Yentl Vandevelde handed the brand new Tour de Tietema-Unibet squad their first main victory with a superb effort from the day’s breakaway.
The peloton containing race chief Nils Eekhoff (Group DSM) had the remnants of the breakaway of their sights within the last kilometre however timed all of it unsuitable and couldn’t catch the 22-year-old Vandevelde.
“It is unbelievable – I by no means anticipated this,” Vandevelde mentioned after a prolonged and emotional celebration together with his teammates. “It is good to come back right here and catch an enormous fish. I haven’t got any extra tears!
“Once I heard we had one minute with 10km to go, I knew we had an opportunity,” he mentioned. “I’ve by no means gained any races in my profession and now I win a professional race on a excessive stage, it is unbelievable. I did not anticipate it – I had actually good legs however usually it all the time is a bunch dash. I’ve tried so many occasions to leap within the breakaway and keep to the end line – and I assumed it will be the identical story.”
Alexander Konychev (Corratec-Selle Italia) and Bert-Jan Lindeman (VolkerWessels) additionally held off the chasing bunch to complete second and third on the stage, respectively.
The riders had been a part of a day-long escape on the 202.5 kilometre stage from Westkapelle to ‘s-Heerenhoek, having clipped off the entrance within the first 20 kilometres.
Along with Emiel Vermeulen (BEAT), Aaron Van Poucke (Flanders Baloise), Thijs de Lange (Metec-Solarwatt p/b Mantel) and Martijn Rasenberg (ABLOC), it was David vs. Goliath because the seven riders constructed a most lead of almost 4 minutes earlier than the WorldTeams set to work attempting to reel them in.
Ultimately, 5 of the seven stayed away with Lange and Van Poucke unfortunate of their efforts. Sam Welsford (Group DSM) led the peloton to the road shut sufficient to the stage winner to maintain teammate Nils Eekhoff within the race lead.
Extra to come back.
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