It was another nervous step, especially because of rain. The important thing was to prevent crashes and for this reason that we stayed most of the time in front of the bunch. The Astana team has worked well today, I feel a real solidarity around the pink jersey and I want to defend it as long as possible. We benefited of the team Columbia’s work was preparing for the final sprint, I also tried to earn some advantage to Cadel Evans but he was very careful. The Giro is still long, I prefer to see handle it day by day. I know that last week will be difficult, that's why we need to keep forces for the mountain stages where everything will happen. But before that, I am wary of some stages that may seem calmer but where everything can also be lost. On a crash, a technical incident. We must stay vigilant every day, as we were today.