Fabulous fourth for Kopecky and TNN in Hungary

Continuing the strong start to this year’s Tour de Hongrie 22-year-old Matyas Kopecky really found his form on today’s stage two sprinting into his second top five of the season with fourth place. 

Team Novo Nordisk almost didn’t get the chance to contest the result at all after a mass crash took down over 30 riders inside the last 50km, but thankfully most of the bunch were able to get upright and continue.

“It was an awful crash and I really hope everyone is ok,” began Kopecky. “We were caught up in it, and it was one of those situations where you’ve got nowhere to go and nothing to do. But we were lucky, because we could actually carry on.”

“There was a frenetic feeling throughout the day really, there was some wind in the beginning and then the crash, but the guys regrouped and did a great job again all the way through to the final.

“I felt like I was carrying so much speed in the sprint and if you watch the it back, it was a little hectic in the last meters and I had to shuffle a bit and lost my line slightly. What a rush though, when you’re feeling good and get a result on a chaotic day like today there’s nothing like it.”