"I’m so happy to pay back the trust" - Tobias Lund Andresen gives Team Picnic PostNL first win of 2025 at Surf Coast Classic

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Thursday, 30 January 2025 at 10:00
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Team Picnic PostNL have their first victory of the 2025 season. Danish sprinter Tobias Lund Andresen proved quickest of the bunch at the Surf Coast Classic, kicking off the campaign in earnest.

“Today was a lovely day for us. We’ve been working very hard here the whole time Down Under and the days leading up to this. I really felt the full support of the team," reflects Lund Andresen post-race in a press release on Team Picnic PostNL's official website. "We were up there at the front the whole day and in the first split we had six guys in there which was great. It was a hard and fast day of racing but with the support of my team it felt quite fun to be honest actually. I’m so happy to pay back the trust from the team and the guys today with this win; so let’s keep this up on Sunday.”

As mentioned, with this being the team's first victory of the new season, it was a big moment, not only for Lund Andresen. “The boys rode superbly all day. The race split after 60 kilometres and we had six guys in the front, and we pushed on there to try and take an advantage, knowing that if it regrouped that those teams chasing would also have spent energy," assesses Team Picnic PostNL coach Matt Winston. "It all came back but everyone stayed nice and calm running into the final. We really looked after Tobi and did a fantastic job to deliver him to the finish line where he could take a really nice sprint win with us. It was a fantastic job by the whole team today and we can be really happy with that.”

1Lund Andresen TobiasTeam Picnic PostNL12503:16:05
2Welsford SamRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe85+ 00
3Teutenberg Tim TornLidl-Trek70+ 00
4Strong CorbinIsrael-Premier Tech60+ 00
5Tesfazion NatnaelMovistar Team50+ 00
6Coquard BryanCofidis40+ 00
7Swift BenINEOS Grenadiers35+ 00
8Canal CarlosMovistar Team30+ 00
9Marit ArneIntermarché-Wanty25+ 00
10Gate AaronXDS Astana Team20+ 00
11Huby AntoineSoudal Quick-Step15+ 00
12Fox MatthewAustralia10+ 00
13Walls MatthewGroupama-FDJ5+ 00
14Pacher QuentinGroupama-FDJ5+ 00
15van Poppel DannyRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe5+ 00
16Kwiatkowski MichalINEOS Grenadiers3+ 00
17Porter RudyAustralia3+ 00
18Renard AlexisCofidis3+ 00
19Zimmermann GeorgIntermarché-Wanty3+ 00
20Konrad PatrickLidl-Trek3+ 00
21Stewart CampbellTeam Jayco-AlUla3+ 00
22Eddy PatrickTeam Picnic PostNL3+ 00
23Raccagni Noviero AndreaSoudal Quick-Step3+ 00
24Walker MaxEF Education-EasyPost3+ 00
25Norsgaard Mathias SunekærMovistar Team3+ 00
26Eenkhoorn PascalSoudal Quick-Step+ 00
27Nerurkar LukasEF Education-EasyPost+ 00
28Lecerf JuniorSoudal Quick-Step+ 00
29Swift ConnorINEOS Grenadiers+ 00
30Bleddyn OliverAustralia+ 00
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