2023 ZLM Tour (2.1), Netherlands
Formerly Ster ZLM Toer

34th edition: June 7 - 11, 2023

ZLM Tour podium history | 2022 edition | 2024 edition
Prologue | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4

2023 ZLM Tour map.

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Sunday, June 11: 4th & final stage, Oosterhout - Oosterhout, 158.5 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Olav Kooij wins the final stage while wearing the GC leader's yellow Jersey.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Oosterhout at 2:00 PM, local time: 30C (86F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage and final GC winner Olav Kooij's Team Jumbo-Visma:

Olav Kooij has won the final stage of the ZLM Tour. The 21-year-old sprinter of Team Jumbo-Visma was the fastest in a bunch sprint after a perfect lead-out. This makes Kooij the overall winner of the Dutch stage race for the second consecutive time.

The final stage took place in and around the town of Oosterhout. Kooij started as the overall leader. With a slight advantage over his main rivals in the general classification, the goal was clear: a stage win would ensure Kooij's overall victory.

After the start, a trio immediately attacked. The peloton kept the lead group well within reach. Apart from two final attacks, another bunch sprint was inevitable. After several missed sprint opportunities in the previous stages, the Jumbo-Visma train rode prominently at the front in the final kilometres. Tosh Van der Sande put his leader in a perfect position after a lot of preparation by his teammates. Kooij was no longer threatened as he raced to his fifth win of the season. Just like in 2022, he won the final stage of the ZLM Tour with the yellow jersey around his shoulders.

"I'm thrilled that I could finish it off today”, Kooij said. "We knew that my form was good. So we participated in the ZLM Tour to win a stage and the general classification. We had to wait until the last day for the stage win. I was second once, but I couldn't sprint in the following stages. It's nice that everything fell into place now.”

"We did well today. The sprint preparation was perfect this time. It gave me confidence to have a sprint train like that. The guys have been working hard for me all week. I am happy to be able to reward them because they deserve a stage win. We all knew we had to do better today than in the previous sprints. We kept believing in our qualities, and we once again showed how strong we are. This win means a lot for the team”, Kooij concluded.

This is Kooij's second consecutive overall victory in the ZLM Tour. He also took home the points and the junior jersey. For the 21-year-old Dutchman, the stage win was his 20th as a professional. Team Jumbo-Visma's season tally now stands at 37.

Complete results:

158.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.920 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	3hr 27min 6sec
2	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
3	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
4	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
5	Yoeri Havik	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
6	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
7	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
8	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
9	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	s.t.
10	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
11	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
12	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
13	Nick Van Der Meer	VolkerWessels	s.t.
14	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	s.t.
15	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
16	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
17	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
18	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	s.t.
19	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
20	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
21	Davide Bomboi	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
22	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
23	Joren Bloem	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
24	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
25	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
26	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
27	Martin Pluto	ABLOC CT	s.t.
28	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
29	Jan-Willem Van Schip	ABLOC CT	s.t.
30	Jesper Rasch	ABLOC CT	s.t.
31	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	@ 9sec
32	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:10
33	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
34	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
35	Hartthijs De Vries	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
36	Rick Ottema	Allinq Continental	s.t.
37	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
38	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
39	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
40	Luca De Meester	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
41	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
42	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
43	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
44	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
45	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
46	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
47	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
48	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
49	Cedric Pries	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
50	Lars Hohmann	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	0:17
51	Elmar Abma	Allinq Continental	s.t.
52	Yentl Vandevelde	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
53	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
54	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
55	Mike Bronswijk	Allinq Continental	s.t.
56	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	0:21
57	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
58	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
59	Martijn Budding	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
60	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
61	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	0:24
62	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
63	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
64	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
65	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	s.t.
66	Jord Baak	VolkerWessels	s.t.
67	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
68	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
69	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
70	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:28
71	Vinzent Dorn	BIKE AID	0:29
72	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
73	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	0:32
74	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:34
75	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
76	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
77	Jelle Johannink	ABLOC CT	s.t.
78	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	0:39
79	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	0:41
80	Axel Van Der Tuuk	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
81	Harry Tanfield	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
82	Matthijs Büchli	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
83	Rens Tulner	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	0:47
84	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	0:51
85	Sebastian Mora	Burgos-BH	s.t.
86	Martijn Rasenberg	ABLOC CT	1:03
87	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	1:14
88	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
89	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	s.t.
90	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	s.t.
91	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
92	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
93	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	1:16
94	Thibaut Bernard	Bingoal-WB	1:18
95	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	1:24
96	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	1:26
97	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
98	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	1:29
99	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
100	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
101	Mads Østergaard	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
102	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
103	Lars Loohuis	ABLOC CT	s.t.
104	Luke Verburg	ABLOC CT	s.t.
105	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	1:56
106	Sam Gademan	Allinq Continental	s.t.
107	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	2:09
108	Lars Oreel	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
109	Coen Vermeltfoort	VolkerWessels	2:21
110	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	2:49
111	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels	3:02
112	Nils Wolfenbuttel	Allinq Continental	s.t.
113	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	s.t.
114	Léo Bouvier	BIKE AID	3:17
115	Wesley Mol	BIKE AID	s.t.
116	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	3:35
117	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	3:59
118	Tim Bierkens	Allinq Continental	4:32
119	Thijs De Lange	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	6:49

 

Final GC after stage 4:

• GC winner: Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma)
• Points classification winner: Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma)
• Best young rider: Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma)
• Teams classification winner: Team DSM

