Van Belle again in top ten in Tour of Slovakia
Loe van Belle has finished seventh in the first stage of the Tour of Slovakia. The 20-year-old Dutchman finished the stage to Trnava in a bunch sprint, sprinting to his second top 10 position. As of tomorrow, a series of hilly stages are scheduled.
Before the start, Team Jumbo-Visma had to deal with a setback. Due to illness David Dekker, the intended sprinter for the Slovakian stage race had to drop out. As a result, Van Belle performed as a sprinter, with a seventh-place result.
"It is a shame that we have already lost our sprinter", sports director Maarten Wynants said. "David did not feel well after the prologue and after a bad night, we decided he would not start. Loe then indicated he wanted to go for it and we planned to have him take the sprinters role. Seventh place is a creditable result. The next few days are tougher. We will try to take advantage of the opportunities that will come."
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Okolo Slovenska / Tour de Slovaquie
Stage 1
Result
1
Ethan Vernon
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
03:09:02
2
Gleb Syritsa
Astana Qazaqstan Team
+00:00:00
3
Giovanni Lonardi
EOLO-Kometa
+00:00:00
7
Loe van Belle
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:00
59
Koen Bouwman
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:00
65
Archie Ryan
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:00
80
Gijs Leemreize
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:00
132
Lennard Hofstede
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:19
134
Johannes Staune-Mittet
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:19
-
David Dekker
Jumbo-Visma
DNF
Rankings
1
Ethan Vernon
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
03:16:25
2
Josef Černý
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
+00:00:17
3
Michael Mørkøv
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
+00:00:25
4
Loe van Belle
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:25
14
Koen Bouwman
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:36
27
Gijs Leemreize
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:42
39
Archie Ryan
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:47
64
Johannes Staune-Mittet
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:54
82
Lennard Hofstede
Jumbo-Visma
+00:01:01
