Wout Poels of Team Sky has said that his victory on the fifth stage of the Volta a Catalunya was a cool one.
"That was a cool one," Poels told TeamSky.com.
"We wanted to do something for Swifty today but we also wanted to keep the options open a little bit so we didn't have to ride. It was a really, really hard stage but it worked out well in the end.
"I was a little bit nervous, especially in the last two kilometres they came really close. I think I always look behind me a little bit too much but it was okay in the end.
"It was a bit similar to my win at Tirreno last year, only this time it was a little bit further to the finish! On the downhill was not the best place to be alone, but I had to attack on the climb as I did not want to wait for the sprint. Sometimes I know I can do a good effort, and in this case it was a final 10 kilometre TT. Everything or nothing. And it worked out good!"