The second stage of the Volta ao Algarve has been won again by a rider of Quick Step Floors. Zdenek and his team helped their leader Daniel Martin to his first victory of the season. “It feels like I won myself.”
“Today we did amazing work as a team again. Matteo Trentin and Ariel Maximiliano Richeze worked until kilometer 140 and after that Dries Devenyns, Enric Mas Nicolau and myself took over until kilometer 190.”
With success, because Daniel Martin was the strongest in the final and won. “That gave me an amazing feeling. Like I won myself. I’m really happy about it. It was also a good test of my condition and I think I am slowly getting on track.”