Tour de Romandie (2021) Photos; Stage 3: Estavayer → Estavayer, 169 km

"I'm so happy about this victory. I want to remember, first of all, our team doctor for so many years, Jesús Hoyos, who passed away during the stage. I want to dedicate this victory to him; sadly, we lost him in just few weeks due to a terminal illness, and it's really sad for our entire team. Such a hard stage, especially because of the rain and cold conditions. I was saving my move for the precise moment into that last climb - Woods was going strong, there were several attacks into the group, and I wanted to try but not too early. I waited for those final 500 meters to make a real gap and hopefully take the stage win. In the end, it was stage and jersey - it always makes you happy to get a leader's - and we will fight hard to retain it. INEOS is so strong, it's a short gap, even more so with their TT skills, but we will fight - we've got a strong team and will give our maximum, only the road will tell. Sometimes people doubt about what you can do, but we've always gone step-by-step, and things are turning out well. It gives us hope for the upcoming challenges, but before the Giro, it's all about this weekend."

Peter Sagan Post Race: Thanks to all my teammates for their work today, they put in a very strong effort to bring back the break and shut the attacks. Unfortunately, it wasn't possible to catch Soler when he went off in the last climb, so the stage win got away today. I'm feeling better and I see my form improving, even under such awful conditions as the ones we had today."

Tour de Romandie (2021) Photos; Stage 3: Estavayer → Estavayer, 169 km