Giant Alpecin's John Degenkolb has described his victory on the second stage of the Bayern Rundfahrt race in Germany as "a great day".
Degenkolb also took over the race lead from Irishman Sam Bennett and he told the Giant Alpecin press office: “It was a great day, we targeted this stage win and it’s great to reach it.
"The team worked hard, but they also did that yesterday where we did not succeeded 100%. Today they gave me a great lead-out and I am very happy with that.
"The sprint today was a bit uphill for the final 250 meters and that suited me very well.
'We have the yellow jersey now and we are going to defend it tomorrow. It won’t be easy, but we will see how it goes.
“It is great to see how excited the German fans are and how they are supporting us here in Bayern right now. German cycling is really going up again after a lot of work and that makes me really happy. That is why it is extra special to show the public a nice win here in my home country.”