“It was a good day for Gesink ‘- Telegraaf.nl

Robert Gesink himself announced that he was the coming days’ a little goes with hobby ‘and also sportif Nico Verhoeven sees the rest of the Tour de France with confidence

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The profile of the 18th stage of the Tour de France Photo:. Tour de France

> Robert Gesink Photo: Reuters

“Robert is the stage finish in place,” Verhoeven said the leader of the LottNL-Jumbo, who came sixth in the standings men crossed the line “It is he. risen in the standings, so we had a good day. “

” The stage started hectic and troublesome. Finally drove away a large leading group with Steven Kruijswijk it. That was what we wanted. “

” The start of the stage from Thursday’s heavy. We begin with an ascent of ten kilometers. Then a group of climbers will drive off and then the question is whether they get enough lead . For us it is important that we support Robert as good as possible. We will in the coming days on the hunt for a spot in the top five of the rankings. “

View the results of the 17th stage and the classifications in the Tour de France

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