745.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.732 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	16hr 18min 37sec
2	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	@ 13sec
3	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	0:15
4	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	0:16
5	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	0:21
6	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	0:30
7	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:33
8	Joren Bloem	TdT-Unibet	0:35
9	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	0:38
10	Hartthijs De Vries	TdT-Unibet	0:41
11	Yoeri Havik	BEAT Cycling Club	0:48
12	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:49
13	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	0:52
14	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:53
15	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	0:55
16	Rick Ottema	Allinq Continental	0:56
17	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:02
18	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	1:03
19	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:04
20	Jan-Willem Van Schip	ABLOC CT	1:05
21	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	1:09
22	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	s.t.
23	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:10
24	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	1:11
25	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
26	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:14
27	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:25
28	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:26
29	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:33
30	Martin Pluto	ABLOC CT	1:40
31	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:47
32	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	1:48
33	Davide Bomboi	TdT-Unibet	1:50
34	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:51
35	Lars Hohmann	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	1:53
36	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	1:57
37	Luca De Meester	Bingoal-WB	2:05
38	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:10
39	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:11
40	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	2:34
41	Cedric Pries	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	2:51
42	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	2:53
43	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
44	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
45	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:55
46	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	2:58
47	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	3:04
48	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:18
49	Vinzent Dorn	BIKE AID	3:22
50	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	3:25
51	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:27
52	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	3:42
53	Yentl Vandevelde	TdT-Unibet	4:01
54	Jelle Johannink	ABLOC CT	4:28
55	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	4:51
56	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	4:53
57	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	5:16
58	Harry Tanfield	TdT-Unibet	5:20
59	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	5:37
60	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	6:06
61	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	7:47
62	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	7:51
63	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	7:53
64	Jesper Rasch	ABLOC CT	7:56
65	Sam Gademan	Allinq Continental	s.t.
66	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	8:22
67	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	8:42
68	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	8:44
69	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	8:50
70	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	9:00
71	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	9:08
72	Sebastian Mora	Burgos-BH	9:27
73	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	10:03
74	Mike Bronswijk	Allinq Continental	10:14
75	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	10:15
76	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	10:39
77	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	10:56
78	Thibaut Bernard	Bingoal-WB	11:02
79	Luke Verburg	ABLOC CT	11:06
80	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	11:47
81	Rens Tulner	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	12:59
82	Mads Østergaard	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	13:14
83	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	13:22
84	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:15
85	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	14:27
86	Martijn Rasenberg	ABLOC CT	15:15
87	Matthijs Büchli	BEAT Cycling Club	15:18
88	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	15:28
89	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	15:34
90	Coen Vermeltfoort	VolkerWessels	15:39
91	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	16:04
92	Axel Van Der Tuuk	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	16:41
93	Nick Van Der Meer	VolkerWessels	17:38
94	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	17:49
95	Thijs De Lange	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	18:42
96	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	18:54
97	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	20:08
98	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	20:26
99	Martijn Budding	TdT-Unibet	20:54
100	Jord Baak	VolkerWessels	22:09
101	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	22:14
102	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	23:32
103	Tim Bierkens	Allinq Continental	24:25
104	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	24:33
105	Lars Loohuis	ABLOC CT	25:27
106	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels	26:18
107	Léo Bouvier	BIKE AID	26:59
108	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	27:24
109	Elmar Abma	Allinq Continental	34:46
110	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	35:52
111	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Selle Italia	36:16
112	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	36:39
113	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	38:53
114	Lars Oreel	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	41:19
115	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	41:27
116	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	44:36
117	Nils Wolfenbuttel	Allinq Continental	46:12
118	Wesley Mol	BIKE AID	57:19
119	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	57:48

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Saturday, June 10: Stage 3, Roosendaal - Roosendaal, 194.2 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Arvid De Kleijn takes the third stage.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Roosendaal at 2:00 PM, local time: 30C (86F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 21 km/hr (13 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from GC leader Olav Kooij's Team Jumbo-Visma.

Olav Kooij continues to lead the ZLM Tour. The 21-year-old sprinter of Team Jumbo-Visma did not get to sprint in the third stage and finished nineteenth. Tomorrow is the final stage of the Dutch five-day stage race.

The fourth stage of the ZLM Tour started and finished in Roosendaal. The day did not start well for Kooij, who crashed before the official start. "I fell on my shoulder, but luckily I only got a few abrasions”, the 21-year-old rider from the Dutch town of Numansdorp said.

A group of eight riders formed the early breakaway. Team Jumbo-Visma controlled the pace of the peloton on behalf of race leader Kooij. With about a hundred kilometres to go, the race broke open. A strong side wind on the Oesterdam caused the peloton to split. After several kilometres of echelons, the peloton finally came together.

"There was a lot of wind again, which is typical for a stage in the ZLM Tour”, Kooij said. "The peloton broke up for a while, but we knew it was impossible to create a decisive breakaway. Only Tosh (Van der Sande) and I were in the front. So it was good for us that everything came together again. Then we decided to put everything into the bunch sprint.”

After the breakaway, a new lead group emerged. Once again, the yellow and black formation kept the escape within reach. Ultimately, Kooij's lead-out proved too far away in the final kilometres to challenge for the day's win. "On courses like this, everyone rides close together. You know it can be over in a split second. Unfortunately, that was the case for us today. We were always in front on the local laps. We just lost too many positions in the crucial corners. I was too far behind, which prevented me from sprinting”, Kooij said.

Kooij will start the fourth and final stage of the ZLM Tour as the general classification leader. Tim van Dijke is still in sixth place. The final stage to and from Oosterhout is scheduled for Sunday.

