Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike): “It’s not too often that I can win when my family visits me on a race so it makes it extra special and really nice. It was really my aim to be in the breakaway but I had a hard time on the first climb. I almost gave up but I gave it one more try just before the top. Still then, we had to fight for 50 kilometres with a little bit of a gap. To be honest, I think it worked in my favour because in the finale, the climbers in my group didn’t have fresh legs and that’s how I won. [Saying I can win any stage] is a bit exaggerated, I would say, but it’s nice to be in a race like this with a versatile profile. And when I end up in a situation like this, I always have a chance. It’s a very cool victory. I took KOM points because it was a big fight at the front but my eyes are definitely on the green jersey and not at all on the mountain jersey.”
