Van Baarle and Kopecky, winners of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Van Baarle and Kopecky, winners of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Van Baarle and Kopecky, winners of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Euskaraz irakurri: Van Baarle eta Kopecky, Omloop Het Nieuwsbladeko irabazleak

the dutch Dylan vanBaarle and the Belgian Lotte Kopecky they were carried the classical Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Both riders have taken victory In solitaryleaving the rest of the cyclists behind.

In the men’s race, Van Baarle, who in 2023 is playing his first season with the Jumbo-Visma team, won the first Belgian classic of the season alone this Saturday, the 78th edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, played between Ghent and Ninove over 207.3 kilometers.

He reached the finish line alone with a margin of 20 seconds over a peloton headed by the Belgian Arnaud de Lie (Lotto Dstny) and French Christopher Laporte (Jumbo-Visma), who recovered from a crash in the early part of the race.

The Dutchman escaped along with three other cyclists after the Wolvenberg, 38 kilometers from the end, and then he was taking down his breakaway companions one by one in the remaining ascents to take the victory.

In the women’s race, on the other hand, the fifteenth edition of the classic fell on the side of the Belgian lotte Kopecky (SD Word). The route they had to take had a distance of 132.2 kilometers to travel also between Ghent and Ninove.

Kopecky, who was escaping with the Cuban Arlenis Sierra (Movistar) with, attacked twelve kilometers from the finish line to take the victory alone. Sierra, for her part, found herself absorbed by the peloton. The podium was completed Lorraine Wiebes (SD Word) and Martha Bastianelli (UAE) who reached the finish line 11 seconds behind the winner.

MALE RACE CLASSIFICATION

1.- VAN BAARLE Dylan (Jumbo-Visma) 4:54:49

2.- DE LIE Arnaud (Lotto Dstny) +0:20

3.- LAPORTE Christophe (Jumbo-Visma) mt

4.- KRISTOFF Alexander (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) mt

5.- PIDCOCK Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) mt

6.- BALLERINI Davide (Soudal – Quick Step) mt

7.- POLITT Nils (BORA – hansgrohe) mt

8.- PASQUALON Andrea (Bahrain – Victorious) mt

9.- OLIVEIRA Rui (UAE Team Emirates) mt

10.- VANMARCKE Sep (Israel – Premier Tech) mt

WOMEN’S RACE CLASSIFICATION

1.- KOPECKY Lotte (Team SD Worx) 3:33:55

2.- WIEBES Lorena (Team SD Worx) +0:11

3.- BASTIANELLI Marta (UAE Team) mt

4.- NORSGAARD ​​Emma (Movistar Team) mt

5.- GEORGI Pfeiffer (Team DSM) mt

6.- KOSTER Anouska (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) mt

7.- TON Quinty (Liv Racing TeqFind) mt

8.- SCHWEINBERGER Christina (Fenix-Deceuninck) mt

9.- PALADIN Soraya (Canyon//SRAM Racing) mt

10.- LONGO BORGHINI Elisa (Trek – Segafredo) mt

Source: Eitb

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