Sam Bennett: "As a sprinter, you need to deliver"

August 14 ^th 2015 - 18:53

The guys did an absolutely amazing job today. In the end it was a little bit of a downhill. I can't believe I lost my team-mate's wheel. I was in such a bad position, I want to apologize to the guys for that because it's my job to hold the wheel. I was looking coming in the final I just kept sprinting and going through gaps. In the end the door just opened at the right time and I was just able to take the win. It feels good to beat Alexander Kristoff on his home soil but regardless it feels good to win and I'm delighted. But it wasn't a straight sprint against each other. He got boxed in. It was a really quick and dusty finale in the military camp, everyone came down the hill with a lot of speed. There were a lot of touching wheels and it was a bit scary. It's really important for me to win here after the Tour de France. As a sprinter, if you want to be a good sprinter, you need to deliver results when you're feeling good all through the season. I had terrible legs in the race today but with the support of the team, I was still able to get a result and that's very important. If I have fantastic legs tomorrow I'll try to hold hard but the way I was climbing today I don't think I'll be able to.