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Marcel Kittel: "I love the atmosphere here"

"Emotionally, this win is close to the one I got on the Champs-Elysées in Paris last year. Winning on The Mall, that's what I dreamed of but even though I had a good chance to make it come true, it's not something I could take for granted. It's really fantastic to win here. On the finishing line, the crowd was fantastic. I love the atmosphere. This was one of the fastest sprints I've ever done. My job was 500 metres long but the biggest fight was already over. My boys had done a great job before that. I lost their wheels at some point but Tom Veelers brought me back to the wheel of Koen de Kort. Because of the rain, everybody was scared. But I didn't let myself being disturbed and it's a great day for us. So far I've won two stages out of three but I don't have a precise goal in terms of number of victories. I'll take it day by day. We'll keep working hard with the aim of winning more."

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