Romain Bardet is disappointed with his performance in the 4th stage of Paris-Nice. Indeed, the rider of the AG2R La Mondiale team had made this stage his big goal and he rolled across the line demoralized after his 11th place, 30 seconds behind Richie Porte (Team Sky).

"It was not a great day but I will learn from this," he said. "I hope to get better by the end of Paris-Nice. I was not good on the climb. There was some hesitation after the first attacks and I had to go a bit too deep to try to get back to the front. I responded to two to three attacks and then I was dropped. "