Kooij sprints to victory on stage 2 of the Renewi Tour
Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) won stage 2 of the Renewi Tour, which came down to a sprint in Ardooie. The Dutchman had previously been caught behind a split in crosswinds, but he came back to the front and ultimately triumphed in a bunch kick ahead of Pavel Bittner (Picnic-PostNL). Arvid De Kleijn (Tudor) took third after Milan Fretin (Cofidis) was relegated.
That relegation altered the standings just enough to keep stage 1 winner Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quick Step), who was not particularly close in the stage 2 sprint, in the race lead with Kooij in second on the same time.
