Theo Bos won the third stage of the Glava Tour of Norway yesterday, a 163km run from Tønsberg to Drammen.

For Bos, the third time was indeed the charm. After two days of near misses, Bos claimed the top step on the podium, edging out Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) and Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling). “Yesterday [Thursday], I just did not have the power and the day before the finish was a little too steep for me. I knew I had it in me and today it all worked out” said Bos.

“Winning is not easy: you need a good plan and hard work and that’s precisely what we did. Especially after my fall in the Tour of Turkey, this is very satisfying. I really wanted to win there and had really prepared well together with the team. That injury was a real downer but I knew that we were headed for races where I could win such as the Tour of Norway and also the Bayern Rundfahrt and Ster ZLM Tour.

For a moment, it looked as if it might all go wrong in the Blanco sprint train. Bos told the story, “Brownie [Graeme Brown] placed me according to plan but I clicked out of my pedal and could not chase. Luckily, he came back quickly and got me set up again.”