Tag: Ronde van Drenthe

Julius van den Berg: “It was my hardest race ever”

Julius van den Berg: “It was my hardest race ever”

"It was my hardest race ever", says Julius van den Berg after riding 200 km in the break in last weekend's Ronde van Drenthe. "At first I wanted to wait for the final, but once I was at the front of the bunch I could not hold back". It was a long day for him, with both the fast pace and the hard taking him beyond his limits. "I was feeling good, but at the end things got really tough and I was so tired. It was definitely my hardest race ever". Now he faces…continue reading →
200 km in the break for Julius van den berg

200 km in the break for Julius van den berg

The first of our two races of the weekend is done and dusted. Ronde van Drenthe saw our Julius van den Berg jump into the break just a few moments in the race. The leading group was allowed over 8 minutes before the peloton started the chase. Several attacks led the bunch to speed up and rapidlly it broke into pieces, but our Fabio Jakobsen remained always well positioned and made it to the first group. With only 2 km to go, empty after whole day giving all he had, Julius van der Berg had to let the…continue reading →