"I’m happy with the victory. We worked for it and it eventually came on the third opportunity. I knew I could count on my boys. From the start of the day, we started super motivated and they’ve done an extraordinary job. I always had someone to follow. It was not easy to move together but they know how to guide me and they controlled the whole stage. I needed to repay them with a victory.
It was a tough finale. I was in the front positions and I waited for the right moment to launch my sprint. Going with 200 metres to go might have been a bit long but it was hard for everyone, I gave it all and it worked out.
I knew it was important to win today. It’s really nice to get it after all the efforts from the whole team. When you have a full team believing, it makes things easier. And now we’d like to have some more!
Hopefully I get some nice sleep because tomorrow we have another beautiful stage for us. So let’s enjoy this and let’s try again.
It’s even more special to win with the green jersey. I really enjoy it, I feel even more encouragements from the crowds, although it was not my jersey until the end of the stage. Getting the win and the full points is also perfect in that regard."
