrivée. Et la victoire d'Olav Kooij lors de la dernière étape ce dimanche vient parachever ce week-end parfait pour l'équipe néerlandaise.
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Vidéo : Giro d'Italia
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00:00Simon, yesterday it was hard for you to put words on your achievement,
00:07but today you have a time to realize that you have won the Giro d'Italia.
00:11Honestly, I think it's really still sinking in.
00:14What a huge, huge moment in my career, probably, yeah, the defining moment maybe.
00:19And yeah, just incredibly, incredibly proud of the whole team over three weeks.
00:25And now, of course, Olav just finished it off, so amazing, amazing, amazing three weeks.
00:31So are you saying that you kept focused because you also had a stage to win today?
00:36Yeah, I mean, actually, we didn't have much of a turnaround last night.
00:39I mean, already, you know, on the plane here to Rome, so it's been a quick turnaround
00:45and we kept the focus.
00:47We knew we had a good chance with Olav today and he's pulled off.
00:50And for yourself, what does it mean?
00:52Somehow you had the idea yesterday that your career could end now?
00:57I mean, I don't know.
01:00Yeah, it's really, for sure, it's the defining moment of my career.
01:04There's no doubt about that.
01:05Yeah, I've had some good successes, but I don't think anything comes close.
01:09So I will celebrate for sure and we'll see what's to come.
01:13Congratulations.
01:15Hi, Samion.
01:16Congrats.
01:16And just two questions.
01:18Did you ever dream as a child of winning the Giro d'Italia?
01:23And a question about the Siena stage, because you obtained a fifth position
01:30and how much was important for all the GC that position in a stage which was not for good on the paper?
01:40Yeah, I mean, even since I turned professional, I always dreamed of winning the best races.
01:49And, of course, the Grand Tours, you know, the pinnacle of our sport.
01:53And, yeah, I mean, I fell in love with the race, of course, in 2018.
01:59And I think you guys know already now that, yeah, I mean, I had my ups and downs here,
02:06but it's a race that kept calling my name.
02:09And, yeah, I finally managed to win the race.
02:13So I still can't believe it, but a dream come true.
02:16And, yeah, I think with the Siena stage, I think, yeah, I mean, it's not the stage that I really enjoy
02:25because I think, you know, we as riders, we take a, you know, we sacrifice a lot of time away from home.
02:33And, you know, you could have an untimely puncture at any moment and your race could be over.
02:39So I don't like that side of things.
02:43But, of course, it's really entertaining racing and, thankfully, the team positioned me really well
02:48into the first sector and from there I could manage myself quite well.
02:54So, in the end, it was a good day for me.
02:57Next question.
02:59Hi, Simon.
03:00Yesterday you spoke a lot about belief, both in yourself and from the team.
03:04Is that something that you've struggled with recently or in your career, both from yourself and externally?
03:09I mean, yeah, I think you always have, you know, a self-belief that you can pull something off or you can do something.
03:20Yeah, but I've just been, you know, slowly losing time, really, to Richie and Isaac.
03:27And, yeah, I was looking more and more, you know, further away, you know, to win the race was, you know,
03:36it wasn't going to be an easy task to win the race.
03:41But, like I said yesterday, I mean, the guys encouraged me just to try, you know, you never know.
03:46And, yeah, I also believed and that's why I tried.
03:51And, yeah, you saw yesterday that I managed to pull it off.
03:54So, really crazy day.
03:57Next question.
03:59Hi, congratulations.
04:00Two questions for me, too.
04:01The first one, this morning, in this magic day, you met the Pope.
04:05What kind of moment was it?
04:07And the second, you spent 11 years in the same team trying to win the Giro.
04:12Change of team and you won the Giro.
04:15What did change?
04:16Yeah, I mean, firstly, today, the start was really incredible.
04:22I, for some reason, I didn't realize we were going to stop and really to meet him.
04:27I thought we would just pass through.
04:28So, yeah, an unforgettable moment for me.
04:32I think for all the riders there as well, just to be there and, you know, have his blessings.
04:42Second question was again?
04:44Changing the team.
04:45Changing the team.
04:45Yeah, I mean, I think I just needed a change.
04:55And I wanted to come to a team that knew how to win the Grand Tours.
04:59They've done it successfully with different riders.
05:02And, I mean, it's looking like it paid off.
05:08Of course, I have no regrets with staying in Jayco for so long.
05:12I think I have some, you know, lifelong friends and some great memories there.
05:17You know, pretty much all my successes over the Giro right now have been there.
