Groenewegen was ‘deposed’ perfectly by his Slovenian teammate Luka Mezgec. For 29-year-old Groenewegen it was his first victory since the stage win in the Arctic Race of Norway in August. “We were very motivated to show ourselves right away. In preparation for this season we evaluated many sprints with video images. You learn from that, also from the things that went wrong,” said Groenewegen,