Daan Hoole: “The team asked me what I wanted to do”

March 9 ^th 2026 - 18:00

“Normally we would have sprinted with Cees Bol but he crashed. He was suffering a bit, so the team said he was not gonna sprint and he would recover for tomorrow. They asked me what I wanted to do. I just thought I would give it a try and go as fast as I can. First I tried to convince teammates to come with me but they told me it was impossible, so I went alone. In the end, I got caught with 500 metres to go… In a race like this, you need a bigger gap. But it was nice to give it a go.”