05:23So, to really pinpoint one difference, I would not be able to tell you because they're just very different teams.
05:30Next question.
05:31Next question.
05:33Simon, two questions in one about thoughts, the unconscious thoughts that we have in good moments in life.
05:38Did you ever have thoughts like about quitting, stopping doing this crazy job in your life, chasing Giro d'Italia?
05:49Yeah.
05:50And second question about the thoughts you had in the last 24 hours.
05:54What did you think that you've maybe, you've never thought before and that you will be a base for your future?
06:00Yeah, I mean, I think all of us, we always have doubts if we're doing the right thing or if we, you know, we are on the right path.
06:12I've also, you know, had a lot of setbacks, you know, not just here at the Giro, but a bit of our races as well, where I thought, yeah, maybe it's time to stop, you know, do something else.
06:23But I kept, uh, kept going and I, uh, found myself back here again.
06:29And like I said before, this, this year was my year.
06:32So really no, had no bad luck this year, you know, which is what I had in the past.
06:37And, um, yeah.
06:42Next question.
06:43Simon, congrats.
06:44We saw you in TOS yesterday.
06:46Can you, have you ever been in that kind of emotional state before for something in cycling or away from cycling?
06:53And how do you feel now?
06:54How would you express your emotions now?
06:56How do you feel?
06:58Um, no, I don't think so.
06:59I don't think so.
07:00It's really, um, yeah, I would normally consider myself quite, uh, you know, unemotional, let's say, and, um, quite focused.
07:10Um, but I, I just couldn't hold it back yesterday.
07:13Yeah, it really, um, yeah, it really got to me.
07:16And, um, yeah, not to keep repeating myself, but it's something that I've, I've really worked for and sacrificed for, for, for, uh, a long time.
07:26And, um, I just, I, yeah, I just couldn't believe that I had managed to pull it off.
07:31Um, and I, yeah, I just, just, it just come, come pouring out.
07:35So, um, still thinking again as well.
07:38So, uh, yeah, yeah, of course.
07:45I mean, uh, also today, I think we also just finished in such a great way with, uh, with the stage one as well.
07:50I think everyone's just, uh, sort of on cloud nine as well.
07:52So, you know, you really start to realize, you know, what we've sort of accomplished here.
07:56We had a great year, uh, and, um, yeah, we'll see what happens after this.
08:02Last two questions.
08:04Simon, congrats.
08:05Yes, uh, obviously yesterday you have been, uh, without any doubt, the strongest, but also the smartest, in your opinion,
08:12the smartness has been a key factor in your success or, or not really?
08:17Or it's been only a question of legs.
08:20Yeah, I don't know.
08:21I mean, I, I had an idea, uh, on this climb to, just, to get away.
08:26Um, I really wanted to be alone so that I could focus on my, my own effort.
08:30Um, because I knew I had strong legs and I knew I could, um, you know, once I was alone,
08:34and then I could really just, you know, concentrate on my, my own, um, performance.
08:40Um, I did feel like some of the other stages were, were, let's say, more tactical.
08:45And it came down to, you know, you had a, you know, a more explosive final, um, where I was sort of losing time.
08:52But I just knew, or felt that I, you know, had more to give on a, a longer sustained effort.
08:59Um, so yeah, I had the idea, but I just needed to, uh, to get away by myself and managed to do that.
09:06And to be honest, from there, it was, uh, quite simple in a way.
09:10Because every day we had the plan to send somebody up the road to, um, you know, to try and support me if I needed to, to come up, you know, if I attacked or something.
09:20And, um, yeah, worked as well.
09:24Final question for Simon.
09:27We saw, we saw you riding close to your brother.
09:30His team didn't win the Giro or lost the Giro.
09:33What did you talk about?
09:36Um, with my brother, we, yeah, we're very close, but actually we don't talk a lot about cycling most of the time.
09:42So, um, yeah, today's, uh, talk, actually, we were just talking, um, about riding through the, the Vatican City there, um, you know, just normal life in, in a way like, um, but I think their team, I mean, Isaac himself, um, he's such a young guy.
09:58I think he has, uh, really bright future, I mean, he's already world class.
10:03I think when I was 21, I was still just, uh, uh, you know, Neopro, I don't, maybe I was not even professional yet.
10:08So, I'm sure he will, uh, bounce back and he'll have, uh, a lot of, a lot more success in his future.
10:16Thank you, Simon, and congratulations.
10:17Thank you, Simon, and I'll see you next time.
10:47Thank you, Simon, and I'll see you next time.
11:17Thank you, Simon, and I'll see you next time.