"I gave it everything" - Warren Barguil's return to the big wins

It was at the Tour de France 2017 that Warren Barguil took his last win at World Tour level. Despite showing top level at times throughout these last few years since joining Arkéa Samsic in 2018, it was only his third win in the French team.

"It's amazing. I was planning to make the finish because it was good for me. The feeling was today would be good for the break. Clément [Russo] was in the front, I tried to make the break but I couldn't, I was in the counter-attack and we made a good group. He gave everything for me, it's nice when your teammate is with you in the front, he's my roommate, my friend, when he gives everything for you you have to do something," Barguil said.

After getting himself in the day's breakaway at Tirreno-Adriatico's stage five, Warren Barguil was in the 12-rider breakaway that went on to fight for the stage win alongside teammate Clément Russo. Barguil had launched a stinging attack with 21 kilometers to go, only followed by Benjamin Thomas the first time up the final climb into Fermo. Despite being caught, the Breton had gotten the confidence he needed to go on the attack again, and he did so with 4.7 kilometers to go, starting the final ascent with a gap over his breakaway companions.

"I had good legs in the climb. I already did the first lap the wall with Benjamin Thomas. I was waiting for a good moment, at one moment the speed was going down and I attacked from the back... then I was giving everything, I saw the group was coming back on the wall. I said ok your finish is on the right turn, I gave it everything to there and I saw nobody," he said jokingly. "My legs were really fucked, but I made it," he concluded.