Nicolas Roche: It was incredible to cross the line arm-in-arm with the winner Chris Froome

Christopher Froome (C), wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, arrives with his teammates of the Great Britain's Sky cycling team to cross the finish line on the Champs-Elysees avenue at the end of the 109,5 km twenty-first and last stage of the 102nd edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 26, 2015, between Sevres and Paris. AFP PHOTO / ERIC FEFERBERGERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images

Nicolas Roche

Saturday, July 25, Stage 20: Modane Valfrejus to Alpe d'Huez (110.5km)

Although we only had 110km to cover today, 46 of those kilometres were uphill and after going a bit too deep at the start of yesterday's stage and paying for it afterwards, I was a bit worried about my form this morning.