Stroetinga sprints to victory in Olst

Wim Stroetinga (Ubbink – Koga) has won the second stage of the Royal Smilde Olympia's Tour, finishing ahead of Yoeri Havik (Cycling Team De Rijke) and Luke Rowe (Great Britain National Team). For Stroetinga the win was a great boost, because good fortune has not been with him for a while.

Stroetinga was without a team when Milram folded at the end of last season. To make matters worse, he broke his collarbone earlier this year at the Rotterdam Six Day, which disrupted his preparation for the track world championships. But now the sun shines again for Stroetinga who said following his win - "It is long since I won a real race, so the feeling is great. Especially when you consider how easy it was."

The stage between Noordwijk and Olst was characterized by the wind. The peloton was blown apart several times, but eventually came back together.

In the previous stage, Stroetinga had placed second to Jetse Bol was therefore confident in the last kilometres in stage 2.

"I know I'm the fastest, but you still have to get over the line first," he said. "Yesterday I came late and so today I went with 300 metres to go. I have to brake hard through the last corner and then I had flown into a gap."

The rider from Oldeberkoop has been under contract woth Ubbink Kogo for just a month.