Greg Van Avermaet found himself back on winning form just days after resuming racing following a well-deserved break after his enormously successful Spring Classics campaign. The BMC rider won the sprint on stage 2 of the Tour de Luxembourg, moving to within one second of the race lead currently held by his teammate Jempy Drucker.
"It's always good to come back to racing with a victory," Van Avermaet said. "My spring was amazing, and I'm happy that I've started back again with some good results. Winning is always difficult, so every victory I can take, I'm happy with."
Van Avermaet, the winner of Paris-Roubaix and Gent-Wevelgem, said he was strong enough to follow the race on a series of climbs toward the end of the stage, and then unleash his sprint.
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"In the end, I know I have a good sprint also, so it was a good stage for me. It was pretty hard with the climbs in the end, and only the strong guys survive. I'm one of the fastest of this group."
He was also able to play off the fact that Drucker was in the leader's jersey, and he could hang back while the Luxembourger went with the attacks. He kicked out early in the sprint, but held on to win.
"I went from pretty far but I was able to keep it. And, then I saw that Jempy Drucker was also second in the end. It was not really the plan to go for the win with me. The race went, and I still felt fresh. I was waiting a little bit until they caught Jempy's group back and I came in a good position. I started to sprint from far, and nobody came over me."
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