Cyclist Nils Eekhoff won the ZLM Tour prologue on Wednesday evening. The Dutch rider of Team DSM was the fastest on a course over 6.6 kilometers in Heinkenszand in Zeeland.
Eekhoff finished in 7.27, with an average of over 53 kilometers per hour. He was only one second faster than Australian Alexander Edmondson. The Dutchman Olav Kooij finished third with almost the same time. He won the stage race last year.
The ZLM Tour this year is largely a real Brabant round. The prologue on Wednesday evening and the first stage on Thursday are still in Zeeland, but on Friday morning the peloton will be ready in Schijndel for a 184 kilometer ride to Buchten in Limburg.
Saturday and Sunday it will be a Brabant party. Saturday 10 June the start and finish is in Roosendaal, on Sunday the ride starts and ends in Oosterhout.
Brabant+
All stages of the ZLM Tour can be followed live on Brabant+. That is the new free app with which the complete video range of the broadcaster can be seen on demand. With the app, comparable to services such as Netflix and NPO Start, you can watch series from Brabant soil for free and ad-free, wherever and whenever you want.
You can also watch live TV with the app and listen to Omroep Brabant radio. The ZLM Tour is the first event that can be followed live on Brabant+ in its entirety. The stages of Saturday and Sunday can also be seen live on Omroep Brabant TV.