Baudin: “I will fight to maintain the lead, but my career is already a success”

The French Alex Baudin (EF Education) hopes to keep the leader’s yellow jersey “as long as possible, but What has been achieved so far “is already a success” for the leader of the Tour Auvergne.

“Day by day I feel like more and more people know my name. It’s gratifying. I want to keep the jersey as long as possible. The last three stages are going to be very, very hard, so I will have to be strong and I will have to fight,” said the leader of the race formerly known as Dauphiné at the finish line.

For the Albertville cyclist, his career so far “is already a success, and everything that happens now is a bonus.” “We will try to get a good result in the general classification on Sundaybut in any case, it will be a success,” he stressed.

Regarding the fourth stage, in which the day’s breakaway triumphed by a margin of just 4 seconds, Baudin highlighted the work of his team in the placement work.

“It was a pretty stressful day at the end, especially because of the wind. The team did a fantastic job again getting me into a good position. Normally, I hate that. “I don’t think I’ve ever been so well positioned in a final!” he concluded.