Sunday Might 19, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X) has gained the Antwerp Port Epic. Emilien Jeannière (Staff TotalEnergies) took second place, whereas Israeli Oded Kogut (Israel-Premier Tech Academy) got here third. The Belgian Arnaud De Lie sprinted to fourth place.
The peloton needed to courageous 24 kilometers of cobblestones and 32 kilometers of unpaved roads round Antwerp over a complete distance of 178 kilometers. Essential unpaved roads had been the Zone Kabeljauw (1515 meters) and the Opstalpolder (1635 meters). Greater than twenty kilometers from the end, the cobblestone strip of the Torenseweg (1080) was additionally an vital decide.
The flight of the day consisted of three Danes. Nicklas Amdi Pedersen of Tour de Tietema-Unibet, Alexander Arnt Hansen of Airtox-Carl Ras and Aksel Bech Skot-Hansen of ColoQuick opted for the assault. Nonetheless, at 73 kilometers, earlier than the stay broadcast, the trio was already caught up, in order that the ultimate may start.
Robust duo shifting ahead
With 53 kilometers to go, the Canadian Pier-André Côté of Israel-Premier Tech Academy and the German Juri Hollmann of Alpecin-Deceuninck escaped from the peloton. The pair rapidly gained a lead of half a minute. A number of makes an attempt had been made within the peloton to skinny out the group, however initially no riders managed to interrupt away.
At 32 kilometers from the end, the peloton was pushed laborious by De Lie when a lot of riders crashed. Gianni Vermeersch from Alpecin-Deceuninck, amongst others, was there, and later had to surrender. Within the meantime, a powerful group had shaped on the entrance together with De Lie and Girmay, however this try was additionally canceled with 22 kilometers to go.
Sprinting for the win
Within the meantime, the duo on the entrance had been nonetheless holding up nicely. With 20 kilometers to go, De Lie shook the tree once more and received Girmay and Sénéchal, amongst others. Not a lot later, this group joined the leaders, after which Holmann once more opted for the open water. Just a few moments later, the De Lie group was once more captured by the peloton. The platoon then needed to do all the pieces it may to seize the German.
Hollmann was solely caught at 1.5 kilometers. Subsequently, Julien additionally selected Vermote from Visma | Lease a Bike for the assault, however it was rapidly neutralized. Within the dash it was Kristoff who turned out to be the quickest. Frenchman Jeannière sprinted to second place, whereas Kogut completed third. De Lie solely completed in fourth place.
