Excellent teamwork and second stage win at BinckBank Tour

It wasn’t easy today. It was a reminder that we’re racing in Belgium because today was like riding a Spring Classic. It was crazy – all day on the front, the team trains were up there trying to pass each other and control the pace. In the end, it started to rain, and it was very dangerous, with a crash in the finale. I’m very happy because BORA-hansgrohe worked very well together and took another victory, which was amazing for us – I’m very happy. We’ll see whether I can take my 100th victory soon – first we have to survive until tomorrow. It’s good to be back near the top of the GC as well. If I take the GC again, it will be on a day where there are a lot of groups and gaps on the road – it’s all about taking the seconds. For that reason, we will have to take it day by day.

Nebolo to jednoduché, podľa mňa to bolo dnes celkom šialené. Dostali sme sa do Belgicka a vyzeralo to ako jarná klasika. Celý deň sme museli jazdiť na čele balíka, tímové vlaky sa predbiehali, snažili sa kontrolovať tempo. Vo finále začalo pršať a vyskytol sa aj pád, ale môj tím ma dobre podporoval. Vybojovali sme ďalšie víťazstvo, celý tím BORA-hansgrohe skvele pracoval, som naozaj rád. Teraz musíme vydržať do zajtrajška, aby sme zistili, či dokážem vybojovať svoje sté víťazstvo v kariére. V poradí mám zatiaľ dobrú pozíciu, ale prídu etapy, kedy sa bude pelotón deliť. Preto to musíme brať jeden deň za druhým.