"It's nice to see that we can do this with the big boys" - Arvid De Kleijn gives Tudor Pro Cycling Team their first World Tour win on stage 2 of Paris-Nice

Arvid De Kleijn and the Tudor Pro Cycling Team continue to make positive steps. With the Dutchman sprinting to victory on stage 2 of Paris-Nice 2024, De Kleijn fired to a first World Tour win for the Swiss-based outfit.

“I was really pursuing this one. It's nice to catch it like this. It was a great team effort," reflects the 29-year-old Dutchman in his post-stage interview having edged the likes of Laurance Pithie and Dylan Groenewegen in the final sprint. "We stayed calm. Matteo Trentin sat with us and he always knows what to do. He did a nice job. Everyone did great. Yesterday I had less chance than Matteo, for me it was a gamble and so I decided to pass. But today it was all in for me."

After a quiet, leisurely day that saw the peloton roll into the finish line over half an hour after the scheduled time, there were plenty of fresh legs in the sprint making it a frantic finale. "I was a bit locked behind a teammate, but then a gap opened up. I was able to go on Danny Van Poppel's wheel and I was able to maintain the speed until the finish," recaps De Kleijn.

"We are making good progress," he concludes, delighted with a first World Tour win for the team backed by Swiss legend, Fabio Cancellara. "Me too, even though I'm a bit older. It's nice to see that we can do this with the big boys."