Tobias Lund Andresen finishes fast to take 4th in Silkeborg

A day destined to end in a fast finale, Tobias Lund Andresen once again showed his quick legs with a fourth place finish into the town of Silkeborg.

Like the opening day of racing, a breakaway was able to establish itself early on with all Team dsm-firmenich riders in the bunch; looking to conserve energy to support sprint finish Lund Andresen for the finale. As the kilometres ticked by the gap to the break fell and heading towards the local circuits, Enzo Leijnse and Tim Naberman brought the team forward, staying safe in case of any potential crosswind danger which in the end never materialiased. Florian Stork, Martijn Tusveld and Marco Brenner positioned Lund Andresen who was attentive in following dangerous moves on the penultimate and final time up the climb. Any attackers would be brought back and it was clear the race was heading for a sprint finish. The fight for position was hectic and Brenner tried to bring Lund Andresen forward but coming out of the last corner the Team dsm-firmenich riders were in around tenth wheel. Unleashing a strong finish and fighting to the line, Lund Andresen passed several riders on his way to fourth place as Jakobsen took the win ahead.

Lund Andresen said: “Today was stressful because of the chance of crosswind the whole day. We were fighting to stay towards the front to be proactive if something was going to happen. We entered the laps all the way in the front as planned, to make it easier for me to preserve energy towards the sprint. On the last lap I followed the move to stay in front and be sure to make it over in the first group. With a kilometre to go Marco found his way back to me to try and set me up for the sprint. In the end I had to open my sprint with 300 metres to go because we were too far back but almost made it onto the podium. I had amazing legs so hopefully we can get more tomorrow.”

Team dsm-firmenich coach Roy Curvers added: “Again it was another good day of teamwork setting up Tobias for a sprint. Unfortunately, the boys got a little distanced from the front of the bunch; so Tobi and Marco had to come from too far in the final straight, but with a real fast sprint Tobi was again able to grab another top five finish.”