"As a GC rider, you can lose the Tour de France on a stage like this one" - Jonas Vingegaard nervy but safe on stage 11

Stage 11 brought with it warnings of crosswinds and echelons. Thankfully for the general classification riders, this was not how it turned out. Nevertheless, Jonas Vingegaard was on edge throughout the day.

"This was a tricky stage," the Danish leader of both Jumbo-Visma and the overall general classification revealed in a post-stage interview. "As a GC rider, you can lose the Tour de France on a stage like this one. You need to be careful. I have an amazing team, they kept me safe into the final. After the 3km banner, we just focused on surfing wheels and reaching the finish line safe. I’m thankful to my team."

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After safely securing passage through stage 11, Vingegaard can tick off another day in yellow navigated on the road to Paris. Stage 12 once again is a day with a potential general classification impact. As such, Vingegaard once again will be on high alert.

"I feel good and ready for what’s to come. Tomorrow’s stage is tricky, so we will need to be careful," he says. "I’ll try to hold on to this yellow jersey, because my daughter Frida loves the lions I get in stage. I have to get her as many as I can!"

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