Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek): “I have to say it makes the victory even sweeter, the way the team rode today. We had five guys in the first group. When the two guys [Jay Vine and Louis Vervaeke] went away on the second KOM, they looked really strong and got a lot of time. The boys worked so hard to make it possible. In the end, it makes it even nicer to win. Everyone knew our plan, everyone was looking at us, and still we succeed... Absolutely incredible. There was no choice, I had to follow everything, keep the speed high so none wouldn’t really want to go. When [Marco] Frigo went with 7-800 metres to go, that was perfect. It was kind of a lead-out. I closed him slowly, and then after the corner it was 220 metres to go, so it was time to open the sprint. I really wanted to have a win and today we succeeded so that’s amazing.”
