Olav Kooij led residence a Jumbo-Visma one-two on the opening stage of the Tour of Britain in Manchester on Sunday, with team-mate Wout van Aert launching his bid for the general title by offering the lead-out for his triumphant team-mate.
Van Aert led Kooij by means of the ultimate nook, simply 300 metres earlier than the end, and the Belgian then nonetheless had the velocity to carry off Sam Bennett for second place.
“I can’t ask much more than to get a one-two,” Kooij stated. “With Wout in front to get us first and second into the last corner I knew it was just then straight to the line and luckily we got it.”
Sunday’s race might be a forerunner of issues to come back, with a possible for dash finishes on every of the primary six levels earlier than the overall classification contest reaches its finale subsequent weekend.
“We will look at it day-by-day but we know there is quite a lot of responsibility on us as a team to control things and get things together either for the sprints or the GC,” Kooij added.
“It’s quite a hard task to get that right, we have multiple goals and we will see day-by-day how to get it right.”
💬 “We made a lot of plans for the lead-out throughout the year but it doesn’t come together that many times.”@KooijOlav displays on immediately’s dominant @JumboVismaRoad efficiency in the center of Manchester#TourOfBritain 🔴🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/DLNh3YK3Ra
— The Tour of Britain 🇬🇧 (@TourofBritain) September 3, 2023
