Team LottoNL-Jumbo grabbed a sixth place at the World Championship team time trial in Richmond. BMC won the world title in the US city. Etixx-QuickStep was second and Movistar third.

After the great results in the individual time trials this season, Team LottoNL-Jumbo started ambitiously at the Worlds. The six-member team began fast and was in the lead a long time after the first intermediate point. However, they lost time because Jos van Emden punctured. Only BMC, Etixx-QuickStep, Movistar, Orica-GreenEDGE and Giant-Alpecin were faster.

Kept cool
"We are satisfied. It's just a pity that we lost Jos due to a puncture," said Sports Director Jan Boven after the race. "Jos punctured right at the first intermediate check. Thus Robert Gesink lost contact a bit with the team. Then it was a bit ramshackle but the men kept their cool. Jos was super today and we really missed him in the second half of the race.”

Sep Vanmarcke, Robert Gesink, Wilco Kelderman and Maarten Tjallingii finished off their the hard work for the team. Along the way, they had also lost Tom Leezer. The sixth place in this Worlds is a great improvement compared to last year when the team was 14th. The time and efforts put in this discipline paid off.

Maarten Tjallingii
“I really had strong legs today and real power,” said Maarten Tjallingii. “Too bad we lost Jos. We really needed him in the second part of the race. We have paid great attention to the bike and the aerodynamics and worked closely with sponsor Bianchi. You can see it in the results.”