"My body has not had a good reaction to the crash" - Matteo Jorgenson riding himself into 2024 Tour de France and up into the top 10 on GC

After a solid performance in the stage 7 individual time-trial, Matteo Jorgenson is now up into the top 10 of the 2024 Tour de France, continuing to go from strength to strength since his off-season move to Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Stopping the clock with the 7th fastest time, 53 seconds down on the stage winner Remco Evenepoel, Jorgenson has moved up 2 places in the general classification to 9th, 4:03 down on the Maillot Jaune wearing Tadej Pogacar. "It was good, I'm happy with it," says the American, who already this year has won Paris-Nice and finished runner-up at the Criterium du Dauphine on French roads in 2024, in a post-stage interview with Wielerflits from outside the Team Visma | Lease a Bike team bus.

"7th is a pretty respectable ride for me and top 10 in the Tour de France GC is not too bad," the 25-year-old continues. "I'm feeling good, much better. For three days, my body has not had a good reaction to the crash. I thought it wasn't that serious, especially on San Luca, but yeah, my body reacted a bit delayed it's just been a horrible feeling. Especially on the Galibier day and the day after, so I'm just happy to be past that now."

"This was a good test and it's good to see how I can do if I go full on a Tour de France time trial," concludes a positive Jorgenson's assessment of his performance, before turning an eye to the upcoming days. "Tomorrow should be a sprint day if I remember correctly. Then the gravel stage will be chaos. I am looking forward to the gravel and then a nice rest day before the next section of the race can start.

Finally, Jorgenson passes a comment on his team leader, Jonas Vingegaard, who finished 4th on the day and is now over a minute down on Tadej Pogacar. "To me it seemed like he did a really good ride, a really, really solid ride," Jorgenson analyses.