Marcel Kittel left the Dubai Tour with three sprint victories, the overall victory, satisfaction that his Quick-Step Floors lead-out is as reliable as ever and the confidence that he is on track for further success in 2017.
The Dubai Tour sprints may not be the Tour de France, as Dimension Data's Mark Cavendish was keen to point out, but with eight sprint victories in just two stage races, Quick-Steep Floors are already the team to beat whenever lead-out trains and power sprinting decide the day.
"I'm very happy with the last sprint of the Dubai Tour. Finishing the race like this, winning the stage and the GC, makes me proud of how strong our team is," Kittel said in the race winner's press conference held near the finish line in the shadow of downtown Dubai's Burj Khalifa skyscraper.
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"It was a difficult finale because there weren't many corners: it was all about positioning. I think we did it very well. We were there at the end and I felt good in the sprint and showed my strength. I'm happy we could home with the GC win too."
Kittel lifted the race winner's Circle of Stars trophy over his head on the final podium, savouring his victory. He will go home with great memories but also a scare and a black eye caused by the blow from Andrey Grivko during stage three.
"It was an eventful Dubai Tour definitely," Kittel joked. "I'll keep this race in my memory for the next few days because my eye will adopt the same colour as the blue jersey.
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