Timothee HEIJBROCK

I never doubted if we could do it. We knew beforehand that Germany was the crew we could beat. We were right next to them the entire race. We’ve beaten them so often before, and now we were closer than usual. I might have doubted us for the tiniest of bits. I thought to myself: ‘Maybe the Germans have finally seen the light. It would be so incredibly stupid if they would allow us to overtake them in the final sprint.’ They were a length up. We have to be quicker the first 1000 metres. It’s necessary to do that. We have to stay with the rest of the field. I don’t think we can win much in the second 1000m.