Complete results:

194.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.412 km/hr.

1	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	4hr 16min 35sec
2	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
3	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
4	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
5	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
6	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
7	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
8	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
9	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
10	Martin Pluto	ABLOC CT	s.t.
11	Yoeri Havik	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
12	Joren Bloem	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
13	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
14	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
15	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
16	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
17	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
18	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	s.t.
19	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
20	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
21	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
22	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
23	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
24	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
25	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
26	Cedric Pries	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
27	Matthijs Büchli	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
28	Hartthijs De Vries	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
29	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
30	Jan-Willem Van Schip	ABLOC CT	s.t.
31	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
32	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
33	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
34	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
35	Nick Van Der Lijke	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
36	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
37	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
38	Vinzent Dorn	BIKE AID	s.t.
39	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
40	Luca De Meester	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
41	Lars Hohmann	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
42	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
43	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
44	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
45	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
46	Rick Ottema	Allinq Continental	s.t.
47	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
48	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
49	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	@ 10sec
50	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	s.t.
51	Davide Bomboi	TdT-Unibet	0:22
52	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:31
53	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	0:37
54	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
55	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	0:40
56	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:47
57	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
58	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
59	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
60	Jelle Johannink	ABLOC CT	s.t.
61	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	0:52
62	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
63	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	s.t.
64	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	0:56
65	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:06
66	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:22
67	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	1:37
68	Harry Tanfield	TdT-Unibet	1:37
69	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	0
70	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	2:36
71	Nick Van Der Meer	VolkerWessels	s.t.
72	Sam Gademan	Allinq Continental	2:49
73	Tim Bierkens	Allinq Continental	s.t.
74	Yentl Vandevelde	TdT-Unibet	3:01
75	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
76	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
77	Sebastian Mora	Burgos-BH	s.t.
78	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	4:21
79	Jesper Rasch	ABLOC CT	4:49
80	Thibaut Bernard	Bingoal-WB	5:40
81	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	7:11
82	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	s.t.
83	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
84	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
85	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
86	Mads Østergaard	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
88	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
89	Mike Bronswijk	Allinq Continental	s.t.
90	Thijs De Lange	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
91	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels	s.t.
92	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
93	Rens Tulner	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
94	Luke Verburg	ABLOC CT	s.t.
95	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	s.t.
96	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
97	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
98	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
99	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
100	Martijn Budding	TdT-Unibet	10:08
101	Coen Vermeltfoort	VolkerWessels	s.t.
102	Lars Loohuis	ABLOC CT	s.t.
103	Axel Van Der Tuuk	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
104	Nils Wolfenbuttel	Allinq Continental	13:09
105	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	13:15
106	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	13:30
107	Martijn Rasenberg	ABLOC CT	s.t.
108	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	13:34
109	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	14:36
110	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:55
111	Jord Baak	VolkerWessels	18:01
112	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	20:48
113	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
114	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
115	Léo Bouvier	BIKE AID	s.t.
116	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
117	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
118	Elmar Abma	Allinq Continental	s.t.
119	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	s.t.
120	Wesley Mol	BIKE AID	s.t.
121	Lars Oreel	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
122	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
123	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
124	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma)
• Points classification leader: Jakub Mareczko (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma)
• Teams classification leader: Team DSM

587.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.672 km/hr.

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	12hr 51min 41sec
2	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	@ 5sec
3	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	0:06
4	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	0:09
5	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	0:11
6	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	0:20
7	Hartthijs De Vries	TdT-Unibet	0:21
8	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:23
9	Joren Bloem	TdT-Unibet	0:25
10	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	0:28
11	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:30
12	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	0:32
13	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:33
14	Rick Ottema	Allinq Continental	0:36
15	Yoeri Havik	BEAT Cycling Club	0:38
16	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:39
17	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	0:43
18	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	0:45
19	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	0:49
20	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:51
21	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:52
22	Jan-Willem Van Schip	ABLOC CT	0:55
23	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	0:59
24	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	1:01
25	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
26	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:04
27	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:05
28	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:06
29	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:12
30	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:20
31	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:23
32	Lars Hohmann	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	1:26
33	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:27
34	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	1:28
35	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	1:29
36	Martin Pluto	ABLOC CT	1:30
37	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:36
38	Davide Bomboi	TdT-Unibet	1:40
39	Nick Van Der Lijke	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	1:41
40	Luca De Meester	Bingoal-WB	1:45
41	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	1:47
42	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	2:14
43	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:17
44	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	2:22
45	Cedric Pries	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	2:31
46	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
47	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	2:33
48	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
49	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	2:41
50	Vinzent Dorn	BIKE AID	2:43
51	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
52	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:08
53	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	3:15
54	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	3:27
55	Yentl Vandevelde	TdT-Unibet	3:34
56	Jelle Johannink	ABLOC CT	3:44
57	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	4:15
58	Harry Tanfield	TdT-Unibet	4:29
59	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	4:42
60	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	4:43
61	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	5:27
62	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	5:47
63	Sam Gademan	Allinq Continental	5:56
64	Sebastian Mora	Burgos-BH	7:06
65	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	7:07
66	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	7:18
67	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	7:27
68	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	7:32
69	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	7:40
70	Jesper Rasch	ABLOC CT	7:46
71	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	8:08
72	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	8:40
73	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
74	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	9:03
75	Luke Verburg	ABLOC CT	9:27
76	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	9:32
77	Thibaut Bernard	Bingoal-WB	9:34
78	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	9:41
79	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	9:43
80	Mike Bronswijk	Allinq Continental	9:47
81	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	10:10
82	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	10:19
83	Mads Østergaard	Leopard Togt Pro Cycling	11:35
84	Thijs De Lange	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	11:43
85	Rens Tulner	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	12:02
86	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	12:40
87	Coen Vermeltfoort	VolkerWessels	13:08
88	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	13:09
89	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	13:53
90	Martijn Rasenberg	ABLOC CT	14:02
91	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:09
92	Matthijs Büchli	BEAT Cycling Club	14:27
93	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	14:43
94	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	15:30
95	Axel Van Der Tuuk	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	15:50
96	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	16:10
97	Patrick Lauk Karl	Bingoal-WB	17:09
98	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	17:22
99	Nick Van Der Meer	VolkerWessels	17:28
100	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	18:52
101	Tim Bierkens	Allinq Continental	19:43
102	Martijn Budding	TdT-Unibet	20:23
103	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	21:15
104	Jord Baak	VolkerWessels	21:35
105	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	21:42
106	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	21:43
107	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:53
108	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	21:56
109	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels	23:06
110	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	23:09
111	Léo Bouvier	BIKE AID	23:34
112	Lars Loohuis	ABLOC CT	23:48
113	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	27:04
114	Elmar Abma	Allinq Continental	34:19
115	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Selle Italia	34:52
116	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	35:00
117	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	35:03
118	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	37:42
119	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	38:19
120	Lars Oreel	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	39:00
121	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	42:57
122	Nils Wolfenbuttel	Allinq Continental	43:00
123	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	53:39
124	Wesley Mol	BIKE AID	53:52

