"Froomey and Geraint Thomas came with us. I said, 'We are too strong. They're never going to catch us.' We just pulled very hard and it happened. It's unbelievable.
"Today everybody was like, 'It's crazy wind, it's crazy wind.' And just crazy wind was last 15km, or 12, I don't know how much. It was not planned. It was like, it was dangerous you have to stay in the front. The bunch is going to split for sure. But you go in a breakaway with green jersey and yellow jersey and two guys like Bodnar and Thomas, you cannot plan that. It just happened.
"I hope everyone had fun today. I was hurting but enjoyed it too. I hope it's fun to at least watch.
"It was an improvised attack. I'm just really happy we made it to the finish. It just happened, we didn't make any more calculations. We got a gap and then when we had five metres I looked back and decided to go for it. Then they came with us, all four of us worked like crazy.
"I was happy because I bet everything on an attack. I could have lost the green jersey because if they'd caught I wouldn't have won the sprint but it worked out well."
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"I can't believe what happened out there. It was really difficult day but I relied on my teammates all day and they were always at the front and that allowed me to go with Sagan at the end.
Asked about the shortening of the Ventoux stage, Froome said:
"The sprint with Sagan might be different…. Let's see what happens. There's really strong winds forecast, so that could play a part even before we reach the climb. We have to be switched on and ready for anything."
"I was surprised as well. Sagan was just motoring. When they went, Froomey responded straightaway and behind him there was a gap, so I got up to him straightaway. I looked behind and there was a gap. I got across to them. It was full gas. We were at the front all day just waiting for something to go and then Sagan and Bodnar just went and that was it."
Were you watching Quintana when you attacked?
"Not necessarily just him, but when we got a gap and it was 15-20 seconds, we just committed then, but boy that was hard."
"I think the guys are a mature bunch now and in those situations you have to concentrate. It's all about being in position and feeling it and they can deliver now. They deliver for themselves, obviously, in the one-day races and we try to bring that a little bit into the race. Obviously we managed to just get on with it. To see G and Froome there at the front with Sagan, who was super strong. Sagan was super strong, you've got to say he was at a different level wasn't he. But it's exciting isn't it and that's what we're trying to do, to win a race, and instead of just waiting waiting, waiting we're racing. Who knows what it's going to bring us? We might win the race, we might not, but we'll try and we'll race hard all the way to Paris."
"Shit happens, at least I didn't get beaten, that's the positive we can take home.
"The group went, we went to the front - Bernie went straight to the front. It was a bit choppy and 'ping' I hit my rear mech in someone's wheel. I don't know if it was my fault or their fault, that's irrelevant, really. My rear mech stopped working. I don't know if the electronic came out or I broke a spring. It wouldn't go lower than a 15, and you even can't keep up at 70kph. Because the bunch was in pieces there was no car behind, and that was it.
"I said there would be crosswinds. Where I was it didn't really split up. I thought we had quite a big bunch, I didn't realize it had split so much behind. At one point I wanted to get a breather, went a few lines back and was already at the back. I thought 'christ, it is pretty windy'."
On Froome's attack:
"It doesn't [surprise me] actually, he's ridden quite an aggressive Tour. Fair play. It's quite nice for the race to see the green jersey and yellow jersey going up the road."
"It was a tough stage for a lot of us but the team helped me a lot. I hope Luis Leon Sanchez is okay after his crash. He's an important rider for us. I'm not surprised what Froome did. He has won the Tour twice, so it's no surprise. We'll try to come up with something later in the race. There's a lot of racing to come yet."
Nairo Quintana (Movistar)
"It was a difficult day for me. There was a lot of wind and it was all flat. And the sprinters were favoured. Froome took a few seconds by taking advantage of the moment but I want to remain positive. We didn't crash while it was very nervous. Organisers are thinking about the show, but we take chances with our lives every day and especially in stages like this. Tomorrow I would have liked the stage to go to the top because it's an ideal climb for me. But anyway, there are still lots of days and mountains for me."
