Mike Teunissen claims surprising win at Renewi Tour after a gamble: "I was the least fresh of the group, so I had to play all or nothing"
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Mike Teunissen cleverly won the third stage of the Renewi Tour on Friday. Despite being dropped late in the race, the Dutchmen came back to win the final sprint of a reduced group.
"I was the least fresh of the group, so I had to play all or nothing," Teunissen said in the flash interview.
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"This is a nice present. Last year I turned 30 and it hurt. I'm getting old, I thought. But I am now showing that I am not yet worn out," said Teunissen on his birthday. The Intermarché-Circus-Wanty rider took matters into his own hands on Friday by anticipating early on. "That's how I ended up in that group of favorites. It had taken a lot of strength, but I was still able to follow."
Teunissen then had to let go on the last hill, but was able to return to the front of the race together with Florian Vermeersch and Yves Lampaert. "They were good riders to be in the chasing group, they always want to ride. I was pretty fucked up, so after that I had to gamble. The rest were fresher than me. I'm glad it worked out in the end."
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Ondřej Zhasil is a cycling journalist at CyclingUpToDate and has been part of the team since 2023. He is based in Ostrava, the third-largest city in the Czech Republic, and covers professional cycling across the main UCI competitions, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España. A key focus of his work is startlist analysis and pre-race coverage, where he examines team selections, rider line-ups, and tactical scenarios ahead of major events.
Alongside WorldTour coverage, Ondřej has developed specific expertise in junior cycling and in racing across East Asia, including competitions in China and Japan. He also maintains a broad working knowledge of other disciplines and levels, including cyclocross, while continuing to expand his understanding of mountain bike racing.
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- exactly, he had an amazing season, but with these overstatements they don‘t do him good.Ketterechts08-11-2026
- More to the point, it isn't his remaining goal.Renz08-11-2026
- lol yeahmij08-11-2026
- I know, their headlines can be so misleading. Pidcock had a great season with 5 wins. and some solid 2nds. no reason to take away from that with a fake headline.mij08-11-2026
- You can clearly see the the posture change from slightly sitting to again out of the saddle while changing of gears in the video of the sprintabstractengineer08-11-2026
- He has already beaten Pogi twice in the TDF. the achievement is over. He cannot beat Pogi now and he only has a few years left at the top. Win Giro and compete in the TDF, maximise palmares.abstractengineer08-11-2026
- Just looked again at the photo. Yeah I stand by that. If MS had fallen over in Brands direction I don’t even think she would have hit her. You must be a UCI race commissioner. I’ll be sure to check my sock height should I ever see you on a ride. Looks like everyone else on here sees what I see.mij08-11-2026
- I said looking at the photo it doesn’t appear she deviated. Chill out, not stating my word is the final judgement. Just commenting that based on the photo I don’t see it. And BTW the Dutch coach even said she didn’t impede her.mij08-11-2026
- Blah Blah Blah !frieders308-11-2026
- MS said she was changing gears so that caused her slight deviation. Nothing was intentional.frieders308-11-2026
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