Van Dijke sprints to fourth place in bunch sprint thirteenth stage Giro d’Italia
Nothing much happened on the flat course heading north. Three riders rode in front for a long time, but were caught when a strong crosswind created some momentum in the peloton. For a while this created a split, but after a few kilometers the peloton came back together. Thus, a bunch sprint appeared inevitable.
In that sprint, Van Dijke nestled himself in the front of the peloton in the absolute closing stages, partly due to clever work by teammate Edoardo Affini. The 24-year-old Dutchman squeezed out a powerful sprint, resulting in fourth place.
“We start every stage with a clear goal”
Tim van Dijke
“It’s thanks to Edoardo that I got into good position in the finale,” Van Dijke said. “Together with him I worked my way through the peloton from the backfield. It’s nice to see that, despite several setbacks, we remain positive and ambitious. We start every stage with a clear goal. We also pursue that specific goal one hundred percent every time. Today we aimed for a sprint, tomorrow in the time trial Edoardo wants to go for a good result. Next week I hope to sprint again in the final stage towards Rome. If everything falls into place, maybe we can get close to a podium place again. Today we were very close. In any case, it boosted our confidence.”
Giro d’Italia
Stage 13
Result
Rankings
Result
1
Jonathan Milan
Lidl – Trek
04:02:03
2
Stanisław Aniołkowski
Cofidis
+00:00:00
3
Phil Bauhaus
Bahrain – Victorious
+00:00:00
4
Tim van Dijke
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
80
Attila Valter
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
92
Edoardo Affini
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
114
Jan Tratnik
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:08
Rankings
1
Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
49:24:38
2
Daniel Felipe Martínez
BORA – hansgrohe
+00:02:40
3
Geraint Thomas
INEOS Grenadiers
+00:02:56
34
Attila Valter
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:38:25
41
Jan Tratnik
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:51:00
116
Tim van Dijke
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+02:17:20
135
Edoardo Affini
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+02:32:00
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Tim van Dijke
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Giro d’Italia
