Marianne Vos (Visma | Lease a Bike): “Actually the whole race, of course it was short, so we knew it was going to be nervous. Sometimes it was just spread out, but still you felt the tension in the bench. We wanted to do a lead out as a team before the final descent, before the corner to put Pauline and me in a good position. The girls did such an amazing job. Then, Pauline (Ferrand-Prevot) took a gap at 500 m or 400 m to go. She had actually a really good gap. At that moment, of course I looked around and see who was coming, and then I saw Kim Le Court (-Pienaar) coming. She really had a good sprint, so I went with her and I didn't know if Pauline was still hanging in for the finish, but in the end I saw her drop on the speed, so I sprinted with Kim and then we just caught Pauline, which is of course a bit a double feeling. But I'm so happy with the team effort and that we could make it, because of course if Pauline had kept it, that's also good. We're here as a team and just to start off like this, that's amazing, you can't really describe what it means and it's a bonus to take it, to take the yellow jersey.”
