It’s a first pro win at #VueltaBurgos 🇪🇸 for 🇨🇿 Bittner (@dsmfirmpostnl)! After a couple of 🥈 places throughout this season, it’s jackpot time! 🤩 🇮🇹 Nizzolo (@Q36_5ProCycling) and 🇪🇸 Garcia Cortina (@Movistar_Team) have to be happy with 2nd and 3rd. 🥲
"The guys really nailed it today" - Pavel Bittner sprint to first pro win on perfect day for DSM at the Vuelta a Burgos
CyclingMonday, 05 August 2024 at 23:30
The 2024 Vuelta a Burgos got underway this Monday afternoon. After a frantic final sprint, Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL's Pavel Bittner sprinted to the win on what was basically a perfect day for the team.
“Today was the first sprint opportunity of the race. The guys and team really believed in me that we could do a nice final and potentially win," reflects Bittner after his first pro win in conversation with his team's official website. "Coming into the final 40 kilometres the boys did a really good job, already being in the front early and holding a side of the road so we could be safe and out of trouble. We could hold the left side of the road almost until the final."
"The team placed me really well going over the top of the last drag and onto the descent to the finish. From there I went on intuition a little bit and finally managed to win which feels amazing after so many second places," Bittner continues, referencing the final fight for the line. "I’m really happy, and also to pay back the guys for their work and it’s a really good start to the race for us.”
“Coming into this race we wanted to be super sharp on the details because we knew the impact it has on the result. Our aim was to sprint with Pavel and keep Max Poole safe throughout the stage," adds Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL coach Callum Ferguson. "We also had an eye on those bonus seconds and go for them if we could without wasting too much energy, which Max and the guys did well. Then the focus was on being together and feeling that moment to go in the final. The guys really nailed it today, you could see we were together and safe from far out, then in the final they positioned Pavel who just went for it. Pavel is over the moon with it and I think we can be too.”
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