Philip Deignan (Cervélo TestTeam) - 39th on stage, ninth overall @ 11:08
"It was a lot better than I expected. I thought top 20, so it's way more than I expected. I am very happy. It's a lot to build on for the next few years, so hopefully I can improve on it. The stage win was a bit more special than the GC, especially the stage that it was and how I won it."
"The team had really big belief in me from the start. I was the second GC guy behind Marchante, but he had a few bad days, so his GC hopes went out the window. They had a lot of faith in me and told me, 'you can do it,' and they really supported me. They helped me to start believing in myself.
"The stage to Sierra Nevada was definitely the worst stage. I had some stomach problems that day, but I got through it."
"[Stephen] Roche is on a completely different level. It's been a while since an Irish guy was up there, so it feels nice.
I didn't know anything about cycling when they were up there, it's only now in the past few years and I've been looking back to what Roche and [Sean] Kelly achieved, it's incredible what they did."
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