#TDF2022 @QuinnSimmons9 is back in positive points in the KOM classification 👌 The young American continues to lead the stage along. With Van Aert and Fuglsang, 2’58” ahead of the peloton. 📸 @charlylopezph
Quinn Simmons has made his debut in Tour de France this year and is already looking for stage wins. He managed to tag along with Wout van Aert and Jakob Fuglsang in the breakaway and found himself with a three minutes lead.
“It’s something special to be in my first break in the Tour to be there with the yellow jersey, and being with someone who is the gold standard where I see myself in four years,” Simmons said. “I am not at his level, but that is a goal for me to reach. You’ve got to see how high the bar is set.”
However, he couldn't keep with the van Aert’s legs and had to drop back into the peloton.“That was the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced, and during the break, it was two and a half hours of motor pacing,” Simmons said. “It was not by choice. I’ve never been ridden out of the wheel like that before.”
“There were a few times when I thought I was in a good move, but it would all come back together, and I had actually given up and went back to get bottles,” Simmons said. “When I came back, I was on Wout’s wheel. In those first 20 minutes trying to build the gap, I have never suffered so much in my life. There wasn’t enough of us, and suddenly there were only three of us.”
Simmons vows to ride into more breakaways before the Tour is over, “That is the goal. I was looking toward to the second and third week, but when you see how big of a fight it is, there is a good chance. I hope to get a few more chances to try to win a stage. That would be the ultimate goal,” concluded Simmons.
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