Wout van Aert wins Gent-Wevelgem
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) powered to victory at Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday, winning a sprint out of a small group ahead of Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka-Assos) and Matteo Trentin (UAE-Team Emirates).
The Belgian one-day may have come down to a fast finish with several marquee speedsters in the mix as it often does, but it was anything but a conventional edition of the race, as the leaders were battling for the win after spending a long day out front in a big move that formed in the crosswinds with roughly 175 km still to go in the race. Even with so much ground to cover before the finish, a select group of those originally out front held on all the way into Wevelgem (after traveling 1.1 km more than originally planned after a fire in the city of Menen led to changes in the route).
Seven riders rolled into Wevelgem together in the end, and Van Aert took a convincing win in the final kick.
Top 10
1 VAN AERT Wout (Jumbo-Visma)
2 NIZZOLO Giacomo (Qhubeka-Assos)
3 TRENTIN Matteo (UAE-Team Emirates)
4 COLBRELLI Sonny (Bahrain Victorious)
5 MATTHEWS Michael (BikeExchange)
6 KÜNG Stefan (Groupama-FDJ)
7 VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan (Jumbo-Visma)
8 VAN BAARLE Dylan (Ineos Grenadiers)
9 TURGIS Anthony (Total Direct Energie)
10 VERMEERSCH Gianni (Alpecin-Fenix)
More to come …
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