"Especially since your strength seems unstoppable—"
"Road cycling is always brutal, especially in a Grand Tour with so many competitors.
But not every rider can be like you, fighting with everything they have just for the overall victory, right?
So besides the winner, the second and third podium spots, every single position in the GC top ten, and the final owner of each of the four classification jerseys—all of these are critically important."
"For a professional team, losing the overall title doesn't mean we walk away with nothing.
It's true that O'Connor can massively shrink his gap to you by the end of this stage, but he'll also be putting time into the leaders of the other teams.
I'm confident that with your strength, once you hit a sufficiently steep climb, he is absolutely no match for you—"
"But it's different for the other teams. If they let O'Connor take such a huge advantage, they won't even be able to hold on to second place in the overall standings!
