Tom Boonen - "A Beautiful Sprint!"

“A one-two result isn’t something that happens very often. That happens usually only when you prepare a sprint in a way that’s impossible. It means that you must have a lot in reserve to be able to have one guy who does the sprint the same way as the designated sprinter does. It’s only possible a few times in a career. _ “Today it wasn’t possible for me to pass my team-mate but I think that if you’re in a situation like this then it’s the right thing to do to… if you have a guy who leads you out for the entire year and you’re able to give a present like this, then it’s not nice to pass him. _ “I’m more excited than when I won the stage myself. It’s great to achieve this when the finish line is in your own country. It was an impressive day for our team. _ “I was freezing with 40km to go. I couldn’t see anymore because my glasses were dirty and I don’t like it when I get cold but finally it dried out and it was lucky that it happened that way for the sprint because it was very dangerous. There were so many people that you couldn’t ride where you wanted because the spectators were spilling onto the road and you had to be careful. There was the crash but we did our best to make a beautiful sprint and that’s what we got.”