Tour de France: Stage 6 finish line quotes

Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates) - Stage 6 winner

It's a great feeling to actually get a win again. [I have had] so many second places at the Tour since the last one. I was a bit nervous because of the headwind, I didn't think it was going to happen. The race went so hard on the first part of the climb - I saw everyone was on the limit, and there were no teammates left, so why not have a try.

The legs just were there - I don't know what happened. Maybe adrenaline or what. I felt really good yesterday and didn't quite get up there in the final to have a go. It was a good sign for today, I was really relaxed all day - not confident but looking forward to having a crack, looking forward to racing hard on the last climb.

The last time I got second here, I had already lost a bit of time before the stage, and I thought maybe they'd let me go. Today there was no question, I just attacked as hard as I could.

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To get the win - it makes this Tour de France a success, and everything else will be a bonus. (NBC)

Pierre Latour (AG2R La Mondiale) - second place on stage 6

We said that if we were in a good place on today's stage we would try and win the stage, perhaps with Alexis [Vuillermoz] - that was if Romain [Bardet] didn't have any problems. At the beginning of the climb there weren't any problems, so I pushed hard.

When I was fighting with Richie Porte, the wind gusted in from the right and it meant that I just missed the point of attack, which wasn't great.

Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) - fourth place on stage 6

Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) - race leader

Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) - second overall

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