Thomas Voeckler, how ambition will you address the Tour de France?
With that I had the chance to do the Tour last year, I really feel that they have done everything in my field of expertise. I do not know what I could do differently or more on the Tour. I really have no specific goal in mind. I forbid me anything, I'll take the race day by day, have fun and have no regrets. Over the past four years I have had only good times. This year, maybe there will not be, maybe it will be. Honestly, I have no goal. It may come in the course of the race. Just like last year, the polka dot jersey was not a goal and it came after my stage victory. That's fine with me trying to get to the maximum day to day, depending on the legs of the journey, different rankings, team strategies, weather ...
Some will find yourself bored ...
To be honest, there is less excitement in 2003 for my first Tour, otherwise it would be the language of wood! I do not lose sight that this is the most important race of the year but for me it's a race, I have less eyes open ... Although this year, there no Olympics, no World Cup football and we feel that all eyes will be the Tour de France.
Pierre Rolland will be your leader, so you'll have a free electron role?
This is a proper role of law. It was the 20th (21st in 2009), 10th (2011), 8th (2012) at the age he has, he works all year for this, it is legitimate to have runners in his service . The role of free electron fine with me. In 2011, I ran as a favorite, it was huge. But the 2012 Tour with the polka dot jersey, it looks like me. It's not better, not worse, it's different but it looks like me.
It may take you favor in the early days ...
These are the riders who are racing. If people are motivated to move, it will move. If the big armada Sky decides to dictate the race, they have the means to do like last year and it will be difficult to illustrate.
It disappoints you?
Last year, they are first and second. Some blame their lack of panache but the goal is to win. It is perhaps not very romantic but the fact is that they were right. This is not my vision of the bike but it does not mean it is not good.
Do you have a favorite of your last ten Tours remember?
There are too many different things. There's something I'm proud of: when I see that in Tours in 1950 or 1945 there was exactly the same stage that I won with Aubisque, Tourmalet, Aspin, Peyresourde, I tell myself that I am happened to pass these four passes in front, to win this stage and that we can not take it away. My kids may have forgotten but when I'm 30 pounds heavier, I take my drink at the Café des sports, I always have to tell it! "