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Friday, June 9: Stage 2, Schijndel - Buchten, 184.1 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Jakub Mareczko wins stage two. Photo: Peer Van Rooij

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Weather at the finish city of Buchten at 2:10 local time: 28C (83F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from second-place and new GC leader Olav Kooij's Team Jumbo-Visma.

Olav Kooij has finished second in the second stage of the ZLM Tour. The 21-year-old Dutchman just missed out on the victory to Mareczko. His second place makes Kooij the new leader of the general classification.

The second stage of the ZLM Tour took place in the province of Limburg. Seven riders made an early breakaway. After the miscalculation in the first stage, the peloton kept the lead group within reach. With about 35 kilometres to go, the leaders were caught. The peloton then prepared for the first bunch sprint of the five-day race.

Kooij was boxed in several times on the winding roads leading into Buchten. As a result, the leader of Team Jumbo-Visma was not in the best position for the sprint. With a strong final jump, the young Dutchman held off several rivals. In the end, he was only beaten by the Italian Mareczko.

"Of course, you always want to win”, a disappointed Kooij said. "After the last corner, 800 metres from the finish, the peloton was stretched out. We knew we had to be at the front at that point, but we weren't. You try to stay calm, but somewhere you know it won't be easy. Ultimately, I still got close by starting my sprint early, but unfortunately, it wasn't enough.”

After finishing in the top ten in the prologue and the first stage, Kooij is the new leader of the ZLM Tour. He also leads the points and the youth classification. "It's always nice to wear the leader's jersey in a tour. We are certainly doing well this week, but we will do everything we can in the coming stages to get the stage win. Finishing second today is not nice, but being the leader of the general classification makes up for a lot.”

Complete results:

184.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.945 km/hr

1	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4hr 5min 46sec
2	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
4	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
5	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
6	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
7	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	s.t.
8	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Jesper Rasch	ABLOC CT	s.t.
10	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
11	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
12	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
13	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	s.t.
14	Joren Bloem	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
15	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
16	Colin Heiderscheid	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	s.t.
17	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
18	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
19	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
20	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
21	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Jan-Willem Van Schip	ABLOC CT	s.t.
23	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
24	Yoeri Havik	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
25	Martijn Rasenberg	ABLOC CT	s.t.
26	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
27	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
28	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
29	Coen Vermeltfoort	VolkerWessels	s.t.
30	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
31	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
32	Hartthijs De Vries	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
33	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	s.t.
34	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	s.t.
35	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
36	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
37	Yentl Vandevelde	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
38	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
39	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
40	Léo Bouvier	Bike Aid	s.t.
41	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
42	Lars Hohmann	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
43	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
44	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
45	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
46	Martin Pluto	ABLOC CT	s.t.
47	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
48	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
49	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
50	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
51	Davide Bomboi	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
52	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	s.t.
53	Nick Van Der Lijke	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	s.t.
54	Luca De Meester	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
55	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
56	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
57	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
58	Vinzent Dorn	Bike Aid	s.t.
59	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
60	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
61	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
62	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
63	Rens Tulner	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
64	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	s.t.
65	Rick Ottema	Allinq Continental	s.t.
66	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
67	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
68	Cedric Pries	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	s.t.
69	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
70	Elmar Abma	Allinq Continental	s.t.
71	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
72	Lars Loohuis	ABLOC CT	s.t.
73	Bram Dissel	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
74	Oliver Mattheis	Bike Aid	s.t.
75	Sam Gademan	Allinq Continental	@ 13sec
76	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
77	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
78	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	s.t.
79	Jelle Johannink	ABLOC CT	s.t.
80	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
81	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
82	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
83	Luke Verburg	ABLOC CT	s.t.
84	Matthijs Büchli	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
85	Axel Van Der Tuuk	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
86	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
87	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
88	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
89	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	0:17
90	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	0:22
91	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
92	Harry Tanfield	TdT-Unibet	0:37
93	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
94	Antonio Barac	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
95	Jord Baak	VolkerWessels	0:42
96	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	0:46
97	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
98	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:48
99	Nick Van Der Meer	VolkerWessels	0:51
100	Thibaut Bernard	Bingoal-WB	0:58
101	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	1:00
102	Mike Bronswijk	Allinq Continental	@ 0sec
103	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:27
104	Sebastian Mora	Burgos-BH	1:38
105	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	@ 0sec
106	Mads Østergaard	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	2:06
107	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
108	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	2:16
109	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels	s.t.
110	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	@ 0sec
111	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:57
112	Tim Bierkens	Allinq Continental	s.t.
113	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
114	Thijs De Lange	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	3:11
115	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
116	Timo De Jong	VolkerWessels	4:16
117	Martijn Budding	TdT-Unibet	4:26
118	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	4:54
119	Patrick Lauk Karl	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
120	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	6:16
121	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:25
122	Martin Laas	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
123	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	15:42
124	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
125	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
126	Adrian Zuger	Bike Aid	s.t.
127	Nils Wolfenbuttel	Allinq Continental	s.t.
128	Tijmen Eising	VolkerWessels	s.t.
129	Lars Oreel	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
130	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	19:12
131	Wesley Mol	Bike Aid	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma)
• Points classification leader: Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma)
• Best young rider: Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma)
• Teams classification leader: Team DSM

