Third day Ster Elektrotoer

Today with like a mini Amstel Gold Race with amongst other climbs, the Cauberg, two times up the Eyserbosweg and the Gulpenerberg.

I really wanted to attack today and immediately at the start of the stage I joined a group of 20. After around 15 kilometres the group was caught by the peloton. After that I attacked a few times again. In the end a group of four got away with Piet Rooijakkers from Skil-Shimano.

Rabobank rode a good tempo at the head of the peloton and there wasn't much happening on the small climbs until the second ascension of the Eyserbosweg. I felt good then and I was present every time that a little group got a gap after the

Eyserbosweg but the groups never decent gaps. The most serious group got away on the Cauberg but these didn't stay away too long either.

In the end the sprinters' teams took control of the race to set up a mass sprint. We worked for Roy Curvers but that didn't work out the best.

Tomorrow we have the hardest stage of the Ster Elektrotoer with a couple of tough climbs in the Ardennes.

 
Greetings,  
Koen