Tour de France: Stage 8 finish line quotes

Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNl-Jumbo) - stage winner

The legs have been better every day. It was a fast final with a lot of corners but the team did an amazing job and put me in a great position. I saw Gaviria and Greipel were fighting for position but I saw the finish line and thought, this is the moment - I'm going. It was good.

It was a hectic final, but that’s every day in the Tour. I am very proud of my team. The last two days have been very good with two wins.

We're looking forward, tomorrow's a hard stage, also for the general classification riders. We will see, we'll try.

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Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) - race leader

Like we always say, a stage of the Tour is a stage of the Tour. You always have to be careful of losing any seconds. So I'm pretty happy we are up there with me and Richie and in a good position. The team did great again. I look forward now to [wearing] yellow on the cobbles.

It's going to be a special feeling. I'm pretty motivated, hopefully the team can do good again and I think it can be a good day tomorrow.

We will see what we can do - we will try to do both the good result and a good position on every secteur will be the most important, and Richie will be up there also I hope.

Richie Porte (BMC Racing)

Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Floors)

Rory Sutherland (UAE Team Emirates)

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