Merlier: 'If you win one, you can win a second'
Tim Merlier took his momentum and rode with it to outsprint the field in Stage 8 and score back-to-back wins to close in on Mads Pedersen in the Tour de France.
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Tim Merlier, if I'm correct, a fifth stage win on the Tour de France, but today you really showed you were the boss.
Don't Didn't feel like this.
I need to fight for my position all the time until, I had, until the last minute definitely.
Just before the corner, yeah, was a bit boxed in, and then they almost crashed.
And, I thought it was over, so I gave it, gave it a try to, to come back on the guys who did a lead out.
And then I was coming with so much speed, so, yeah.
So it was 250 then.
I say I gave it a try until the finish and we see, but, yeah.
I have in the last 50 meters, I can't push anymore.
Because honestly, I, I don't know how you found the energy to, to, to carry on, to take off from so early and to hang on and to, to out-sprint everyone.
We see the finish.
I give, I can give more than, yeah, someone else.
But when in this, in this heat it was a, a really difficult effort.
The win yesterday opened the win today?
Yeah, mostly like this, eh.
If you win one, you can, win a second, and I'm happy, yeah.
On three stages, I can two of it.
So whatever happens now, the Tour de France is a good Tour de France for Tim Merlier.
Yeah, my, definitely my Tour de France is, is ready.
A sweet revenge after the defeat of Belgium in football.
Correct.
Thank you, Tim
