2017 Ronde van Drenthe (1.1), Netherlands

Formerly "Albert Achterhes Profonde van Drenthe" and "Dwars door Drenthe"

55th edition: Saturday, March 11, 2017

Ronde van Drenthe podium history | 2016 edition | 2018 edition

Hoogeveen - Hoogeveen, 206.2 km

Jan-Willem van Schip wins the 2017 Ronde van Drenthe

The Race: LottoNL-Jumbo sent me this report.

Twan Castelijns finished second in a two-up sprint with Jan-Willem van Schip in the Tour of Drenthe today in Hoogeveen. LottoNL-Jumbo’s Amund Grøndahl Jansen and Steven Lammertink placed 13th and 14th.

Castelijns and Van Schip formed part of the early breakaway, which originally consisted three men. Julius van den Berg dropped out with ten kilometres to go. The race was hard due toseveral climbs of the VAM-berg and some cobbled sections. Eventually, the two escapees raced into town, where, Van Schip won the sprint.

Castelijns thought he would take home the victory, but just before the line, he was overtaken by Van Schip.

“It was a perfect move for Twan to go in because that way the pressure of the race was not on our shoulders,” said Sports Director Grischa Niermann. 

“We were very attentive, but unfortunately, we were not in a group of six that rode off after the last VAM-berg. Lindeman had to change bikes just before the last climb. He was perhaps the strongest man in the race.''

At four kilometers from the end, Niermann saw that Castelijns could sprint for victory.

“We were still represented by five men in the group and the other teams were slowly exhausting. So it is a pity that Twan was barely beaten, but Van Schip is also a strong rider. It's nice for Twan to have ridden in that winning position and hopefully he turns this disappointment into something positive in the coming races.’’

Complete Results:

206.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.822 km/hr

1	Jan-Willem van Schip	Delta Cycling	4hr 48min 55sec
2	Twan Castelijns	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
3	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	@ 11sec
4	Adam Blythe	Aqua Blue	s.t.
5	Elmar Reinders	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
6	Danilo Napolitano	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
7	Chris Opie	BIKE Channel Canyon	s.t.
8	Twan Brusselman	Destil-Jo Piels	s.t.
9	Maxime Farazijn	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
10	František Sisr	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
11	Joey van Rhee	Destil-Jo Piels	s.t.
12	Jesper Asselman	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
13	Amund Grøndahl	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
14	Steven Lammertink	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
15	Franck Bonnamour	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
16	Lasse Hansen	Aqua Blue	s.t.
17	August Jensen	Coop	s.t.
18	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
19	Pierpaolo De Negri	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
20	Fabio Jakobsen	SEG Racing	s.t.
21	Preben Van Hecke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
22	Adrian Kurek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
23	Stijn Devolder	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
24	Taco van der Hoorn	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
25	Antwan Tolhoek	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
26	Pim Ligthart	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+17''
27	Floris De Tier	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
28	Nicola Bagioli	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
29	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
30	Armindo Fonseca	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
31	Benoît Jarrier	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
32	Roman Maykin	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
33	Robin Sténuit	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
34	Jonas Aaen	Riwal Platform	s.t.
35	Luuc Bugter	Delta Cycling	+20''
36	Riccardo Stacchiotti	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
37	Martijn Keizer	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
38	Patryk Stosz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
39	Dennis Bakker	Delta Cycling	s.t.
40	Edward Planckaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
41	Aaron Gate	Aqua Blue	s.t.
42	Coen Vermeltfoort	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
43	Peter Schulting	Destil-Jo Piels	s.t.
44	Jarno Gmelich Meijling	Metec-TKH	s.t.
45	Raymond Kreder	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
46	Jarl Salomein	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
47	Berden de Vries	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
48	Dion Smith	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
49	Anthony Delaplace	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
50	Dries De Bondt	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
51	Bert-Jan Lindeman	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
52	Krister Hagen	Coop	+32''
53	Jim Lindenberg	Metec-TKH	s.t.
54	Gert-Jan Bosman	Destil-Jo Piels	+40''
55	Andrew Fenn	Aqua Blue	+52''
56	Mark McNally	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
57	Krists Neilands	Israel Cycling Academy	+1' 01''
58	Julius van den Berg	SEG Racing	+1' 30''
59	Kenny Dehaes	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1' 58''
60	James Lowsley Williams	BIKE Channel Canyon	+2' 07''
61	Nikolai Trussov	Gazprom-RusVelo	+3' 51''
62	Mihkel Räim	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
63	Ike Groen	Delta Cycling	s.t.
64	Michal Paluta	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
65	Jonas Koch	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
66	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
67	Sjoerd van Ginneken	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
68	Tim Kerkhof	Destil-Jo Piels	s.t.
69	Johim Ariesen	Metec-TKH	s.t.
70	Erwann Corbel	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
71	Jason van Dalen	Delta Cycling	s.t.
72	Aidis Kruopis	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
73	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
74	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
75	Tijmen Eising	Metec-TKH	s.t.
76	Nicolas Marini	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
77	Giacomo Berlato	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
78	Sander Armée	Lotto-Soudal	+7' 27''
79	Harry Tanfield	BIKE Channel Canyon	+7' 36''
80	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
81	Patrick Clausen	Riwal Platform	s.t.
82	Andreas Stokbro	Riwal Platform	s.t.
83	Tyler Williams	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
84	Timothy Dupont	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
85	Justin Timmermans	Baby-Dump	s.t.
86	Jonas Rickaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
87	Adriaan Janssen	SEG Racing	s.t.
88	Kamil Malecki	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
89	Mitchell Mulhern	Delta Cycling	s.t.
90	Stijn Steels	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
91	Frederik Frison	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
92	Jasper Hamelink	Metec-TKH	s.t.
93	Jakub Kaczmarek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
94	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.