No climax of Flemish folk festival: Alaphilippe extends…
How did the world title come about?
At no less than 180 kilometers from the finish, the French already decided to make the race hard and almost all other top countries started with that. Benoît Cosnefroy attacked on the first pass of the Smeysberg, he got none other than Remco Evenepoel and Magnus Cort Nielsen. Not much later, a group with even more big names joined: Kasper Asgreen, Primoz Roglic, Stefan Bissegger and Florian Sénéchal, among others, were with them.
The Italians were the only top country not to participate and of course they couldn’t let that happen. The Italian train put itself at the head of the peloton and ensured a total regrouping with 130 kilometers from the finish. Afterwards, the race was locked for a while, but the brisk pace of the Belgians in particular caused the announcement: Caleb Ewan, among others, quickly went overboard.
At 56 kilometers from the finish, the final finally broke loose when Julian Alaphilippe continued on the Bekestraat and Van Aert was immediately on the wheel. All the big guns mixed and drove straight to the five with Remco Evenepoel again, who had left the peloton some 30 kilometers earlier.
All the favorites were in the seventeen-strong group in the front, it was Julian Alaphilippe who was stronger than everything and everyone. He placed one attack after the other on the short slopes in Leuven and went solo to the finish for the last 18 kilometers. No one was able to follow the Frenchman.
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How did the Belgians do it?
Tim Declercq language itself as usual in the first part of the course. The West Fleming already led the pack, ensured that the early break did not extend any further and also slipped into the first bigger break with many big names quickly. Even above that leading group was again caught up, ‘El Tractor’ continued to lead the pack for a while. At 70 kilometers from the finish, his work was done and he lowered himself. chapel.
Mixed already at 180 kilometers from the finish Remco Evenepoel himself in the debates, when he countered an attack by the Frenchman Benoît Cosnefroy on the first pass of the Smeysberg. When everything came together again and after a quieter period a leading group was formed again, the Beresterke Evenepoel was present again.
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After the first regroup put Yves Lampaert, Victor Campenaerts, Dylan Teuns and Tiesj Benoot takes turns leading the pack in a small train. The Belgians blasted the match for a long time and managed to throw some and strong men over.
also Jasper Stuyven was always where he needed to be and was there in the final. Over time, Stuyven could no longer react to the effects of the fantastic Alaphilippe. Stuyven expected to win the sprint of the chasing group first, but in the end he just missed the podium.
Wout van Aert trying to save his strength as long as possible, but inevitably had to close a gap a number of times in the final. When Julian Alaphilippe left, he was initially able to follow. With the umpteenth acceleration of the Frenchman, Van Aert also had to take a passenger.
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Bad luck of the day: ex-world champion Mads Pedersen. When he was even joining the pack after an initial solid crash, the Dane engaged in a crash at the back of the pack. eventually he soon gave up.
Another ex-world champion who got off the track early on: Mark Cavendish. The 36-year-old Briton wants to show in Leuven that he has more to offer than just a phenomenal sprint, but he can’t do that.
Result (top ten):
1. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)
2. Dylan Van Baarle (NED)
3. Michael Valgren (DEN)
4. Jasper Stuyven (BEL)
5. Nick Powless (US)
6. Tom Pidcock (GBR)
7. Zdenek Stybar (TSJ)
8. Mathieu van der Poel (NED)
9. Florian Senechal (FRA)
10. Sonny Colbrelli (IT)
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