Olav Kooij
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No major role for Team Visma | Lease a Bike in tough finale second stage Tour de Pologne
# Team Visma | Lease a Bike Falls Short in Challenging Stage 2 of the Tour de Pologne In a…
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Kooij sprints to victory in opening stage of Tour de Pologne
“I’m pleased I could reward the team with this win,” Kooij said afterward. “Everyone contributed from the start. We executed…
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The national road championships: the results
Dutch road championships (M) 🥈 For the third year in a row, Olav Kooij finished second in the Dutch championships.…
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Kooij and Veenhoven sprint to podium finishes at Dutch National Championships
Ede hosted the Dutch road championships. In the morning, the elite women battled it out for the red-white-and-blue jersey, with…
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Enzo Paleni makes a final attempt in Rome
The 2025 Giro d’Italia came to a close this Sunday in the Italian capital, and Enzo Paleni didn’t miss the…
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Yates fulfills dream with overall victory in Giro d’Italia, Kooij fastest in final stage
“This is one of the most important moments of my career,” said an emotional Yates afterward. The Brit joined Team…
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Yates seizes power and claims pink jersey in penultimate Giro stage
“I felt amazing today,” Yates said afterward. “I hadn’t really shown what I was capable of in this Giro yet,…
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Yates finishes seventh in tough 19th stage of Giro d’Italia
Stage 19 of this year’s Giro ran between Biella and Champoluc. Over the course of the 166-kilometer stage, riders faced…
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Van Aert and Van Baarle on the attack in stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia
Before the start, the question was whether this stage would end in a bunch sprint or favour the breakaway. Team…
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Yates limits damage on hard day in Giro d’Italia
Team Visma | Lease a Bike started the day with a clear strategy for what proved to be another tough…
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Strong Yates gains ground again in spectacular mountain stage of Giro d’Italia
Wout van Aert played an active role in the early part of the monster stage. In rainy conditions, the Belgian…
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Lemmen animates mountain stage, Yates strengthens GC position once again in Giro
Once again, it took a long and fierce battle before a breakaway could go clear. After several attempts, Lemmen managed…
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Kooij third in chaotic 14th stage of Giro d’Italia
The fourteenth stage of this Giro d’Italia took the peloton from Treviso to Nova Gorica in Slovenia. Throughout the stage,…
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Van Aert just misses out on another stage win in 13th Giro d’Italia stage
The 13th Giro stage ignited about 50 kilometers from the finish in Vicenza. On the San Giovanni in Monte, a…
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A sprint day in Lombardy
The Giro d’Italia returned to a certain calm on Thursday heading towards Viadana. In a twelfth stage for sprinters, the…
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Kooij sprints to Giro stage victory after superb team effort
“It feels incredibly good to finally get my stage win,” Kooij said afterwards. “The previous sprints in this Giro didn’t…
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