“I can’t describe how I feel, it’s amazing! I was in the breakaway to get a good result and why not victory. And I’m signing my first professional victory on a Grand Tour, it’s exceptional. Looking at the profile of the race, I knew I had to attack in the last four kilometers because that was the hardest part, and that’s what I did. Winning the Giro d’Italia a year after my brother is special. Last year, when he won his stage, my name was written by mistake on the champagne bottle. This time I’m really the winner,” he said after the race.
“Valentin had a great race, he was simply the strongest. I couldn’t feel my legs in the last meters, but I gave it my all until the finish line. I’m really happy for my brother,” declared Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Valentin’s brother.
