Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) will not be one of the main names when he debuts in the Netherlands' senior Cycling World Championships squad next Sunday, but the young Dutch sprinter is quietly hopeful he can do his part for his team on the roads of Glasgow all the same.
Second in the opening bunch sprint of the Tour de Pologne on Saturday in Poznan, Kooij was then the winner on Tuesday in Opole by a massive margin. Kooij was the first to recognise afterwards that “such a special one-day race like the Worlds is different from a stage in the Tour of Pologne".
