After claiming his eighth win of the season so far with a photo finish on stage 1 of the Tour of Britain, Caleb Ewan has hailed 2017 as his best season yet. The Orica-Scott man edged out Dimension Data's versatile Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen on a technical run-in, taking the first leader's jersey of the race.
But while he has yet to reach his 2015 win total of eleven, the Australian cited the quality vs quantity argument when evaluating his palmares during the post-race press conference.
"I think as far as WorldTour wins go it's definitely my best year," he said. "My first year pro was the year I got my most wins, but then I only had one WorldTour win [stage 5 of the Vuelta a España].
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"So maybe they were smaller races then, but as far as the quality of results go this will be my best year so far."
Perusing the results sheets bears out this notion, with six of Ewan's 2015 wins coming from the 2.1 ranked races the Herald Sun Tour and the Tour of Korea. By contrast, he has six in the WorldTour this season, including four at the Tour Down Under and one apiece at the Giro d'Italia and Tour de Pologne.
After something of a blip in his progress in a 2016 season that saw Ewan wait until August for his first European victory, this year has seen him return to form, or at least the results to show for it.
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