393.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.801 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	8hr 35min 6sec
2	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	@ 5sec
3	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	0:06
4	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	0:09
5	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	0:11
6	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	0:20
7	Hartthijs De Vries	TdT-Unibet	0:21
8	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:23
9	Joren Bloem	TdT-Unibet	0:25
10	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	0:28
11	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:30
12	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
13	Martijn Rasenberg	ABLOC CT	0:32
14	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
15	Yentl Vandevelde	TdT-Unibet	0:33
16	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
17	Yoeri Havik	BEAT Cycling Club	0:38
18	Rick Ottema	Allinq Continental	0:39
19	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:40
20	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	0:42
21	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	0:43
22	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	0:45
23	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	0:49
24	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
25	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:51
26	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	s.t.
27	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:52
28	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	0:55
29	Jan-Willem Van Schip	ABLOC CT	0:56
30	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
31	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	0:57
32	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	0:59
33	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	1:01
34	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	1:03
35	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:04
36	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:05
37	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	1:06
38	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
39	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	1:08
40	Bram Dissel	BEAT Cycling Club	1:10
41	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:12
42	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	1:14
43	Davide Bomboi	TdT-Unibet	1:18
44	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:20
45	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:23
46	Lars Hohmann	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	1:26
47	TobiasAagaard Hansen	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	1:28
48	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:29
49	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
50	Martin Pluto	ABLOC CT	1:30
51	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	1:37
52	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
53	Nick Van Der Lijke	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	1:41
54	Luca De Meester	Bingoal-WB	1:45
55	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	2:14
56	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	2:15
57	Luke Verburg	ABLOC CT	2:16
58	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:17
59	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:21
60	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	2:22
61	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	2:23
62	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	2:30
63	Cedric Pries	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	2:31
64	Oliver Mattheis	Bike Aid	s.t.
65	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:32
66	Colin Heiderscheid	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	2:33
68	Mike Bronswijk	Allinq Continental	2:36
69	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	2:41
70	Vinzent Dorn	Bike Aid	2:43
71	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	2:46
72	Léo Bouvier	Bike Aid	s.t.
73	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	2:47
74	Harry Tanfield	TdT-Unibet	2:52
75	Jesper Rasch	ABLOC CT	2:57
76	Jelle Johannink	ABLOC CT	s.t.
77	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	2:59
78	Coen Vermeltfoort	VolkerWessels	3:00
79	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	3:05
80	Sam Gademan	Allinq Continental	3:07
81	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:08
82	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
83	Jord Baak	VolkerWessels	3:34
84	Thibaut Bernard	Bingoal-WB	3:54
85	Sebastian Mora	Burgos-BH	4:05
86	Mads Østergaard	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	4:24
87	Thijs De Lange	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	4:32
88	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	4:47
89	Rens Tulner	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	4:51
90	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	5:00
91	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	5:29
92	Axel Van Der Tuuk	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	5:42
93	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	5:45
94	Timo De Jong	VolkerWessels	5:58
95	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
96	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	6:02
97	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	6:26
98	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:58
99	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	7:03
100	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	7:27
101	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	7:32
102	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	8:59
103	Patrick Lauk Karl	Bingoal-WB	9:58
104	Martijn Budding	TdT-Unibet	10:15
105	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	13:30
106	Elmar Abma	Allinq Continental	13:31
107	Lars Loohuis	ABLOC CT	13:40
108	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	13:51
109	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	13:53
110	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	14:04
111	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
112	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:12
113	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:15
114	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
115	Matthijs Büchli	BEAT Cycling Club	14:27
116	Antonio Barac	Corratec-Selle Italia	14:41
117	Nick Van Der Meer	VolkerWessels	14:53
118	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels	15:55
119	Martin Laas	Astana Qazaqstan	16:25
120	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	16:54
121	Tim Bierkens	Allinq Continental	s.t.
122	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	17:31
123	Lars Oreel	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	18:12
124	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	18:42
125	Tijmen Eising	VolkerWessels	18:44
126	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	20:33
127	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	29:27
128	Adrian Zuger	Bike Aid	29:34
129	Nils Wolfenbuttel	Allinq Continental	29:51
130	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	32:51
131	Wesley Mol	Bike Aid	33:04

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Thursday, June 8: Stage 1, Westkapelle - 's-Heerenhoek, 202.5 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Yentl Vandevelde wins stage one. Photo: George Deswijzen

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Weather at the finish city of 's-Heerenhoek at 2:15 PM, local time: 23C (73F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 21 km/hr (13 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here is a machine-translation of the race organizer's stage one report.

