DANNYBOY

How’s the Tour going for you both now we’re at the second rest day?

Danny: For me, it’s going well. The first weeks were not so good to sprint, but I’m feeling better. I’m suffering like all the sprinters but I’m feeling better and better. The last sprint I was fifth, and two more sprints to come and I’m looking forward to it.

Boy: The first stages were, of course, really hectic, like everybody saw, with a lot of crashes. At the moment it’s going a bit more relaxed, not so many crashes but still racing really fast and like Danny said, for the sprinters it’s suffering on the climbs and hoping to make it to another flat stage.

You’re both back at the Tour for the first time in a long time. Danny you were last here in 2014 and Boy in 2013. What’s it been like to be back at the Tour after such a period away from the race?

I have already been riding for eight, nine years a pro, and I know a lot of races. But the Tour was the first time I was really like a junior again before the race. I didn’t know what to expect, I’ve done the Giro, Vuelta… I did the Tour twice but I didn’t finish it. So the goal for me was to really finish