“I want to thank my teammates and my team, because without them I wouldn’t be able to show that I’m the fastest. Since the start of this Tour de France, I knew that I could win. I’ve proved now in three sprints that if I’m well positioned, I’m capable of finishing. Today, for us, a breakaway could have gone to the end, that would have suited us well. But when it turned into a bunch sprint, I told my team over the radio that I felt good and was going to do it. It makes me want to continue to concentrate fully on the sprints. The green jersey gives me wings. I feel super fast. It's in the head. I've had my ups and downs in recent seasons but I changed things this year and it's working. I also changed my philosophy. When a crash happened in the finale today I was very scared. At the 500m mark I found Mike (Teunissen), he brought me up from 15th to 3rd position and I did the rest. A slightly rising finish like this suited me perfectly.”
