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Nooijen wins Eneco Tour Women prologue in 3:51, Kool next on 3:59
Lieke Nooijen (Visma-Lease a Bike) won the Eneco Tour Women 2026 prologue in The Hague, covering the 3.1km course in 3:51 and taking the first leader's jersey. Charlotte Kool and Lonneke Uneken shared the next two places, both eight seconds back. On a course that short, that is a clear result, not a close call.
What this means
Nooijen takes the overall lead into stage 1 in Ede on Wednesday.
Kool (Fenix-Premier Tech) set the early benchmark of 3:59 in the first wave. Nooijen went in the third of three waves, so the target was already on the board, and she still finished in 3:51. Uneken (VolkerWessels) was second-fastest of the day in that same third wave, and she also finished eight seconds behind. The prologue put 88 women and 88 men on the start list, with the two fields alternating waves on the same 3.1km course. Nooijen is the Dutch road race national champion.
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