Bob Jungels continued Sunday Deceuninck-Quickstep-the party in the belgian opening weekend in the road race.
The 26-year-old luxembourger won the namely the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, which ranks just below the World Tour.
It came to pass after a race, where the Danish Magnus Cort dominated from the beginning to the Jungels’ essential soloangreb 15 kilometers from the target.
Over the line was Jungels a few handfuls of seconds in front of the reduced field.
With 147 kilometers back of the 201 kilometer was the Danish Astana-rider-namely, running in the outbreak with two other riders.
When was the first time travelled with more than 46 kilometers an hour in average, and today’s the second of a total of 13 belgian tubers had just been passed.
From the distance could Corts outbreak is seen as an attempt to buy themselves a little elastic for the many climbs, as the race ended with 50 miles on flat road.
On the long stretch towards the goal has a reduced field traditionally had good time to run the hardy sprinters in the position to decide the race between themselves. And in such a spurt would Cort be not stand a chance.
Cort group was joined by four riders more, and their lead reached three minutes, and it was a perfect length of rubber band.
they reached The namely, of the ninth tuber, the legendary Oude Kwaremont, with the field behind him.
But some of the riders drove forward to the Cort group. Among other Danish Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-Quickstep), his team-mate Zdenek Stybar, who on Saturday won the Omloop Het Niewsblad, and about 23 others.
With 72 miles to target, they had 48 seconds to the nearest group.
It looked like a decision.
But Cort would not settle for a spurt, and after today’s penultimate tuber he was again in eruption. This time with four others.
With 24 kilometres to the finishing line was their lead of 33 seconds, and Cort held life in the hope of a great Danish victory. At his side, he had a teammate Davide Ballerini.
With about 15 kilometers to the goal, it was clear, however, that Ballerini was Astana’s trump card in the finals, and Cort was tender after the many kilometers of the outbreak.
It came to pass, as Bob Jungels was running alone away from the front group, and Cort fell back through the field.
Soon after, was also the rest of the eruption run into.
Now it was Jungels against a field of fully the airport. The duel won the Jungels with brølstærk solokørsel.
