Niklas Arndt of the Giant Alpecin team has said that he wanted to win a stage of the Tour Of Alberta so badly.
Arndt took the final stage in Edmonton with Bauke Molleman taking the overall victory.
Speaking about his stage win, Arndt told his team's website: "It is a relief. I wanted to get a victory so bad, but it didn't work for a long time. So it’s nice to have this one in the pocket.
"As a team we really deserve this win, certainly after my really close second place on stage two. It was a hard week and a pretty hard stage so it is great to see that I'm able to win after big efforts.
"It was cold, wet and hard. We had a great team, we motivated each other and today we won together. There were a large crowds along the road so it was nice to race here.
"The sprint went even better than our plan. We did an awesome lead out and I could wait till 180m to go. The guys did a perfect job and I enjoyed getting such a fantastic lead out. I am really thankful to the team, they really did great during the whole stage."