Jos van Emden time trialled to victory in the final stage of Giro d'Italia today in Milan. Van Emden finished next to the famous Duomo in 30-08 minutes. Team LottoNL-Jumbo's time trialist beat the Giro winner Tom Dumoulin by 15 seconds.

"I'm the happiest man on earth," said Jos van Emden. "I am so happy that I can finally win after all my second places. I have been sitting on the hot seat for a long time and most times, someone else was faster. Finally, I’m the one who can shout how happy I am."

According to Van Emden, he had a good time trial and Dumoulin was his biggest opponent.

"I saw at the first intermediate point that I was two seconds faster and at the second intermediate point, I was six seconds faster. I won by four seconds in the second part, while that was my strongest part."

Dumoulin lost more time on Van Emden and eventually the Dutchman of LottoNL-Jumbo was 15 seconds faster than Dumoulin.

The time trial started on Monza's circuit and finished 29.3 kilometres later in central Milan. With an average speed of more than 53 kilometres per hour, Van Emden proves that it was a course for specialists. On his Italian Bianchi Aquila CV, the mechanics mounted a larger front chain ring.

"I rode a 58-tooth outer ring today and in the back, I had an 11. It even occurred a few times that I wanted to switch even lower but I was already on the 11. Then you know the speed is good. "

Specialists

The time trial is an important specialty not only for Jos van Emden. Team LottoNL-Jumbo proves this year again that they made a step ahead in time trials. Van Emden took the team’s fourth time trial victory of the season. Thinking specifically for the time trials, Team LottoNL-Jumbo made its bikes, clothes and helmets as aerodynamic as possible in cooperation with Bianchi, Shimano and Lazer.