Saturday Might 18, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Tord Gudmestad has gained the Veenendaal-Veenendaal Basic by beating the competitors in a bunch dash. The Dutch one-day race had a traditional course, with the race ending in a dash. In Veenendaal the Norwegian confirmed his class and sprinted to victory. It marked his first skilled victory.
The course of the Veenendaal-Veenendaal Basic was virtually an identical to that of final season. The riders rode one circuit of about 35 kilometers, which needed to be accomplished 5 occasions. The circuit ran from Veenendaal by way of Binnenveld, Wageningen and the Rijndijk to the one two slopes within the spherical: the Grebbeberg (700 meters at 7.7%) and the Paardenveld (600 meters at 5.6%). The highest of that final hill was eleven kilometers from the end.
Six males within the lead
Within the Veenendaal-Veenendaal Basic for girls, the race didn’t produce a race of the day for a very long time. We did not have to attend as lengthy for the boys this Saturday. After about twenty kilometers, Simon Pellaud (Tudor) took the assault and had 5 riders in his wake. There have been 4 Dutch individuals. Bart Lemmen (Visma | Lease a Bike), Axel van der Tuuk (Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel), Jan-Willem van Schip (Parkhotel Valkenburg) and Max Kroonen (VolkerWessels).
The Groenewegen staff labored arduous for his or her sprinter – picture: Cor Vos
The final rider within the main group of the day was a Dane, Niklas Larsen (Uno-X Mobility). Nonetheless, the six males didn’t get an unprecedented lead from the sprinters within the peloton. The six took about two minutes, after which the groups of Dylan Groenewegen and Gerben Thijssen began to manage the race. The escapees’ lead fluctuated between one minute and two minutes all through.
Basic gradient
In Veenendaal a dash was written within the stars, however with the ladies we noticed on Friday that that isn’t a given. Tosh Van der Sande (Visma | Lease a Bike) – maybe following the instance of teammate Riejanne Markus – went in search of the main group with about 110 kilometers to accompany his teammate Lemmen. Nonetheless, the Belgian didn’t get away. This fashion we stored six males within the lead.
Visma | Lease a Bike was energetic within the race in Veenendaal – picture: Cor Vos
Because the race progressed, the dash groups by no means loosened the reins. The main group by no means drove additional than two minutes, whereas they have been often handled to a bathe. Thirty kilometers earlier than the end, the lead dropped beneath a minute. Ten kilometers later there was nonetheless half a minute left. Jayco AlUla and Intermarché-Wanty have now acquired assist from groups similar to Alpecin-Deceuninck and Arkéa-B&B Motels.
Sprinting in Veenendaal
This collaboration turned out to be the ultimate blow for the boys within the main group within the absolute ultimate. Simply two kilometers from the end, after a nerve-wracking chase, it was prepared for the escapees. The anticipated dash was there in a wet Veenendaal. Within the dash it was surprisingly Tord Gudmestad who managed to outpace the competitors. Simon Dehairs and Dylan Groenewegen needed to acknowledge their superiority within the Norwegian and got here second and third respectively.
