Christopher Juul-Jensen

Having spent the first 16 years of his life in Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow, Chris Juul-Jensen began his cycling career with the local Sorrento Cycling Club and ...

Everyone is flying, everyone is in with a chance and it makes for some savage racing, which I expect there will be plenty of this week.” But I still have the hunger to win, I’m still motivated to ride as hard as I can for my team-mates.” “Typically when you’re talking about a Grand Tour it’s always ‘the last week is going to be savage,” he says. “Obviously only a win counts but when you look at it from a team perspective, we committed to the stages, to the plan, to our individual roles. Unfortunately, it was either (race leader) Tadej Pogacar or (points classification leader) Wout Van Aert he was up against and to get second behind either of them, it’s like half a win.” “It’s always fun to talk to people who know what the Kanturk 3-Day is and how hard racing in Stamullen is, so when we get a chance, we tell a few stories. “The staff are the hardest working people on the team,” he says of the Aussie outift. “When we made it through the middle of the week… “When you see it from the team’s point of view, we’ve been riding really well together,” he says of the first nine stages. “I’m very proud of having the Danish flag beside my name and representing Denmark but at the same time I think it’s important to remind people that I also have my Irish background to be extremely grateful for and proud of. I got some name tags done up for this Tour with my name and both flags on them but unfortunately they were left behind at the team base so I’ll have to chase that up today.” I thought you were from Denmark?’ It’s only then that some people realise I’m not just trying to put on a posh English accent, that it comes from somewhere, from Ireland. Even in Denmark I make a point of bringing up my Irish background in the media because I think it’s important.