{"id":200160,"date":"2025-10-14T20:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/200160\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T20:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:05:07","slug":"tour-of-holland-ethan-hayter-powers-to-prologue-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/200160\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour of Holland: Ethan Hayter powers to prologue victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ethan Hayter<\/a> (Soudal-Quickstep) claimed the victory in the four-kilometre prologue of the first edition of the NIBC Tour of Holland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hayter broke the heart of the young Australian Cameron Rogers (Lidl-Trek), who had led for most of the stage, beating him by just 0.28 seconds.<\/p>\n

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Jakob S\u00f8derqvist made it two Lidl-Trek riders on the stage podium, slotting in just 0.44 seconds shy of Hayter in third.<\/p>\n

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“It’s really nice to finish the season so well, and there was [just] two tenths in the end, which is nothing,” Hayter said. “I was really close to medal last week at the European Championships – less than the second and now it’s the other way around – so I’m really happy.<\/p>\n

“I’ve really got back to my my best in the time trials this year. It’s been really nice. I have to thank the team for believing in me and giving me all the best equipment to go as fast as possible.”<\/p>\n

Rogers, the nephew of ex-pro Michael Rogers, was disappointed not to get the win, but looked on the bright side.<\/p>\n

“I beat some big names still, so I’m pretty happy, and I still get to wear a jersey going in tomorrow. I’m pretty happy, but also a bit bummed,” Rogers said.<\/p>\n

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In the dark of night under a light rain, the inaugural Tour of Holland began with a four-kilometre prologue time trial through the streets of the Zuiderpark in The Hague.<\/p>\n

Nils Eekhoff (Picnic-PostNL), the 12th rider down the ramp, set the most lasting early time in 4:32.1.<\/p>\n

The Dutch rider had only 20 minutes to cool down in the hot seat before Cameron Rogers (Lidl-Trek) bested his time by five seconds, coming through with a time of 4:26.93.<\/p>\n

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The margin seemed to bode well for the upstart who beat Filippo Ganna in the prologue of the Tour of Austria last year, but Rogers had a long time to wait to find out if he would win the stage. He watched as riders like Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease a Bike) and under-23 time trial world champion Jakob S\u00f8derqvist (Lidl-Trek) came and went without surpassing his mark.<\/p>\n

S\u00f8derqvist was just three-tenths of a second off winning the stage behind the unlikely leader, who was called up from Lidl-Trek’s development team.<\/p>\n

Rogers’ hopes began to rise as the last ten riders started to come through the line and he was still leading the standings.<\/p>\n

British champion Ethan Hayter (Soudal-Quickstep) posed the biggest danger as a fellow track cyclist and pursuit specialist.<\/p>\n

Rogers could only hold his head in dismay as Hayter gave his all to come through just 28 hundredths of a second quicker.<\/p>\n

Only three riders came after Hayter, but Johan Price Pejtersen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Danny van Poppel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) could not get past the Briton.<\/p>\n

Results<\/p>\n

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