I’m happy that I had those great split times of a champion like Tony. It was key to start as one of the last riders, on such a strong lineup of Etixx – Quick-Step. “I had the split times of Tony, which was a really big advantage for me to pace myself along the parcours. “I knew at 500 meters that it was going to be really close,” Kwiatkowski said. Tony Martin, German TT Champion, rounded out the podium in 3rd (+07″). Kwiatkowski also leads the points classification, and is currently the best young rider. His 7’40” time (52.435 km/h) means the UCI World Road Champion will put on a yellow jersey for the 192km road stage on Monday. Polish Champion Kwiatkowski Wins Paris-Nice Prologue, Martin 3rdĮtixx – Quick-Step rider Michal Kwiatkowski put on his Polish TT Champion jersey at Paris-Nice, and went on to win the 6.7km prologue by less than a second. We are thrilled as a group, and can look to the next races with optimism and satisfaction with what we did here.” The team did so well and I want to thank them for supporting me. We did our best to win the race and I think this is a team victory more than just my victory. So today we were attentive and motivated. But you never know what can happen in cycling and we we have respect for every rider and team. For me it’s the first time I won a stage race. The team worked really well and I am proud to be able to finish their job. When you consider what we did over a three-day period, it was excellent. But OK, he was 5th after a long day of defending my leadership. So we tried to organize a bit the sprint for Gianni. There was an echelon for a certain moment in the front with several of our riders in good position, but when we came into the local lap they eventually caught us. “We were in control the entire day, it was impressive. “After 25 kilometers there were seven guys in the front, but we controlled the race very well with Iljo Keisse and Petr Vakoc working hard on the front,” Lampaert said. Lukasz Wisniowski, Meersman, Lampaert, and Guillaume Van Keirsbulck made the large escape group, which came together after an early catch of the original breakaway of seven riders.Įtixx – Quick-Step also won the team classification. Kris Boeckmans (Lotto Soudal) was 2nd, and Michael Van Staeyen (Cofidis) was 3rd. Etixx – Quick-Step defended their leader perfectly, first going into a breakaway with 24 riders, staying away until inside 10km to go in the stage with 13 left out of the escape group, and then ensuring the final 184.5km stage ended in a bunch sprint.ĭanny Van Poppel (Trek Factory Racing) won the stage. The Belgian rider won Stage 2 yesterday out of a breakaway, and because he was also 5th in the prologue the day before, he was able to move into the GC lead. Lampaert Wins Overall at 3-Daagse van West-VlaanderenĮtixx – Quick-Step rider Yves Lampaert took several jerseys at the end of Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen on Sunday, winning the overall following a group arrival, and also winning the points classification as well as the award for best young rider. – Etixx-Quick-Step riders Yves Lampaert and Michal Kwiatkowski each earned victories in the second straight day of double-wins for Etixx – Quick-Step this weekend.
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