2019’S WINNER ON…

GP DU CANTON D’AARGAU 4 June | Switzerland | 1.1

It’s a hard race. It’s a local circuit, but I think it has changed over the years. The first time I won [2015] was a different lap to the last two times [2018 and 2019]. It’s the same climb every year though, the Schlatt. It’s not an easy race, but usually there’s a group of 50-80 riders in the final. It has always been on the limit of what I can do, so that’s why it suits me. The times I have won it, I was the fastest guy left in the pack. All the quicker guys were dropped, so I managed to win it in the sprint. I also won over the same final in the Tour de Suisse, in the first stage victory I got there.

The sprint is slightly uphill, but not super steep and not so long. So I don’t get caught before the finish line there. It suits me because it’s hard but it’s still possible to survive, when others are dropped. Usually I have a good sprint even if I’m tired, other fast guys lose their sprint more than me when they’re tired, so this is why this race suits me.