Michael Mørkøv

'It was indescribably hard' said Dane, who suffered in 40°C heat on the road to Carcassonne.

"Especially with the heat but also the pace they set – every day is a hard, hard course, and a hard pace. He was out of the time limit, but at least he can go out with a good feeling." "Maybe we keep him to do the meetings," he added, jokingly. He fought on to the finish, accompanied by a soigneur in a team car, but missed the day's time cut – which was extended to 20% due to the heat – to come home at 1:05:40. "[Prudhomme] said thank you for my fight and that he thinks I fought bravely." "It was indescribably hard," he said.