Quotes
Stage 1
1| Mathieu VAN DER POEL
Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck): “This special moment won’t last forever”
What happened today is actually hard to believe. I won Roubaix again alongside my team, that was even stronger that last year. I’m super proud of the boys and super happy to finish it off. I’ve been feeling very good for a long time, and today has been my best day in this Classics season.
I had not really planned to attack that early. I wanted to make the race hard from that point on, as I know that’s my strength, and I thought it was a good moment to attack because the group was too large and the cooperation was not really good. Once I got the gap,...
Stage 1
21| Mads PEDERSEN
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek): “Mathieu was on a different league today”
To be honest, I’m really happy. Mathieu [Van der Poel] was on a different league today. The way he was racing was impressive. When he attacked, we all were riding flat out not to allow him any gap, yet we couldn’t close in. At one point he was still gaining time and the race for second started. In the final, we were still riding all out and then [Jasper] Philipsen had a go in Gruson. [Stefan] Küng got dropped and from then on Jasper wanted to pull as well. Yet he is very strong and had been sitting on the wheel for a while. Defeating him on a sprint...
Stage 1
4| Jasper PHILIPSEN
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck): “You can’t expect to be first and second in Roubaix every year”
What did we have for breakfast? We just had porridge and oat pancakes, nothing special!! But yeah, everyone in team was on his top level today. Maybe I didn’t have my best day, as I did have in Milano-Sanremo, but I was riding on a defensive position and I was able to follow wheels for a long time. That gave me an edge in the closing kilometres. With Mathieu at the front, it was clear who was the strongest today.
It's the management and the riders that make the team great. You also need to have good luck, and to work hard and do things right. Our team succeeds...
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