Warren Barguil of Giant Alpecin has said that he was happy with his third place on the stage seven of the Tour De Suisse which put him in the lead of the race.
"I am happy with today’s result, it went very well," said Barguil to his team's press office.
"The team did a great job in controlling the race and in protecting me today.
"At the start of the final climb, I still had strong support from the team and we managed to set a good tempo in order to decimate the bunch as much as possible. In the finale, I just followed the main group and when Van Garderen attacked I was expecting Team Sky to accelerate, but they didn't. Therefore, I decided to go by myself to try and close the gap. Unfortunately, I couldn't and then I just gave everything I had to reach the finish line.
"I am really proud that the team believed in me in achieving a good result. I will try to keep the jersey as long as possible and will not give it up without a fight. There are still two more hard stages to come with the time trial tomorrow, so we will see."