Etixx Quick-Step's Marcel Kittel has said that things worked out well as he took the win on the opening stage of the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal.
It wasn't an easy day, and we were aware of that, but we took it as a challenge, because we wanted to prove that we can win also on such a finish," Kittel told his team's press office.
"We stayed calm, came at the front before the last roundabout, and it all worked well in the end",