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Tour of Britain Stage winner Dylan Groenewegen won a scrappy sprint to lead the Eneco Tour after stage 1 in Holland

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News: Eneco Tour Stage 1

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Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s Dylan Groenewegen sprinted to victory in the opening stage of the Eneco Tour today in Bolsward, the Netherlands. The Dutchman topped Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) and world champion, and new European champion, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff). Groenewegen, thanks to the victory, took leader’s jersey and the points jersey.

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A breakaway of five rode free early in the 184.6-kilometre stage but in the last 10 kilometres, the sprint teams had them in their sights and were preparing for a bunch kick. Tour of Britain stage winner, and in the Tour of Yorkshire as well, Dylan Groenewegen stayed calm and focused on his team-mates.

“I stayed on the wheel of Robert Wagner, and he kept me out of the wind perfectly,” said Groenewegen. “We continued on the right with the Orica train coming up. I jumped on the wheel of Caleb Ewan, but he was trapped. Nizzolo jumped, and I knew I had to take his wheel and I’d have a clear sprint”.

“We worked hard and came to the Eneco Tour to win a stage. It is nice that we immediately succeeded on the first day. We have worked on this sprint train for seven months, but now we win at the highest level against the strongest sprinters. That makes this win special. “

Peter Sagan (World & European Champion): “I knew the stage would have a complicated bunch finish because everybody wanted to be at the front to sprint. I gave my best throughout the day and in the final sprint so I am happy with the result. Congratulations to the winner who got the best out of the tight finish.”

Stage 2 is a time trial where a new leader is expected to take the jersey from Groenewegen

Result
1. Dylan Groenewegen TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 4:14:00
2 Nacer Bouhanni COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
3 Peter Sagan TINKOFF
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen DIMENSION DATA
5 Alexander Kristoff TEAM KATUSHA
6 Giacomo Nizzolo TREK – SEGAFREDO
7 Arnaud Demare FDJ
8 Andrea Guardini ASTANA PRO TEAM
9 Marcel Kittel ETIXX – QUICK STEP
10 Roy Jans WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT

12 Caleb Ewan ORICA GreenEDGE
17 Tom Boonen ETIXX – QUICK STEP
18 André Greipel LOTTO SOUDAL
19 Matteo Trentin ETIXX – QUICK STEP
25 John Degenkolb TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN
29 Alex Dowsett MOVISTAR TEAM
31 Andrew Fenn TEAM SKY
54 Ryan Mullen CANNONDALE
69 Tony Martin ETIXX – QUICK STEP
83 Geraint Thomas TEAM SKY
119 Ben Swift TEAM SKY
132 Mark McNally WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
142 Luke Rowe TEAM SKY
172 Jack Bauer CANNONDALE

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