Wout van Aert: “I didn’t expect to beat Sam Bennett”
June 13 th 2019 - 17:23
“We knew it’d be curvy in the last two kilometres and it’d be very difficult. It was necessary to hit the front early. I had a good position. I positioned myself on Julian Alaphilippe’s wheel and behind the guys from Bora, it was just perfect. I launched the sprint in the last bend. As I passed Julian, it was won. It’s a great week. I wanted to try and sprint because my second place on stage 3 gave me confidence. Honestly, I didn’t expect to beat a rider like Bennett. I’m taking profit of my form. But now that I’ve done a good time trial and a good sprint finish, I’ll race in support of our leader Steven Kruijswijk.”