Howard finally gets reward in Holland
L🐈ong wait ends with satiꦍsfying win in Ster ZLM Toer
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Leigh Howard (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:HTC-Highroad) took the final stage of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ster ZLM Toer to complete a succ🐻essful race forౠ the team. The Australian however will be relieved to finally breakthrough after a number of setbacks in the last few months.
Crashes in April's Tour de Romandie as well as a what seemed a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:luckless Tour of California saw Howard miss out on wins that he himself had thought were realistic. In the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:TD Bꦺank International in Philadelphia, a race HTC-Highroad had flagged as one the Aus💯tralian would be the team's designated leader, a mechanical incident in the final 20 kilometre saw him miss o🅰ut once again.
This win thus comes as a particulalry sweet one for Howard, as HTC-Highroad sports director, Jan Sch💫affrath explained af𓆏ter the stage.
"Our goal for today was to work for Leigh in the sprint, but it was a very difficult stage with a lot of rain, wind and storms," he said. "The run-in was not easy either, I counted five speed bumps iಌn the last couple of kilometers and other 'road furniture' too, but Leigh came through well. He was protected from the wind when he needed to be then given the perfect lead out and the rest he𝔉 could handle for himself."
Schaffrath also praised the team's performance on the 💝day; and indeed the week, which has been an incredibly successfu🌌l one for HTC-Highroad.
"It's a great way to complete the event for him, and foꩵr the team too❀. We've had victories at both ends of the race and we led overall for the first three days too. It's difficult to ask for more."
Howard will not be riding next month's Tour de France this year but will be preparing for his Grand Tour debut at this year🔯's Vuelta ꦕa Espana in August.
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