Jakob Söderqvist wins the opening prologue of the 2026 Eneco Tour and takes the first leader's jersey

Jakob Söderqvist (Lidl-Trek) has won the first stage of the 2026 Eneco Tour, the 3.1-kilometre evening prologue in The Hague, stopping the clock at 03:32.00. The Lidl-Trek rider, who started third from last, finished just 75 hundredths of a second ahead of Wessel Mouris (Unibet Rose Rockets), second on the same time, and Christophe Laporte (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), third at 1.4 seconds. With this victory, Söderqvist is the first leader of the race's general classification. The race The opening prologue was decided by the smallest of margins. Wessel Mouris had raised the bar with a ride that seemed good enough for victory, while his brother Michiel Mouris (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies) had slotted himself among the best. In the final positions on the start list, Ethan Hayter (Soudal Quick-Step) improved the benchmark, before Laporte and Söderqvist completed their comeback into the top positions. Results Jakob Söderqvist (Lidl-Trek) — 03:32.00 Wessel Mouris (Unibet Rose Rockets) — s.t. Christophe Laporte (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) — s.t. Ethan Hayter (Soudal Quick-Step) — s.t. Michiel Mouris (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies) — s.t. General classification Jakob Söderqvist (Lidl-Trek) — 00:03:32 Wessel Mouris (Unibet Rose Rockets) — +00:03:33 Christophe Laporte (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) — +00:03:33 The race continues tomorrow with a new stage, the second of the five scheduled.