HTC-COLUMBIA'S GREIPEL SCORES STAGE WIN AT ENECO TOUR
August 19, 2010
HTC-Columbia's Andre Greipel took the team's 87th victory of the 2010 season at the Eneco Tour Thursday with yet another perfectly executed sprint finish in the centre of Ardooie in Belgium. The HTC-Columbia riders used their speed and lead out skills to perfectly position Greipel in the final kilometre, resulting in an explosive sprint and a stage two win.
"It was difficult to hold a good position in the bunch and so we decided to wait and hit the front in the final kilometres of the stage when there was a headwind," Greipel explained. "Mark Renshaw dropped me off on Boasson Hagen's wheel just before the tight corner, with 1.5km to go. It was perfect, and I did the rest. I trusted my teammates and they trusted me. It's great to get the first win of the race and now anything else is a nice bonus."
Friday's third stage at the Eneco Tour is around the town of Ronse in the heart of the cycling-mad Flanders region of Belgium.