Dan McLay has said that he thought he could win stage six of the Tour De France.
The sprinter from Leicester told his Fortuneo Vital Concept team about his third place finish on a stage won by Mark Cavendish: "Compared to previous sprints, we were able to stay longer in the final set.
The last kilometers were more easier and Pierre-Luc and Florian were the last two guys with me at the end. They did a great job, I did not have much to rub or touch the wheels too much and I thought that the win was possible.
"Obviously in the last kilometres, I am impressed with guys like Cavendish and Kittel, but there are a lot of respect among all.
"For other stages of the Tour, I hope to survive in the mountains (laughs) and if I'll always I'll try to make new good sprints. If I had one thing to say to my teammates, it would be '' thank you '. "