"It was a long day, with all the difficulties concentrated in the final stretch. With the team, our aim was to make the race harder, each in turn and on every bump. Everyone made the race really difficult and I had to wait for the last climb. I was feeling really good, so I waited for the going to get tougher and then put in my effort. When I saw that I'd made the breakthrough, I gave it my all right up to the line to think about the overall classification. I'd like to thank the whole team, because it's thanks to them that I won today. I'm really happy to win my first professional race. It's symbolic, but it's a lot of emotion. Now we're going to do everything we can to bring back the yellow jersey on Friday."