Magnus Cort Nielsen: "I knew I could win on my first Tour"

 

This is my first time at the Tour de France. I’m so happy to take a stage victory. I have to thank my team a lot. They really believed in me. We played it well with Michael [Valgren] in the finale. We were both strong. We attacked a few times earlier in the race to get rid of some fast riders. Since the Alps, we remained focused around Jakob Fuglsang, our leader on GC, but we marked those two stages as we believed a breakaway could win. It’s unbelievable to have won both back to back. I’m very happy to win at my first participation to the Tour de France but I’ve been in this race for two weeks now so it’s nothing new anymore. I knew from winning a stage at my first Vuelta that it was possible to win at the first participation to a Grand Tour.

Tour de France 2018 - 22/07/2018 - Etape 15 - Millau / Carcassonne (181.5 Km) - Magnus Cort NIELSEN (ASTANA PRO TEAM) Vainqueur de la 15e étape
Tour de France 2018 - 22/07/2018 - Etape 15 - Millau / Carcassonne (181.5 Km) - Magnus Cort NIELSEN (ASTANA PRO TEAM) Vainqueur de la 15e étape © ASO/Alex BROADWAY

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