The team was the last team to start the 23.3-kilometre team time trial. The eight-rider team immediately developed a high pace, quickly built up a lead and kept growing it. Supported by the enthusiastic crowd along the road, the team raced through the centre of Utrecht. Gesink was the first to push his wheel over the line. For the first time in his career, the experienced super domestique conquered the leader's jersey in a grand tour.

"This is a dream come true", Gesink (36) said. "We rode as a strong team today. We knew we had started well. Pretty soon, we realised that we were faster than the competition. We had to stay focused because a lot can happen in a team time trial. We gave everything until the finish and crossed the line on Dutch soil with the fastest time. I am so grateful to the guys for the wonderful gesture of letting me cross the line first. This victory is one of my career's highlights. I'm going to enjoy this very much", Gesink said after his first season victory. The win meant the 38th victory for Team Jumbo-Visma this year.

The conditions on Dutch soil impressed Mike Teunissen throughout the race. "This was very special. The last few days were already exceptional, but today we experienced something extraordinary. So many people cheering us on strengthened our morale very much. It gave us wings. With these strong riders in our team, we rode a constant and high average. Thankfully, we maintained our initial speed all the way through. It's great that Robert will start in the leader's jersey tomorrow. He's deserved it", Teunissen applauded his teammate.

"A fantastic scenario", Head of Performance Mathieu Heijboer said about Team Jumbo-Visma's team time trial. "Along the way, some of our team's staff members provided us with split times. So it became clear to us pretty quickly that we were fast. Rohan Dennis maintained a very high speed on the first technical part. We were always riding on the limit but never crossed it. The riders set the bar so high that they just had to finish it off. It's great that they succeeded. This is another highlight for the team. We prepared this stage down to the last detail. It's great that our plan worked out and led to this great and desired result."