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Brennan takes second victory of the season in Poreč Trophy and follows in Kooij's footsteps

Brennan takes second victory of the season in Poreč Trophy and follows in Kooij's footsteps

Matthew Brennan and Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development have not missed their start to the season in Croatia. After winning the Umag Trophy last Wednesday, 18-year-old Brennan also managed to win the Poreč Trophy. The Briton beat Lorenzo Conforti and Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen with an ultimate effort.

"Our aim was to make the race hard from the start, which we did," said Brennan. "After several attack attempts, Darren (van Bekkum) ended up with two fellow escapees in the front. In the peloton, we did everything we could to defend his attack. Darren rode a strong race."

"The escapees held on for a long time," the first-year U23 rider continued. "It looked like they would hold out until the end, even though it was going very fast behind them. Because of the chaos in the chasing group, I decided to make a move to the front alone in the finale. A few hundred metres from the finish line, Darren's group was eventually caught up, so I'm very happy that I was able to finish it off for the team."

Brennan was also the strongest in the Umag Trophy last Wednesday on his debut for the Dutch WorldTour formation's development team. Now he also managed to win his second race in the U23 category. With his victory in the Poreč and Umag Trophy, he follows in the footsteps of Olav Kooij again, who also won both Croatian races in his first season in the U23 category in 2020.

Photos: Mario Stiehl

Trofej Poreč - Poreč Trophy

One day race

Result

Result

1
Matthew Brennan
Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development 03:11:20
2
Lorenzo Conforti
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè +00:00:00
3
Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team +00:00:00
32
Pietro Mattio
Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development +00:00:00
53
Darren van Bekkum
Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development +00:00:00
79
Tomos Pattinson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development +00:00:00
82
Tom Schellekens
Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development +00:00:00
83
Jonas Kind Høydahl
Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development +00:00:00

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