West Australian Luke Durbridge is leading the 2011 Royal Smilde Olympia's Tour in the Netherlands after winning the 4.7km prologue in Hoofddorp.

The Jayco-AIS rider clocked a time of 5:53.050 to better the time of his team mate Queensland's Michael Hepburn who was a fraction of a second slower (5:53.660) in second place. Dutch rider Sander Oostlander (De Rijke CTD) was third fastest in 5:59.660.

"I thought that Michael would be faster, but I'm obviously very happy," said a surprised Durbridge after his ride. "I worked very hard towards this and suits me down to the ground being a track rider and it worked out for me here today."

Durbridge and Hepburn were last in Holland for the track world championships where along with Rohan Dennis and Jack Bobridge they claimed gold in the teams pursuit. 

"The course was very good and, with two wins so far here this year, I do like Holland," said Durbridge. 

The prologue was raced through the Haarlemmermeerse Forest and included a challenging climb up Big Spotters Hill.

"The boys are fired up to win," said Team Director Matt White. "It will be difficult because it will be a tough week but we're off to a good start."

The six day, seven stage event continues with a 150.8km stage from Hoofddorp to Noordwijk.

The Team Jayco-AIS line up for the Olympia's Tour is Nick Aitken, Alex Carver, Aaron Donnelly, Luke Durbridge, Michael Hepburn, Damien Howson, Richard Lang and Malcolm Rudolph