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TUESDAY
Arensman also wins professional round of Surhuisterveen after Boxmeer
11 p.m. Thymen Arensman has won the professional round of Surhuisterveen. The 25-year-old cyclist of Ineos-Grenadiers crossed the finish line. Just behind him, Jonathan Milan, the Italian winner of the green sweater in the Tour de France, won the sprint of Australian Ben O’Connor.
In the Tour de France, Arensman won the fourteenth mountain stage from Pau to Luchon-Superbagnères. He then also crossed the finish in the nineteenth stage to La Plagne. Milan won two stages in the mass sprint next to the green sweater. O’Connor won the eighteenth stage to Courchevel.
The day before, Arensman also seized the victory in the Boxmeer criterion. A year earlier, Tour winner Tadej Pogacar in Surhuisterveen won.
Goalkeeper Ter Stegen of Barcelona operated on his back
15.23 hours: Goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen of FC Barcelona has undergone a back operation. The Spanish club announced this. It is not clear how long the recovery of the 33-year-old keeper will take.
Ter Stegen experiences a complicated period. The Catalan goalkeeper was relegated by his coach Hansi Flick to the Barcelona reserve bank. Ter Stegen was in the interest of various European clubs to his injury. It is unlikely that Ter Stegen will make another transfer this summer.
Volleyball player Klok exchanges Lycurgus for German club
13.02 hours: Volleyball international Jeffrey Klok continues his career in Germany. The 26-year-old Libero exchanges Lycurgus in Groningen for Barrock Volleys. That club from Ludwigshafen comes out in the Bundesliga, the highest level in Germany.
The 1.89 meter long clock previously played for SSS from Barneveld and the Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn, with which he became the national champion twice. The past three seasons he played for Lycurgus, which in May lost the final to the national title of Orion.
“Jeffrey brings stability, experience and quality to the team. He will help us enormously with his positive and communicative personality,” said technical director Michael Dornheim on the Barrock Volleys website about the son of former international Marko Klok.
SUNDAY
Bond trainer Markus Pekkola leaves Judobond
Markus Pekkola stops as a federal trainer of the best female judokas in the Netherlands. “It has been a privilege to be able to work with such a talented and dedicated team,” says the Finn on the website of the Judobond. “I am proud of what we have achieved together. I have great appreciation for the Judobond and wish the organization every success in the future.”
The Dutch Judobond appointed Mark van der Ham last week as the main union coach of the National Training Center (NTC). He will manage coaches and would guide the two Bond trainers Sirach Cooiman (men) and Pekkola. Pekkola and the Judobond spoke about a contract extension in recent weeks. But both parties have not reached an agreement.