Jos van Emden (Jumbo-Visma) spends a lot of time in the hotseat of time trials before surrendering the lead to the eventual winner, but fortunes have turned for the 34-year-old Dutchman over the past several weeks, first with a win in the prologue at the ZLM Tour and now with his second Dutch time trial title. Van Emden beat EF Education First`s Sebastian Langeveld by eight seconds over the 40.8km course on Wednesday in Edes, donning the champions`s jersey for the second time after he also won the title in 2010. Team Ineos` Dylan van Baarle, who recently won a stage at Criterium du Dauphine, was third at 27 seconds. `I think this is one of the nicest jerseys there is,` Van Emden said. `It almost became an obsession for me to win here again. If it wouldn´t have worked out, I would have found it a loss. I did not anticipate this victory, though. Yesterday, I did not feel too good due to the heat, so my confidence dropped.ADVERTISEMENT `I am not satisfied with my time trial, but I kept fighting until the end, and that resulted in this jersey,` Van Emden said. `I partly owe this victory to Mathieu Heijboer. He puts a lot of time and energy in me and this discipline and he knows how much I wanted to win. I trust him blindly.` Given the number of times throughout Van Emden`s career that he`s come close in time trials without getting the win, his victory Wednesday in Edes was especially emotional for the rider, staff and team. `Jos often gets beaten by a small margin,` said Heijboer, the team`s head of performance. `The fact that we succeeded today is one of the highlights of the year. We have invested a lot of time in this discipline. We went to the wind tunnel and tested new material from our partners.
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