Jake Steward, the 25-year-old British sprinter denied powerhouse Jonathan Milan to take victory on stage 5 in Macon. This is his second victory for IPT and comes less than a month after he took his first in the final stage of the 4 Jour de Dunkerque.
“It’s such a shame with Ackermann again, he crashed today, and so it was handed over to me for the final. But it was also a really good day for him, so, I'm gutted for him that he didn't get to contest the finish. But the boys backed me, the DSs backed me, the team backed me and, yeah, they did an awesome job. I'm just so happy that I could finish it off.
I definitely could feel it coming. I've just been going better and better this season, and obviously I took the win in Dunkerque, which was my first win of the year and the first one in a few years. Then it was so close on the first day here, so to get redemption today, which was like the last opportunity for us, is really good."
-Jake Stewart
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