Groenewegen’s back to back victory was the 16th for team LottoNL-Jumbo and the fifth win of the season for the sprinter. Despite a crash in the last three kilometres, Roglic remained the overall leader.

“It was a nice win,” Groenewegen said. “It was a quite hectic final. Sometimes, the timing is a bit off, but today everything went well and 175 metres before the finish line, they put me in great position."

“For the second day in a row, the sprint train worked really well. Robert Wagner did a very fast lead-out, I only had to continue with that speed and no one was able to come over me. Most of these guys here have a chance to be in the Tour de France, and I wanted to be in top form to test myself before heading there in July.” 

“Unbelievable, I have never experienced this before, winning the first three stages of a race,” Sports Director Marijn Zeeman said. 

“It was a hell of a job to let the right breakaway go. From that point on, we controlled the race. Gijs Van Hoecke did a superb job. The rest of the guys were focused on the sprint and they did really well. A huge compliment for the guys.” 

The development of the sprint train is since last year one of the priorities of Team LottoNL-Jumbo, with its ambition to win a stage in the 2017 Tour de France. 

“We want to head to the top with Dylan. In the Ster ZLM Toer, we are optimising our sprint train and putting conviction into it. A win already this year in the Tour would be welcomed.”