The second stage of the ZLM Tour between Westkapelle and 's-Heerenhoek over 202.5 kilometers was surprisingly won by 22-year-old Belgian Yentl Vandevelde of TdT-Unibet. He was part of an early breakaway and managed to stay just out of the grasp of the sprinting peloton together with a few escape mates.

Alexander Konychev (Team Corratec – Selle Italia) and Bert-Jan Lindeman (VolkerWessels Cycling Team) finished second and third, ahead of Emiel Vermeulen (BEAT Cycling Club) and Martijn Rasenberg (ABLOC Cycling Team). Close behind, Team DSM rider Sam Welsford won the sprint of the peloton for sixth place, ahead of Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor Pro Cycling), Guillaume van Keirsbulck (Bingoal-WB) and Olav Kooij (Team Jumbo-Visma).

The stage was colored by a leading group of eight riders, who escaped after 25 kilometers. These eight were Thijs de Lange (Metec-Solarwatt), Martijn Rasenberg (ABLOC Cycling Team), Elmar Abma (Allinq Continental Cycling Team), Bert-Jan Lindeman (VolkerWessels Cycling Team), the Belgians Aaron van Poucke (Team Flanders – Baloise), Emiel Vermeulen (BEAT Cycling Club) and Yentle Vandevelde (TdT-Unibet) and the Italian Alexander Konychev (Corratec – Sella Italia).

For a long time they rode ahead of the peloton for a few minutes, but never got a very big lead. It seemed only a matter of time before the sprinter teams would catch them in the final of the stage, but Yente Vandevelde thought otherwise. He jumped away from his fellow escapees in the final kilometers and crossed the finish line cheering as the winner.

After the finish, the young Belgian could hardly believe that he had won. “In my life I have only won small races. And now I win a Pro race," said Vandevelde. "You only dream about this. This is a really big fish for our team.”

Olav Kooij spoke of a missed opportunity after the finish. “This is disappointing,” says Kooij. “We have taken our responsibility as a team and the boys have worked hard. Too bad we couldn't finish that. There were a lot of teams watching us in the chase, but it was also a strong leading group. Then joint forces are needed to close the gap.'

Team DSM rider Nils Eekhoff will continue to wear the yellow ZLM leader's jersey and Olav Kooij will keep the Shimano white jersey for the best youngster. Yentl Vandevelde will wear the Skoda green jersey for the points classification in the coming stage.

Complete results:

202.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.398 km/hr

1	Yentl Vandevelde	TdT-Unibet	4hr 21min 52sec
2	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	@ 1sec
3	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	0:06
4	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
5	Martijn Rasenberg	ABLOC CT	s.t.
6	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
7	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
8	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
9	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	s.t.
11	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
12	Yoeri Havik	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
13	Joren Bloem	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
14	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
15	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
16	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
17	Jan-Willem Van Schip	ABLOC CT	s.t.
18	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
20	Hartthijs De Vries	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
21	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
22	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
23	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
24	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:13
25	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
26	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
27	Rick Ottema	Allinq Continental	s.t.
28	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:17
30	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
31	Thijs De Lange	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	0:24
32	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:31
33	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
34	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:34
35	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
36	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	s.t.
37	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
38	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
39	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
40	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
41	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	s.t.
42	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
43	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
44	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
45	Davide Bomboi	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
46	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:39
47	Martin Pluto	ABLOC CT	0:49
48	Bram Dissel	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
49	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	0:51
50	Lars Hohmann	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	1:04
51	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
52	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	s.t.
53	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
54	Luca De Meester	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
55	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
56	Timo De Jong	VolkerWessels	s.t.
57	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	1:08
58	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	1:22
59	Luke Verburg	ABLOC CT	s.t.
60	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:29
61	Nick Van Der Lijke	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	s.t.
62	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:55
63	Cedric Pries	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	s.t.
64	Vinzent Dorn	Bike Aid	s.t.
65	Mike Bronswijk	Allinq Continental	s.t.
66	Léo Bouvier	Bike Aid	s.t.
67	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
68	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	1:58
69	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
70	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
71	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
72	Harry Tanfield	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
73	Jelle Johannink	ABLOC CT	s.t.
74	Jesper Rasch	ABLOC CT	s.t.
75	Sam Gademan	Allinq Continental	s.t.
76	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	s.t.
77	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	2:01
78	Oliver Mattheis	Bike Aid	2:03
79	Lars Oreel	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
80	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
81	Sebastian Mora	Burgos-BH	s.t.
82	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	s.t.
83	Colin Heiderscheid	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	s.t.
84	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
85	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
86	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	s.t.
87	Mads Østergaard	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	s.t.
88	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
89	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	2:06
90	Coen Vermeltfoort	VolkerWessels	2:09
91	Tijmen Eising	VolkerWessels	s.t.
92	Jord Baak	VolkerWessels	s.t.
93	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
94	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:24
95	Thibaut Bernard	Bingoal-WB	2:36
96	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	4:19
97	Martin Laas	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
98	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
99	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
100	Rens Tulner	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	4:21
101	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	4:25
102	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	s.t.
103	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
104	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	5:16
105	Axel Van Der Tuuk	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
106	Martijn Budding	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
107	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
108	Filippo Conca	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
109	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
110	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
111	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	5:52
112	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	6:42
113	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	9:19
114	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	19:19
115	Elmar Abma	Allinq Continental	25:14
116	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	s.t.
117	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	26:37
118	Matthijs Büchli	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
119	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
120	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels	s.t.
121	Nils Wolfenbuttel	Allinq Continental	s.t.
122	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
123	Adrian Zuger	Bike Aid	s.t.
124	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
125	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
126	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
127	Lars Loohuis	ABLOC CT	s.t.
128	Nick Van Der Meer	VolkerWessels	s.t.
129	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
130	Tim Bierkens	Allinq Continental	s.t.
131	Antonio Barac	Corratec-Selle Italia	46:39
132	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
133	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
134	Wesley Mol	Bike Aid	s.t.
135	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Nils Eekhoff (Team DSM)
• Points classification leader: Nils Eekhoff (Team DSM)
• Best young rinder: Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma)
• Teams classification leader: Team DSM

