Blaak wins stage 2 in Energiewacht Tour

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Chantal Blaak took the win on the second stage of the Energiewacht Tour, out-sprinting Lisa Brennauer (Canyon-SRAM) and race leader and Boels Dolmans teammate Ellen van Dijk.

"I'm really proud of the team," said Blaak. "This whole spring we've worked so well together. We understand each other. We don't need so much words. A look already is enough. That's such a nice feeling.

"We let each other in. We give each other space. We're always together in one spot in the peloton. We know if there's an attack and you cannot go with it, a teammate can and will. We work so, so well together, and that's why we win."

Blaak leads the general classification having taken the yellow jersey off van Dijk, who slips to second at six seconds, while Brennauer is third at 11 seconds ahead of the 131.8km stage 3 from Stadskanaal to Musselkanaal.

"I'm really happy to be in the leader's jersey, and it gives you extra motivation to do better every day but winning the overall is not my first goal. I want to race well every day and make the best out of it with the whole team. We'll see what happens. If we keep riding like this, results come naturally," added Blaak.

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