Deceuninck – Quick-Step Floors Cycling Team (USA) - Press Release: The young Dane became the 90th different rider to win a race in the Deceuninck – Quick-Step jersey since the team’s inception.

Kasper Asgreen dazzled on the gruesome stage 2 of the Tour of California – his first race since concluding a superb Spring Classics campaign which saw him take a richly-deserved runner-up place at Ronde van Vlaanderen – powering to a highly-impressive victory that catapulted him onto the overall podium.

"It’s my first pro win and I can’t tell you how huge this is for me, especially as it came at World Tour level and on this brutal stage."

"I had a free role from the squad, and honestly, I was hoping to notch up a good result, but this is beyond anything I could have imagined before the start. I am very, very happy", a delighted Kasper said at the press conference.