A jubilant Thomas Voeckler admits he was "a little surprised" to keep the yellow jersey after a tough climb in the Pyrenees for him and his team.
"In the last climb I said to myself that when I saw the last ten and five kilometeres. 'Keep going, stay here and don't give up'," the Frenchman recounted. "But today the Europcar team was very strong and each of the riders helped me today and especially Pierre Rolland in the final climb."
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