Mattias Skjelmose takes his first professional victory in Tour de Luxembourg - "I can’t really describe it. It’s your childhood dream, It is really special"

Mattias Skjelmose finally took his maiden victory in Tour de Luxembourg ITT stage. The Danish rider was 3 seconds faster than Kévin Vauquelin. The victory has helped him climb to the top position in GC.

“This victory means a lot! I’ve been close; I can’t even remember how many times this year. We really believed I could win this one and it was a big goal coming in to the race,” said Skjelmose. He continues, “To finish this off is just amazing. I can’t really describe it. It’s your childhood dream. It’s why I want to be a pro to win races and to finally have it, is really special. I mean, I am just so happy.”

Considering there is just one more stage to go, he wants to defend his leader's jersey, but is quite wary of other riders. “The strategy tomorrow is to keep the leader jersey, but it’s going to be difficult. We saw Madouas and Geniets are looking really strong. And Vauquelin finishing second today is also looking really, really strong. I hope we can have some allies in those looking for a stage result, because otherwise, it’s going to be really difficult being one and half men down,” concluded Skjelmose.