“It’s something special if you can wear the yellow jersey once in your career and it would be even nicer if my grandfather was still here to see it.
We can compare it all to, say, the Tour of Flanders and I assume it will also be similar tactics.
“I’m going to try to do everything I can to try to win a stage, if it’s the first one or the second it’d be very nice.
All the Tour de France peloton was forced to train in the rain on Friday after grey skies and rain replaced the summer blue skies and late sunsets of Brittany.
Van der Poel would love to race the stage like a Classic and go on the attack earlier so a small group can fight for victory.
“The last five kilometres before the climb are really fast and downhill, so it’s impossible to stay away from a bunch.
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