After yesterday’s sprint win, Casper van Uden sprinted to a nice fourth place for Team dsm-firmenich PostNL as a breakaway trio stayed away for the win by a few metres at the third stage of the ZLM Tour. The breakaway went clear early on and got a gap of up to three minutes throughout the stage. Team dsm-firmenich PostNL took responsibility in the peloton and was part of the chase throughout the day. Despite their efforts also coming into the final five kilometres, they couldn’t catch the breakaway back. Casper launched his sprint early and came short by a few metres taking a bittersweet fourth place on the day.
Van Uden said after the stage: “Our goal was to control the race for another bunch sprint. Unfortunately, it got a bit chaotic in the finale and we couldn’t fully close the gap in the end. The boys worked really hard to keep me in position all day and I was able to win the bunch sprint, although it was not for the win, unfortunately.”
