The ZLM Tour is scheduled to take place from the 5th to the 9th of June this year. This Dutch race has gained popularity as a crucial preparation event leading up to the Tour de France, offering numerous opportunities for sprinters to vie for victories and hone their form before their main objective. Here's our preview of the upcoming race.
The race starts off with a 14-7 kilometer time-trial in Westkapelle. It is a day that can prove crucial for the overall classification - having no sort of climbing, as the rest of the race.
The first set bunch sprint of the race. First of four. Stage 2 starts in Middelburg and finishes in Wissenkerke, 193 of pan-flat roads with a finale just at sea level.
Stage 3 is not too different than the previous days. From Scijndel to Buchten the riders find 178 kilometers where preventing a bunch sprint would be very difficult.
If there is a day to make differences outside of the time-trial, then certainly this is it. Stage 4 is the longest day of the race with 196 kilometers on the menu, but it also features two passages of the 2-kilometer long Hogerwaardpolder cobbled sector. The last one ends with 73 kilometers to go however, before a finale in Roosendaal.
The final stage of the race is not too different than what the previous days have shown. Stage 5 starts and finishes in Oosterhout, finishing with a flat circuit that should lead to a final bunch sprint.
Prediction ZLM Tour 2024 overall classification:
*** Tim van Dijke, Gerben Thijssen
** Rune Herregodts, Max Kanter
* Tom Bohli, Simon Dehairs, Casper van Uden, Gleb Syritsa, Mike Teunissen,
Pick: Gerben Thijssen
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