While most of the Ducth public look to Tom Dumoulin to take the yellow jersey in the opening stage of the Tour de France in Utrecht, Lars Boom has also proved that he can do well in such a short time trial (13.8 km).

"Of course I think about that first yellow sometimes, but if Tom has a great day, I'm not going to beat him," the 29-year-old told De Telegraaf. "But I have certainly been on my time trial bike a few times, also with a view to the team time trial which we can win at Astana. "