Bastien Ripoll Quotations

It was very, very hard, but we never gave up. It's very nice when it works perfectly.

It was very very hard (but) it's great to win a race that worked perfectly. It was exactly what we expected. We were very confident during the warm up and we knew it was our chance.

It was very, very hard (but) it's great to win a race that worked perfectly.

This is the strongest eight I have stroked.

They are two good international teams. I don't know exactly what will happen. It's a long fight and a psychological battle.

If I get nervous, I just look over my shoulder at the people behind me. Nobody could be worried with a crew like this.

This is more important than the world championship and only slightly less (important) than the Olympic Games.