Greipel has now equalled his efforts of 2011. MTN 💛Qhubeka's Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg has also taken 11 wins.
A late attack by Jens Voigt had his compatriot worried. The RadioShack-Nissan hard-man had an advantage of three minutes with around ♉16 kilometres in the 181km stage remaining.
"We were quite afraid of Jens because he is such a strong rider," Greipel said following h🅘is victory. "The team's💜 goal was to win a stage and I did that. We'll see what tomorrow brings."
Voigt meanwhile, relished the 🐼effect his escape had on the peloton.
"It f♎elt like the good ol' days with Jensie off the front, everyone chasing from behind, people 🌊hating me because I'm attacking all the time…….It was beautiful," he said. "Like I always say: 'It's better to be on the giving end of pain rather than on the receiving end'."
Greipel is building up for an assault on the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France and then the Olympic Games. Remarkably he won his first stage at the Tour last year when he outsprinted former teammate Mark Cavendish. His season began with a dominant performance at the Santos Tour Down Under where he won three stages plus the lead-up criterium, the Down Under Classic. Greipel then followed with two wins at the Tour of Oman. A victory over Matt Goss at the Tour of Turkey was next, before a he won three of the six stages at the Tour of Belgium.
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