From the start, three riders rode at the head of the race for a long time. However, due to the high tempo in the peloton, they were caught at sixty kilometres from the finish. The peloton was briefly shaken up after the formation of echelons but this was of short duration.

Debutant Dekker was unable to secure a place of honour in the bunch sprint, but his good performance in the two intermediate sprints along the way was enough to secure the green points jersey. Harper in turn was alert when the competition tried to put pressure on his fourth position in the general classification.

Sports director Addy Engels was very happy about his team’s great results. “We look back on a very nice week for us. A stage victory, a number of beautiful places of honour, the fourth place in the final classification and then also the green points jersey. David does it on his debut and Jonas and Chris confirm the progress they have made. A good start of the cycling season for us.”

It's the first top ten in a stage race for Harper since he joined Team Jumbo-Visma in 2020. "I am very happy to end up the week of racing here in fourth overall. The team has been great in helping me to keep my place in the classification while still having very impressive results in the stages. It’s great to end up with a stage win with Jonas and to see David keep the sprinters jersey."