Olav Kooij
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Giro 2025: Kooij powers to glory in Rome, Yates seals GC
Door Harmen Lustig The final stage of the Giro d’Italia belongs to the sprinters. Olav Kooij seizes the opportunity, powering to his second stage win, as his teammate Simon Yates wraps up the overall victory.
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Giro 2025: Kooij powers to triumph in Viadana, Del Toro stays in pink
Door Harmen Lustig Third time lucky for Olav Kooij in the Giro’s third bunch sprint. The Dutchman outpowers Casper van Uden and Ben Turner, while Isaac del Toro retains the pink jersey.
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Tirreno-Adriatico 2025: Kooij wins grueling race, Ganna still leader
Door Harmen Lustig After the mountainous first part of the Tirreno-Adriatico's 4th stage, echelons come into play in the final 80 kilometres. All of this is too much for the pure sprinters, but the strongmen are still in the mix for the finale, in which Olav Kooij…
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Giro 2024: Kooij wins in Naples, Pogacar still in pink
Door Harmen Lustig Jhonathan Narváez attacks inside the final 8 kilometres. He comes close, but is caught in the dying metres of the race before Olav Kooij outguns Jonathan Milan on the line. Tadej Pogacar stays in the lead of the general classification.
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Paris-Nice 2024: Kooij wins in Sisteron, Plapp still leader
Door Harmen Lustig Olav Kooij sprints to victory at the end of a hilly race with an elevation gain of 2,175 meters. He bests Mads Pedersen and Pascal Ackermann with a bike length. Luke Plapp keeps Paris-Nice's yellow jersey.
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Paris-Nice 2024: Kooij sprints to first leader's jersey
Door Harmen Lustig Olav Kooij sprints to victory in the streets of Les Mureaux. The Dutch sprinter bests Mads Pedersen in a close finish, while Laurence Pithie finishes in third position. Kooij is the first leader on GC.
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UAE Tour 2024: Kooij outsprints Merlier in fotofinish, Vine still leader
Door Harmen Lustig Olav Kooij outguns Tim Merlier in a fotofinish sprint at the end of the UAE Tour's 5th stage, while Sam Welsford comes home in third place. Jay Vine stays in the overall race lead.
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Tour of Britain 2023: Kooij powers to fourth win in four days
Door Harmen Lustig Olav Kooij sprints to victory in Newark-on-Trent. It's his fourth win in four days Tour of Britain. This time he outguns his compatriot Casper van Uden and Ethan Vernon.
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Tour of Britain 2023: Leader Kooij completes hattrick
Door Harmen Lustig Olav Kooij is on fire in the Tour of Britain. The Dutchman powers to his third consecutive stage win in the 3rd stage. Danny van Poppel and Ethan Vernon come home in second and third.
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Tour of Britain 2023: Kooij sprints to first leader's jersey
Door Harmen Lustig Olav Kooij sprints to victory in Manchester to take the first leader's jersey on the Tour of Britain. His lead-out man Wout van Aert finishes in second, Sam Bennett in third.
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Paris - Nice 2023: Sprint triumph Kooij, Pogacar still leader
Door Harmen Lustig The 5th stage of Paris-Nice is the longest of the entire Race to the Sun. And the slowest. All action is packed together in the last kilometres. Young Olav Kooij powers to victory ahead of Mads Pedersen and Tim Merlier. Tadej Pogacar stays in yellow.