Mollema wins Profonde van Surhuisterveen criterium
Froome, Westra round out podium
Despite heavy rain throughout the day, 30,000 spectators lined the circuit of the Profronde van Surhuisterveen criterium to see the stars of this year's Tour de France in action.
Racing in front of a home crowd, Bauke Mollema (Belkin) prevailed from a two-man break with Tour de France champion Chris Froome (Sky) in the 80km criterium.
Mollema had been out in front on his own when first Froome made contact at seven laps to go, followed by Dutch time trial champion Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) then Mollema's teammate Tom Jelte Slagter and Tom Veelers (Argos-Shimano).
With three laps to go Mollema jumped away with only Froome able to follow. At the finish Mollema outkicked Froome for the win, while Westra soloed in for third.
Click here for a photo gallery from the action in Surhuisterveen.
1 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team |
2 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling |
3 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team |
4 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano |
5 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team |
6 | Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team |
7 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano |
8 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano |
9 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team |
10 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo-Tinkoff |
Get The Leadout Newsletter
The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!
Latest on Cyclingnews
-
2025 Tour of the Alps includes 14,700m of climbing in just 739km and five days of racing
Route revealed in front of Christian Prudhomme and UCI President David Lappartient -
The 2025 UCI calendar could have a major gap as two February races are in doubt
Tour Colombia facing budget hurdles, could face cancellation, adding to potential absence of Volta a Valenciana -
Maxim Van Gils' contract battle with Lotto Dstny pushes pro cycling towards a football-style transfer market system
'Soon, a contract will no longer mean anything' team managers tells RTBF -
American Criterium Cup juggles eight-race US calendar for fourth edition in 2025
Racing begins June 6 at Saint Francis Tulsa Tough, with remaining schedule zig-zagging across central US