Astana team manager Alexandre Vinokourov praised Vincenzo Nibali for his stage victory and commented on his attack at a moment when Chris Froome had a mechanical. 

"Vincenzo deserves plaudits. We had to react to erase the difficult times we had. We saw that Vincenzo had good legs again and the team reacted well and worked very well. As for Froome's mechanical incident, the radio never said there was a problem and Vincenzo does not have eyes in the back of his head," he told Letour.fr.