Mick van Dijke regained the white jersey he already wore earlier this race. “It’s great to wear the youth jersey again, but I wanted to win today.” In the second stage, the Dutch rider maintained a position near the front and was even in a breakaway group. “We had a nice lead, but the peloton caught up with us. Then I had to sprint for the win, but I had a small problem with my chain. That’s a shame, but taking the white jersey is still nice.”

Van Dijke feels optimistic about his team’s chances in tomorrow’s queen stage. “We will support Gijs Leemreize to achieve a good result, so we have a chance at a good general classification. I would have liked to have won a stage myself, but tomorrow will be too tough for me. I anticipate losing the white jersey, but I will enjoy the stage.” Van Dijke is currently fifth in the general classification. With Tobias Foss (eighth) and Boven (ninth), Team Jumbo-Visma still has three riders in the top ten.