{"id":21010,"date":"2013-07-09T11:35:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T09:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/i-went-as-deep-as-i-could-says-impey\/"},"modified":"2013-07-09T11:35:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T09:35:39","slug":"i-went-as-deep-as-i-could-says-impey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/i-went-as-deep-as-i-could-says-impey\/","title":{"rendered":"I went as deep as I could, says Impey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/ive-never-been-so-stressed-in-my-life-daryl-impey\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daryl Impey<\/a>\u00a0shares his stresses of defending the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/sas-impey-takes-tour-de-france-yellow-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\">yellow jersey<\/a>, digging deep for as long as he could and simply enjoying the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/a-few-unforgettable-tour-de-france-moments\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tour de France<\/a>\u00a0experience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=8224\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8224\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8224 \" alt=\"Daryl's yellow jersey blog: I went as deep as I could. Photo: James Startt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/7c100_stg08_impey_tdf20131-e1373223167474.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"257\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daryl\u2019s yellow jersey blog: \u201cI went as deep as I could\u201d. Photo: James Startt<\/p>\n<p>First of all, I would really like to take this opportunity to thank all of South Africa for the amount of messages and support that were sent my way the last couple of days.<\/p>\n<p>It was great to read and see that cycling is far more popular in SA than I thought.<\/p>\n<p>I was on an absolute high from the day I got a chance to take yellow. To be honest, it was just chaos!<\/p>\n<p>The first day in yellow was so special \u2013 having my wife Ali and son Ayden at the start made it even 10 times better.<\/p>\n<p>I stepped out the bus and got some questions about our tactics and whether we would try keep yellow, my answer was simply \u201cYES\u201d. You don\u2019t take the yellow and never defend.<\/p>\n<p>I asked <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/first-rest-day-for-tour-de-france\/\" target=\"_blank\">Froome<\/a> whether he was planning on taking it, his answer was simple \u201cYes\u201d, so at that point I knew I hardly stood a chance given the mountains coming up.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway I went out and gave it my best, the team committed and we raced in honour of the jersey. I went as deep as I could and kept going right till the end. After I was dropped I did really start to enjoy the jersey.<\/p>\n<p>There is a need to keep pushing myself as next week I see some good opportunities for the team and I. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bicycling.co.za\/race-news\/tour-de-france\/rider-diaries\/daryls-tdf-blog-i-went-as-deep-as-i-could\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daryl<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/impey-makes-tour-de-france-history\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/7c100_182565125_80_803.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/impey-makes-tour-de-france-history\/\" target=\"_blank\">Impey makes Tour de France history<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/ive-never-been-so-stressed-in-my-life-daryl-impey\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/7ec0a_182594655_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/ive-never-been-so-stressed-in-my-life-daryl-impey\/\" target=\"_blank\">I\u2019ve never been so stressed in my life, says Impey<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/sas-impey-takes-tour-de-france-yellow-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/7ec0a_182394498_80_803.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/sas-impey-takes-tour-de-france-yellow-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\">SA\u2019s Impey takes Tour de France yellow jersey<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/7ec0a_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daryl Impey\u00a0shares his stresses of defending the\u00a0yellow jersey, digging deep for as long as he could and simply enjoying the\u00a0Tour de France\u00a0experience. Daryl\u2019s yellow jersey blog: \u201cI went as deep as I could\u201d. 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