Dennis van Winden flew team LottoNL-Jumbo’s colours today with a 11th place in the queen stage of the Tour of Denmark. Martijn Keizer and Tom Van Asbroeck attacked in the final part of the third stage, but didn’t gain much space. Michael Valgren (Tinkoff) won the stage and grabbed the overall lead.

“We expected the race to end up like this,” Sports Director Jan Boven said. “It was quite a tough stage and we didn’t know exactly if it would suit us or not. Martijn Keizer’s attack wasn’t able to change the race, unfortunately. Sometimes, you have to dare to try something to have a beautiful result. Together, we tried to make the most of it, but only Dennis van Winden was able to finish in front.”

Motivated

Martijn Keizer attacked with 30 kilometres to go. Two riders went with him, and Tom Van Asbroeck bridged to him afterwards. “I tried to make a move to surprise the best riders in the race,” Keizer added. “I was looking forward to this stage, so it actually wasn’t that smart to make this move, but I suddenly saw a chance to do it.

“Tomorrow, we have to race the time trial and that’s one that suits me. I’m extra motivated for it after today.”