I’m very happy and I’m glad to win the Gent-Wevelgem again. My team did a great job. In the finale, there were two of us remaining in the front group and I’m really happy with our performance. Sprints are always like a lottery and I was wondering what was going to happen. In the end I started my sprint early and it worked out – I had the legs to keep going. I felt good the second time we climbed the Kemmelberg. It wasn’t too stressful and there wasn’t a lot of wind to make things difficult, which is why we came to the finish in a bigger group. It was a different race today from all of the Gent-Wevelgems I’ve ridden and the lack of stress and the better weather conditions made it easier. It wasn’t anywhere near as crazy as the race has been over the last few years, but it was still really fast. (Photos Luca Bettini)
Som veľmi šťastný a teším sa, že som opäť zvíťazil na Gent-Wevelgem. Tím bol veľmi silný, vo vedúcej skupinesme finišovali dvaja a s našim výkonom som naozaj spokojný. Takýto šprint je vždy lotéria, bol som zvedavý, čo sabude diať. Nakoniec som stavilna trošku dlhšiu koncovku, pretože som cítil, že mám na to nohy. Počas druhého prejazducez Kemmelberg som bol v pohode, natrati nefúkal vietor, takže nakoncisavyprofilovala početnejšia skupina. Dnešné pretekyboli úplne odlišné od predchádzajúcich ročníkov Gent-Wevelgem, na ktorých som štartoval. Nebolo to také napínavé akopo minulé roky a počasie nám tiež hralo do kariet. Stále to však boli rýchle preteky.