209.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.567 km/hr

1	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	4hr 29min 25sec
2	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	@ 1sec
3	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
4	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	0:04
5	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	0:06
6	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	0:15
7	Joren Bloem	TdT-Unibet	0:20
8	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:22
9	Hartthijs De Vries	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
10	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	0:23
11	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:25
12	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
13	Martijn Rasenberg	ABLOC CT	0:27
14	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
15	Yentl Vandevelde	TdT-Unibet	0:28
16	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
17	Yoeri Havik	BEAT Cycling Club	0:33
18	Rick Ottema	Allinq Continental	0:34
19	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:35
20	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	0:37
21	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	0:38
22	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
23	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	0:40
24	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	0:44
25	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
26	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
27	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:46
28	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	s.t.
29	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:47
30	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
31	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	0:50
32	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:51
33	Jan-Willem Van Schip	ABLOC CT	s.t.
34	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	0:52
35	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	0:54
36	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	0:56
37	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	0:58
38	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:59
39	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	1:01
40	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
41	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	1:03
42	Bram Dissel	BEAT Cycling Club	1:05
43	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:07
44	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	1:09
45	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	1:11
46	Davide Bomboi	TdT-Unibet	1:13
47	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:15
48	Thijs De Lange	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	1:16
49	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:18
50	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	1:19
51	Lars Hohmann	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	1:21
52	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	1:23
53	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:24
54	Martin Pluto	ABLOC CT	1:25
55	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:26
56	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	1:32
57	Nick Van Der Lijke	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	1:36
58	Timo De Jong	VolkerWessels	1:37
59	Luca De Meester	Bingoal-WB	1:40
60	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	1:44
61	Luke Verburg	ABLOC CT	1:58
62	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:03
63	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	2:07
64	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	2:09
65	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	2:10
66	Harry Tanfield	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
67	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:12
68	Mads Østergaard	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	2:13
69	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	2:19
70	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	2:20
71	Sebastian Mora	Burgos-BH	2:22
72	Lars Oreel	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	2:25
73	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	s.t.
74	Cedric Pries	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	2:26
75	Oliver Mattheis	Bike Aid	s.t.
76	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:27
77	Colin Heiderscheid	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	s.t.
78	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	2:28
79	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
80	Mike Bronswijk	Allinq Continental	2:31
81	Vinzent Dorn	Bike Aid	2:38
82	Jelle Johannink	ABLOC CT	2:40
83	Léo Bouvier	Bike Aid	2:41
84	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:42
85	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
86	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:43
87	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	2:47
88	Jord Baak	VolkerWessels	s.t.
89	Sam Gademan	Allinq Continental	2:49
90	Thibaut Bernard	Bingoal-WB	2:51
91	Jesper Rasch	ABLOC CT	2:52
92	Coen Vermeltfoort	VolkerWessels	2:55
93	Tijmen Eising	VolkerWessels	2:57
94	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:03
95	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
96	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:38
97	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	4:42
98	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
99	Rens Tulner	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	4:46
100	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	s.t.
101	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:47
102	Martin Laas	Astana Qazaqstan	4:55
103	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	4:59
104	Axel Van Der Tuuk	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	5:24
105	Filippo Conca	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	5:38
106	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	5:44
107	Martijn Budding	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
108	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
109	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	5:57
110	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	5:58
111	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	6:00
112	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	7:22
113	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	9:46
114	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	19:22
115	Elmar Abma	Allinq Continental	25:31
116	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	25:51
117	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	26:53
118	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels	27:02
119	Lars Loohuis	ABLOC CT	27:03
120	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	27:08
121	Adrian Zuger	Bike Aid	27:15
122	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	27:16
123	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
124	Tim Bierkens	Allinq Continental	27:22
125	Nick Van Der Meer	VolkerWessels	27:25
126	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	27:27
127	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
128	Nils Wolfenbuttel	Allinq Continental	27:32
129	Matthijs Büchli	BEAT Cycling Club	27:37
130	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	27:48
131	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	47:04
132	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	47:05
133	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	47:13
134	Wesley Mol	Bike Aid	47:17
135	Antonio Barac	Corratec-Selle Italia	47:29

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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Wednesday, June 7: Heinkenszand 6.6 km prologue individual time trial.

Prologue map & profile

Nils Eekhoff on his way to winning the prologue time trial.

Les Woodland's book Cycling's World Championships: The Inside Story is available in print, Kindle eBook & audiobook versions. To get your copy, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Weather at the race city of Heinkenszand at 4:15 PM, local time: 22C (71F), fair, with the wind from the north at 21 km/hr (13 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: First rider was scheduled to start at 4:30 PM.

