“I had a gut feeling to attack on the first climb of the day – 3km into the race. It seems a bit silly to go so early, but I trusted my instinct and went for it."
" I rode passed my breakaway companions on a climb, thinking they would follow me. I looked back and realised I was alone"
"We kept the plan and it was great that I was able to have the decision myself to start the sprint exactly when I wanted to."
"I'm striving for and hitting some personal goals here at the tour."
"The girls dominated the final and kept me out of trouble."
"It was a great result of the team today and gives us good options and opportunities for the next days"
"I attacked on the climb on the second last lap and I saw that it was hard for the others, with only four riders coming with me."
"I believe I can have a good performance in Plouay and I would like to test my self being active through the race"
"I have a feeling this learning curve of hers will keep rising. Keep an eye out!"
"I was thinking only of the yellow jersey, knowing that all I needed to do was be third or higher to take the jersey"
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"I think gave everything I could."
We're getting to the business end of the season, so I think it will be good, hard racing. I'm excited to see what we can do as a team."
"I dug deep to follow and again we had a strong composition of riders, but there were only five of us."
"What was pleasing was that they kept their focus on clean racing lines and a good rhythm whilst racing on their limit"
"Both the timing and terrain of Sweden will be great preparation for Bergen so to tighten the last few screws and forge the armour in the team time trial weapon"
"I felt that the rhythm was not hard enough, so I decided to take the initiative and go."
"I've had a lot of success at Mont-Sainte-Anne and many nice memories. I won the Junior World Championships here in 2010, the U23 World Cup in 2011 and in 2015 I finished third in the elite race."
"Since I’ve started cycling it has always been my dream to be part of such a strong women’s cycling team."