Vos wins opening stage

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Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) confirmed her multitude of cycling talents yet again on the opening stage of the four-day Energiewacht Tour on home roads in the Netherlands.

Wind and rain split the high-quality field on the roads around Groningen but several groups came back together and 61 riders fought out the sprint. Vos got a well-drilled lead out from her Nederland Bloeit teammates.

"We practice the formation of the lead out train so we could launch Marianne as well as we could,” directeur sportif and former professional sprinter Jeroen Blijlevens told wielerland.nl.

“She can also look after herself but in a big sprint, a train offers more chance of success. The train worked perfectly, despite some corners in the final kilometers.''

Friday’s 81.5km second stage is around Midwolda and is expected to end with another sprint.

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