16 Quotes by Erik Zabel

Magnifique!, ... It's a very good day for me and my team manager Walter Godefroot, as well as for Frans Van Looy. It's last race this season for them, and also for Aldag and myself, so to finish it with a victory here on Paris-Tours is wonderful! Of course, after 13 years of a lot of victories and emotions with Telekom and later T-Mobile, this is a very precious moment.

Milram allows me the chance to pursue races which are very dear to me, such as the Tour de France which wasn't possible at T-Mobile,

He will certainly do a big race on Sunday because I have seen him doing fine during the last week. He is a rider that can be in front during long races and he does good sprints.

there is enough place for the two of us with 180 days of racing a year.

I actually have no idea about what can happen on Sunday,

I was all calm, since I already won two times in Tours and placed third another two times. So I knew how to perform the sprint. The fact that it really worked out, was terrific. It's a dream come true.

The sprint was long and difficult, Bennati kept me on my toes all the way to the finish.

Now I too can profit from the train which is at Petacchi's disposition,

It's a great moment for me, especially in my last race with the team.