Jens Voigt - "I'm so happy I could ride the stage backwards...!"

“We were desperate for a win, desperate for a real result, something to cheer us up after all the crashes we’ve had. At the moment only two riders in CSC have not crashed yet and so after all that bad luck we needed to force some luck back to our side. _ “In the finale I was quite happy because I dropped Sylvain Chavanel and Manuel Quinziato. Both of them had been really strong, especially at the start of the breakaway and I was afraid of them. Tactically it worked out quite well. They were watching each other and then we dropped them and then I was quite sure I could beat Pereiro in the sprint because he showed some signs of weakness or fatigue before. I thought I would beat him in the sprint because it seemed as though he was just happy to be on my wheel and gain as much time as possible for the yellow jersey. _ “You cannot believe how great I feel. I’m actually not tired at all! I’m so happy that I could get back on my bike now and ride the stage backwards! _ “We’ve tried in the time trial and in the mountains and in breakaways. This is the fourth time I’ve been in an escape group this year and it’s never worked out until today when everything just fell into place perfectly.”