Van Belle: “With sixty kilometres to go, we escaped with a group of six. The gap was already quite big. In the last lap you notice that everyone starts thinking about the final. At the end, I was close to cramps, but I was able to keep cycling at my own pace. In the last kilometres I had to lead the tempo, nobody really wanted to take over. Then I started sprinting at three hundred metres and quickly gained an advantage on the rest. It’s really nice to win here today and also take the leader’s jersey.”