Roman Kreuziger - Team Liquigas

I suffered a bit but I remain calm

Sat July 10, 2010, 19:19

All the big favorites of this year’s Tour, Roman included, finished in one group paying hardly any attention to the Frenchman Chavanel who took the victory with a small time advantage and consequently donned the yellow jersey. Roman is now sitting in twelfth position overall.

"It was relatively tough due to the unbearable heat and at the end the high pace was quite tricky even though one could get easily sheltered on that climb. I think that tomorrow somebody is going to pay the price for today’s stage. I am glad to have finished in the strong group with Ivan although I wasn’t feeling that good. But I did expect that I would struggle a bit in the first mountain stage. I remain calm and believe that it will be better tomorrow with at least as good legs as today," Roman said. 
He alone tried to break away with a group of riders with 35 kilometers to go. "But they immediately caught me and didn’t let me break away. The riders at the front weren’t any threat to anybody and everybody knows who the big favorites are. We will see tomorrow, they forecast some rain showers but hopefully, it won‘t be that bad. I am curious about the race progress because all the favorites looked to be suffering at the finish," Roman added. 
 
7th stage (165.5 km): 1st Chavanel (Fra/Quick Step) 4:22:52, 2nd Valls (Spa(Footon Servetto) +57, 3rd Garate (Spa/Rabobank) +1:27, 4th Voeckler (Fra/Boygues Telecom), 5th Perget (Fra/Caisse d Epargne), 6th Moreno (Spa/Lotto) všichni +1:40, ... 21st Roman Kreuziger (CZE/Liquigas) +1:47.  
Overall: 1st Chavanel 33:01:23, 2nd Evans (Aus/BMC) +1:25, 3rd Hesjedal (Can/Garmin) +1:32, 4st A. Schleck (Lux/Saxo Bank) +1:55, 5th Vinokurov (Kaz/Astana) +2:17, 6th Contador (SpaAstana) +2:26, 7... 12th Roman Kreuziger +3:10.

This article is also translated :
Trošku jsem se trápil, ale jsem v klidu