Team dsm-firmenich PostNL secure brilliant second win in Türkiye with Tobias Lund Andresen

Team dsm-frimenich PostNL continued their impressive form at Tour of Türkiye this week, taking their second win of the event in Wednesday’s reduced bunch sprint with Tobias Lund Andresen. The win also marks a special third victory this season from one of the team’s exciting young talents who have came through the Development program; after Oscar Onley at Tour Down Under and Casper van Uden at AlUla Tour earlier in the year.

With spirits high in the group after opening stage success and other promising results, Team dsm-firmenich PostNL set out with the aim of once again competing for a top result on Wednesday’s stage. Knowing it could be a challenging day, the team had multiple plans depending on how the race unfolded. Over the climbs the peloton upped the pace and the bunch thinned down dramatically. Julius van den Berg and Frank van den Broek were left in the front alongside Lund Andresen, with the Team dsm-firmenich PostNL trio working well together. Coming into the finale, Van den Berg and Van den Broek brought Lund Andresen forward perfectly and into a position where he could launch his sprint. Learning from his third place the other day, Lund Andresen didn’t hesitate and produced a devastating kick, giving everything to the line – sitting up to celebrate a first professional win with Team dsm-firmenich PostNL.

Speaking after the stage an elated Lund Andresen said: “We had different options today so if Fabio made it over then we would have went for him but if not then I would be the sprint finisher. We made a really nice plan with Frank and Julius who then did a really good job in the end. They placed me perfectly and I was able to go for the win and we just did that. There was quite a lot of climbing today so it was harder than you might think if you just looked at the profile. I’m normally quite a confident rider and after the podium the other day I felt like a lot more was possible. Also with guys like Fabio in the team, they really give you the confidence and motivation to go for the result. Today when he said on the radio he didn’t have the legs he really fired me up to go for it and had full belief in me.”

Team dsm-firmenich PostNL coach Roy Curvers added: “It was amazing from the guys again today. We knew it would be a hard stage to control for a bunch sprint with all of the fast sprinters including Fabio. We have multiple cards to play for when the race is harder, so mid-way through the stage we knew it was either going to be the break or a sprint with around 70 guys so we worked for the sprint with Tobias. The other day he was really close, riding a really fast last 200 metres but unfortunately he came from too far back. I’m really happy that today it worked out. There was some fabulous work from Frank and Julius in the final to keep Tobias calm and in the right position; so it’s a really nice team win.”