'That was a really tough race. I'm so happy to win on July 14,' said a broadly smiling Impey.
Impey, wearing his national champion jersey, was part of a mass breakaway that quickly opened a 10-minute gap and extended it throughout the race with the pack eventually trailing in 16 minutes after Impey had beaten Belgian Tiesj Benoot to the line.
"That was a really tough race. I'm so happy to win on July 14," said a broadly smiling Impey, who crossed the line with both arms aloft, releasing a huge victory cry. "This is my greatest ever victory, just as good as wearing the yellow jersey, nothing can top this," he said."It was a tough, solid day.""There's no way I was getting involved in a breakaway today, but I expected a select bunch sprint," team leader Adam said.
"All those people shouting my name, it really is something, and my grandfather was there at the finish line, so it was really special," added the former soldier, who came into the race without any aspirations of becoming France's first Tour winner since 1985."I'm not dreaming of a Tour win, I'm dreaming of keeping the yellow jersey as long as I can.
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