Four stages, four wins for Kooij at the Tour of Britain

the dutch cyclist Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) continues to prove inevitable in this edition of back to britain by taking his fourth victory in four contested stages, the last of which was Wednesday’s 166 kilometer route between the Sherwood Forest visitor center and Newark-on-Trent.

Kooij, leader as a result of his overall victory, dominated the sprint in what was the third longest day of the race ahead of his compatriot Casper Van Uden (dsm-firmenich) and british EthanVernon.

HISTORY MADE IN NEWARK-ON-TRENT!@KooijOlav equaling Edvald Boasson Hagen’s record of four consecutive stage victories 🏆#TourOfBritain 🔴🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/cRTPfY2Y2s

— The Tour of Britain 🇬🇧 (@TourofBritain) September 6, 2023

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His victory made him the third rider to win four stages in the same edition since 2005, after the Norwegian. Edvald Boasson Hagen (2009) and the Belgian wout van aert (2021). In addition, he entered the elite group of eleven participants who added the number of victories to his career, although far from the 10 of the British. Mark Cavendish.

The break of the day started early as New Zealander James Fouché (Bolton Equities Black Spoke) and Belgian Abram Stockman (TDT-Unibet) unmarked after five kilometers. It did not take long for a colleague of the latter, the British Harry Tanfield, to take charge.

They had a minute and a half with 90 kilometers to go and, with Fouche off the hook, the remaining two enjoyed a minute and fifteen seconds with 48 kilometers to go.

Despite working as a team, they reached twenty one, where the sprinter teams started working for the finish where Kooij consolidated his mandate