Jumbo-Visma‘s rider Olav Kooij stood victorious on 15th August, Tuesday, at the Tour of Denmark’s opening stage. While Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) managed to finish in second place. Kooij now holds the yellow jersey.
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Philipsen was all glory in his lead-out until Kooij caught up with him. He also overtook Timothy Dupont (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB). No one was a match for him today as the rider had his eyes set out for the podium and was not falling short on effort. Philipsen attacked with a sprint and was happy that he had left Kooij behind but it was not that easy to shake off the 20-year-old.
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Due to a massive crash with almost only 3 km to the final line, the rest of the peloton was awarded the same finishing time but Kooij dominated the first day of the five-day long event.
Results
| POS | RIDER | TEAM | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olav Kooij | Jumbo-Visma | 04:59:20 |
| 2 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 00 |
| 3 | Timothy Dupont | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB | + 00 |
| 4 | Magnus Cort | EF Education-EasyPost | + 00 |
| 5 | Arvid De Kleijn | Human Powered Health | + 00 |
| 6 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek-Segafredo | + 00 |
| 7 | Andrea Peron | Team Novo Nordisk | + 00 |
| 8 | Ethan Vernon | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | + 00 |
| 9 | Luca Colnaghi | Bardiani CSF Faizanè | + 00 |
| 10 | Jenno Berckmoes | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | + 00 |
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1 thought on “Tour of Denmark: Olav Kooij Dominates The Opening Stage”
Olav was really good. Hardwork pays off.