Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) extended his time as Dutch Time Trial champion, beating Niki Terpstra by a mere four seconds to get his second title in a row. Tom Dumoulin (Argos-Shimano) was third.
The win comes only a few weeks after Westra crashed out of the Criterium du Dauphine, but showed he is on track to perform at the Tour de France.
"From my fall in the Dauphiné I had a cracked ribs, and had to do very focused training at home," Westra said. "I may have started a little too quickly, but I was able to fend off a strong attack by Niki. I went very deep today, but it was all worth it. This win is special. Now I can on to the Tour.“
"I'm happy with the second place," Terpstra said. "But, while it's also true that I lost for only 4 seconds, it hurts a bit. At half way I was 30'' behind. I did a great final but it wasn't enough. Lieuwe Westra is one the the best time trialists around, so congratulations to him. I have no regrets. It was for sure one of my best time trials ever. It means that I'm in good shape for Sunday. I'm confident. I'm happy, I was going for the podium and I made it. I want to also thank all the people who were with me today: Mechanics, masseurs, and friends who really supported me perfectly."
Full Results
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Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM)
1:03:59.10
2
Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quickstep)
0:00:04.51
3
Tom Dumoulin (Argos-Shimano)
0:00:40.86
4
Lars Boom (Blanco Pro Cycling)
0:01:03.08
5
Stef Clement (Blanco Pro Cycling)
0:01:20.08
6
Peter Koning (Metec)
0:01:20.90
7
Martijn Keizer (Vacansoleil-DCM)
0:01:42.23
8
Dion Beukeboom (De Rijke-Shanks)
0:01:44.72
9
Wilco Kelderman (Blanco Pro Cycling)
0:02:07.79
10
Jens Mouris (Orica - Greenedge)
0:02:11.52
11
Rick Flens (Blanco Pro Cycling)
0:02:21.41
12
Marc Goos (Blanco Pro Cycling)
0:02:28.18
13
Berden de Vries (Jo Piels)
0:02:53.48
14
Jan Lof (WTC De Amstel)
0:03:32.88
15
Wieger van der Wier (WV De Kannibaal)
0:04:16.85
16
Jarno Gmelich Meijling (UWTC De Volharding)
0:04:49.72
17
Rick van Breda (Ruiter Dakkapellen)
0:05:10.87
18
Jos van Emden (Blanco Pro Cycling)
0:05:23.37
19
Erik van Lakerveld (LRTV Swift)
0:05:55.18
20
Quinten Winkel (GRTC Excelsior)
0:06:02.77
21
Josbert de Vries (Gaul !)
0:06:24.49
22
Jeroen Visser (BRC Kennemerland)
0:07:03.93
23
Yannick Janssen (Parkhotel Valkenburg)
0:07:16.44
24
Ruben Dorren (West Frisia)
0:07:50.13
25
Marco Massink (Stormvogels Veendam)
0:09:05.21
26
Peter Merx (NWV Groningen)
0:09:06.91
27
Elias de Bruijne (UWTC De Volharding)
0:09:12.96
28
Pieter-Paul de Weerd (De IJsselstreek)
0:10:31.19
29
Marko Jeletich (UWTC de Volharding)
0:10:44.61
DNF
Ruud Kooijmans (Cicli Basso Vicenza - Reasons)
Row 29 - Cell 2
DNF
Rik Houwers (Restore Cycling)
Row 30 - Cell 2
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