He stayed ahead of Felix Maly from Germany and Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu from Canada in the sprint.
Jorrit Bergsma (39) is almost forty years old and dreams of Olympic medals of honor: ‘I want to show it to my children someday’
Bart Hoolwerf was in the peloton and finished thirteenth. That was two spots ahead of Jordan Stolz. The American surprised by participating in the mass start in the World Cup.
Advantage for Bergsma
Bergsma said afterwards to the NOS that the tough match was in his favor. “That’s how I want them. We were away with a group, that was perfect. The fact that I was able to finish it like that is wonderful.”
De Fries became world champion in the mass start on the same track in 2020. “Before the start I had to think that it would be nice to win like that again.”
Finish mass start for women is a disgrace
Bente Kerkhoff finished third in the women’s mass start. A very strange race, in which the leading group of four took distance and were never caught again. Mia Manganello won the mass start in that sprint. Or not?
Because after the finish there was no official result, because it had to be checked whether the leading group or the peloton had completed enough laps. And then suddenly the fastest of the peloton, Ji-Woo Park, allegedly won the mass start.
Ultimately, Manganello was declared the winner and Kerkhoff third. Slap stick and chaos in Salt Lake.