Here's the report from winner Nils Eekhoff's Team DSM:

Nils Eekhoff has crowned a strong performance from Team DSM at the opening prologue of the ZLM Tour, storming to his first professional victory. The entire team showed their speed on the 6.6 kilometre long parcours around Heinkenszand, with four riders finishing in the top 10 of the day. Alex Edmondson was second behind his teammate Eekhoff, Sam Welsford in fifth and Development Team DSM rider Patrick Eddy rounded off the strong team performance in ninth place on the first evening of the race.

The team left their mark from the beginning on with Development Team DSM rider Patrick Eddy moving into provisional second place. A few moments later, Nils Eekhoff was able to move into the hot seat with a time of 7 minutes and 27 seconds. After that, Sam Welsford and Alex Edmonson came close to the time of the Dutch rider, but nobody was faster on the technical parcours and Eekhoff could secure a fantastic win.

After taking his first pro win, Nils Eekhoff said: “I waited quite a long time for my first pro win, so I’m really happy. I went pretty deep. There was tailwind so I went super fast, but near the finish there was a headwind. That made it quite tough, but I pulled through it well. I trained hard the last weeks and felt good – and prologues suit me. But super happy to take it home.”

Team DSM coach Roy Curvers added: “We saw a dedicated team today who were all determined to go full; but a TT is a complicated thing when it comes to the science behind it, and knowing we have a lot of people putting in big efforts on this side, bringing a result home like this is a big compliment for all involved.”

Complete results & GC:

6.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 53.154 km/hr

1	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	7min 27sec
2	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	@ 1sec
3	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
4	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:03
5	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	0:04
6	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	0:06
7	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	0:08
8	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	0:09
9	Patrick Eddy	Team DSM	s.t.
10	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:11
11	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
12	Nick Van Der Lijke	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	0:13
13	Axel Van Der Tuuk	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	0:14
14	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	0:15
15	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
16	Mads Østergaard	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	0:16
17	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	0:17
18	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
20	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	0:18
21	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Harry Tanfield	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
23	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
24	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:19
25	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
26	Joren Bloem	TdT-Unibet	0:20
27	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:21
28	Thibaut Bernard	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
29	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
30	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	0:22
31	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
32	Hartthijs De Vries	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
33	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
34	Bram Dissel	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
35	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	0:23
36	Lars Hohmann	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
37	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
38	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	s.t.
39	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:24
40	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
41	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	0:25
42	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
43	Sebastian Mora	Burgos-BH	s.t.
44	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
45	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:26
46	Elmar Abma	Allinq Continental	s.t.
47	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
48	Rick Ottema	Allinq Continental	0:27
49	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	s.t.
50	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
51	Lars Oreel	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	0:28
52	Filippo Conca	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
53	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
54	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
55	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	s.t.
56	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:29
57	Oliver Mattheis	Bike Aid	s.t.
58	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
59	Colin Heiderscheid	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	0:30
60	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
61	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:31
62	Martijn Rasenberg	ABLOC CT	s.t.
63	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels	s.t.
64	Rens Tulner	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
65	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
66	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:32
67	Lars Loohuis	ABLOC CT	s.t.
68	Yoeri Havik	BEAT Cycling Club	0:33
69	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	s.t.
70	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
71	Francis Juneau	Bike Aid	s.t.
72	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
73	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	0:34
74	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
75	Martijn Budding	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
76	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
77	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	0:35
78	Cedric Pries	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	0:37
79	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
80	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	0:38
81	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:39
82	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
83	Timo De Jong	VolkerWessels	s.t.
84	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
85	Oliver Knudsen	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	s.t.
86	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	0:40
87	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
88	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
89	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	0:41
90	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
91	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	0:42
92	Mike Bronswijk	Allinq Continental	s.t.
93	Martin Laas	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
94	Luca De Meester	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
95	Luke Verburg	ABLOC CT	s.t.
96	Martin Pluto	ABLOC CT	s.t.
97	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
98	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	0:43
99	Jord Baak	VolkerWessels	0:44
100	Yentl Vandevelde	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
101	Wesley Mol	Bike Aid	s.t.
102	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
103	Adrian Zuger	Bike Aid	s.t.
104	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
105	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:45
106	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
107	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
108	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
109	Davide Bomboi	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
110	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	0:46
111	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
112	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	0:48
113	Jelle Johannink	ABLOC CT	s.t.
114	Vinzent Dorn	Bike Aid	0:49
115	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	0:50
116	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
117	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
118	Jan-Willem Van Schip	ABLOC CT	0:51
119	Tim Bierkens	Allinq Continental	s.t.
120	Coen Vermeltfoort	VolkerWessels	0:52
121	Léo Bouvier	Bike Aid	s.t.
122	Nick Van Der Meer	VolkerWessels	0:54
123	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
124	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	s.t.
125	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
126	Tijmen Eising	VolkerWessels	s.t.
127	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	0:56
128	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
129	Antonio Barac	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
130	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
131	Enzo Decker	Bike Aid	s.t.
132	Sam Gademan	Allinq Continental	0:57
133	Thijs De Lange	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	0:58
134	Omar El Gouzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	0:59
135	Jesper Rasch	ABLOC CT	1:00
136	Nils Wolfenbuttel	Allinq Continental	1:01
137	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:06
138	Matthijs Büchli	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
139	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:17

 

Prologue map & profile:

ZLM Tour prologue map

ZLM Tour prologue profile