Without the not fully fit Koen Bouwman, the peloton set off for a wet ride of over 150 kilometers. Jan Tratnik tried to get in the breakaway, but didn't manage to join the front group. However, the leaders got little margin from the peloton and were caught at about 25 kilometers from the finish line.

In the final kilometers, Van Dijke was led to the front by Tratnik, Johannes Staune-Mittet and Julien Vermote. The young Dutchman entered the final turn in fourth place and also crossed the line in that position. "I think a better result was possible," Van Dijke said afterwards. "When I wanted to start the sprint, I got hemmed on the left side of the road. I was disappointed with that."

Nevertheless, Van Dijke praised the fact that the team had done everything possible to get him to sprint. "The guys gave me a lot of confidence by riding up front and countering all the attacks. In the last 600 meters Julien brought me to the front and I was able to move up nicely. Normally I prepare the sprint for Olav Kooij, but I am very happy that I got the chance to sprint myself twice this week. I will take these learning moments with me to the next races."

Van Dijke has had a busy spring and is happy that he is still achieving a high level even now. "Things are going well. I was motivated to take the chances I would get this week. In Tuesday's prologue I had hoped to go for the podium, but sixth wasn't bad either. I think this fourth place is a nice way to end the week. I'm proud of that."

Sport director Grischa Niermann is pleased with his team's work ethic. "Initially we wanted to try to get Bart Lemmen in the breakaway today, because theoretically he still had a chance of winning the mountain jersey. In the beginning, four men quickly rode away and unfortunately none of us were among them. Then we kept quiet for a long time so we could support Tim in the final. The guys did a good job and we can definitely live with fourth place," Niermann said.

The German looks back on the past week with mixed feelings. "We took a good step towards the Giro and gained enough race rhythm. In terms of results, however, we cannot be satisfied. Of course it was not realistic to think we could win the GC or several stages here, but you always want to compete for the win. We somewhat succeeded in that with Tim twice, but not in the other stages."