25th May – Stage 4: Villasana de Mena – Lezana de Mena
The Vuelta a Burgos concluded on Sunday afternoon with a challenging nine kilometre test against the clock, which featured several rolling climbs; making for a hard day in the saddle. Team Picnic PostNL got through the route in a good way, but it would be Franziska Koch who lit up the timing sheets for the squad, moving into a provisional third place at the line; ultimately finishing ninth. Meanwhile, Nienke Vinke put in a solid effort to defend her white jersey as best young rider and move up one place on GC come the end of the race.
Koch said: “I’m happy to finish Burgos with another top ten result. We don’t have many time trials throughout the year, so it makes a good performance like that even nicer. We had a young team here in Burgos and I think they could learn a lot this week. We had some bad luck in stage two which cost us a stage and GC opportunity, but nevertheless we kept the drive high in the four days and it was nice we could leave with the best young rider jersey.”