Roman Kreuziger - Team Liquigas

I am upset but I am not giving up

Sun July 18, 2010, 20:08

Roman finished in 28th position in today’s stage after he had been dropped on the final climb. He is sitting in twelfth place overall but he is certainly not giving up.

"I was feeling miserable today. On the last downhill before the last climb I knew that something was going wrong. I was out of power and my legs were stiff. If we had ridden harder on the last but one climb I would have been dropped. Yesterday I said that somebody was going to pay the price for the last two tough stages in the Pyrenees but it didn’t dawn on me that it would be me. Unfortunately, it is only a sport and there is nothing I can do. I have dropped out of top ten but I am certainly not throwing in the towel. Together with Basso we have lost some time but we are not giving up. Of course, I am upset about my today’s performance but still, there are further hard stages to come. I just hope it will get better on my part," Roman said. 
14th stage (184.5 km): 1st Riblon (Fra/AG2R) 4:52:42, 2nd Mensov (Rus/Rabobank), 3rd S. Sánchez (Spa/Euskaltel) both +54, 4th A. Schleck (Lux/Saxo Bank), 5th Rodriguez (Spa/Katusa), 6th Gesink (Ned/Rabobank), 7th Contador (Spa/Astana), 8th Van den Broeck (Bel/Lotto) all +1:08, 9th Cunego (Ita/Lampre), 10th Sastre (Spa/Caisse d Epargne) both +1:49, ... 21st Basso (Ita/Liquigas) +2:30, 28th Roman Kreuziger (CZE/Liquigas) +3:03.  
Overall: 1st A. Schleck 68:02:30, 2nd Contador +31, 3rd S. Sánchez +2:31, 4th Mensov +2:44, 5th Van den Broeck +3:31, 6th Gesink +4:27, 7th Leipheimer (USA/RadioShack) +4:51, 8th Rodriguez +4:58, 9th L. Sánchez (Spa/Caisse d Epargne) +5:56, 10th Basso +6:52, 11th Vinokurov (Kaz/Astana) +7:04, 12th Roman Kreuziger +7:11.

This article is also translated :
Jsem naštvaný, ale nic nevzdávám