the belgian Wout van Aert of the Jumbo-Visma team– He achieved his first victory of the current season this Saturday, in his first race of the course, by winning alone the 77th edition of the classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, valid for the UCI World Tour and disputed over 204.2 kilometers between the Belgian cities of Ghent and Ninove.
Van Aert, 27 years old and who launched a definitive attack with thirteen kilometers to go, prevailed alone and stood out at the Ninove finish line with a 22-second margin over a group of nine runners led by the Italian Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorius).
No one could respond to the Belgian champion’s attack when he broke away from the leading pack just before the final climb, the Bosberg. to the top with a lead of about 10 seconds and managed to solo to the finish to take victory in his first race this season.
Colbrelli won the sprint for second place ahead of fellow Belgian Greg Van Avermaet (Ag2r Citroën), who completed the podium. Van Aert capped off a dominant performance from the Jumbo-Visma team.
Again Annemiek van Vleuten
The Dutch woman from the Movistar team, won this Saturday for the second time in her career in the fourteenth edition of the women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, disputed between the Belgian cities of Ghent and Ninove over 128.4 km.
Van Vleuten beat his compatriot in the sprint Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx), along with the one that stood out at the Ninove goal. Another Dutchwoman, Lorena Wiebes (DSM), completed the podium.
The winner attacked on the Bosberg climb to leave the rest of the runners behind, except for Vollering, who got on her wheel. Van Vleuten sprinted her into the penultimate corner and although Vollering came with her, he beat her in the final effort.
Wout Van Aert, the strongest in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
CLASSIFICATION
1- VAN AERT Wout (Jumbo-Visma) 0:00
2- COLBRELLI Sonny (Bahrain – Victorious) 0:22
3- VAN AVERMAET Greg (AG2R Citroën Team) 0:22
4- NAESEN Oliver (AG2R Citroen Team) 0:22
5- CAMPENAERTS Victor (Lotto Soudal) 0:00
6- TILLER Rasmus (One-X Pro Cycling Team) 0:22
7- TRENTIN Matteo (UAE Team Emirates) 0:22
8- PASQUALON Andrea (Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux) 0:22
9- SÉNÉCHAL Florian (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 0:22
10- STUYVEN Jasper (Trek – Segafred) or 0:22
Source: Eitb
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