"Sometimes I need to believe in myself" - Casper van Uden reacts to biggest career win on stage 4 of 2025 Giro d'Italia
CyclingTuesday, 13 May 2025 at 17:44
Team Picnic PostNL have found things pretty difficult so far in 2025. On stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia however, everything came together perfectly as Casper van Uden surprised the bigger name sprinters to take the biggest victory of his career so far in a chaotic sprint.
"I had a strong, long sprint in me and went for it," reflected a beaming Van Uden in his post-stage interview afterwards, delighted to be able to pay back the support of his teammates with a Grand Tour stage win. "We knew our lead-out has been solid all year. All I had to do was follow Bram Welten and the other guys — they did an incredible job."
"I'm really happy I could give something back to the team for all the effort they've put into me. They always believe in me," continues the 23-year-old Dutchman following just his 4th career win and only the 3rd victory of 2025 for Team Picnic PostNL. "Sometimes I need to believe in myself too — and that pays off."
After the massive start to 2025 for the XDS Astana Team, this win for Van Uden could prove a big boost to the Team Picnic PostNL morale as they fight to keep their World Tour status.
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A HUGE win for Picnic PostNL! 🤩
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Casper van Uden powers to the line to take victory in Stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia! pic.twitter.com/xwAxxzXL1M
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KerisVroom27-05-2025 - Adam must be happy, for his brother ;-) Ayuso must have caught the same bacteria as Primoz when they crashed ;-), might retire before the end. This Giro is turning out far more interesting than any recent GT.Mistermaumau27-05-2025
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santiagobenites27-05-2025 - If his history is anything to go by he is a lock to win the Tour.DhoondiahWaugh27-05-2025
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leedorney27-05-2025 - Good luck finding sponsor once GT invitation stops.KerisVroom27-05-2025
- Like all of us, remembering his younger days and imagining he can still do the same ;-)Mistermaumau27-05-2025
- Might overcook it downhill, not sure he’s too used to steep gradients ;-)Mistermaumau27-05-2025
- I hope for some fireworks from Bernal and Carapaz. UAE is playing safe and boring.KerisVroom27-05-2025
Yeah, “little guy” who already beat Groenewegen and Merlier ;-) Also love how the media overhype anything in cycling, TNT saying this was a HUGE win for the team, let’s go back to using superlatives corresponding to reality. An important win maybe but c’mon, 50 points more than second when we’re at 20000? Had the team gotten 4th 5th and 6th and missed the podium completely they’d have collected more points but NO-ONE except themselves would have written one single word about their performance. Still well done to them for proving that the stage 3 pundit criticism about the little guys was unnecessary.