Rune Herregodts believes he can top10 the time trial at Critérium du Dauphiné: "It should be realistic"

While Christophe Laporte rose to his second stage win in stage 3 of Critérium du Dauphiné, not everyone was so lucky to finish the stage unhurt. Many riders hit the deck with more than 40 km to go. This includes the sad hero of opening stage - Rune Herregodts from Intermarché-Wanty-Circus.

"Usually you don't feel the pain immediately, but at the moment I think it's not too bad. Hopefully it will still be the same tomorrow morning. It was a nervous day, all the more so because the pace was very slow. Everyone is still fresh and that makes for a lot of hectic. Grande casino they say then," the 24-year old looks back at somewhat strange stage to Le Coteau.

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A 31-kilometer time trial awaits riders in stage four. Herregodts hopes that he can achieve something beautiful in the race against the clock. "Hopefully I can get a good result. I trained time trials, so hopefully I can show that too. I think a top ten result should be possible. If the crash isn't bothering me too much, that should be realistic."

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