A weekend rich in sport.
EDA
Between the return of F1, cycling in full swing and the Belgian Cup, the weekend gave us a host of sporting events. We take stock.
BELGIAN FOOTBALL
Pro League
Friday, Charleroi hung a point (1-1) in a line-up match against Club Brugge.
Belgian Cup
Saturday, in the first semi-final, at the end of a disputed match, the Standard finally won its ticket, three years later, for the final of the Belgian Cup to the detriment of Eupen (0-1).
Sunday, Anderlecht let the qualification for the final slip away to the detriment of Genk after a defeat (1-2).
D1B
Union Saint-Gilloise had six games to clinch the D1B title, and therefore return to the Pro League 48 years after their last season in the top flight. The first will have been enough! And what could be nicer than celebrating a climb in a derby against RWDM? In the eyes of the supporters, the big absentees of the evening, almost nothing!
Devils
Roberto Martinez, twelve days before the start of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup and three months from Euro 2020, took stock of his core “” It would be a problem if Vermaelen did not come in March.
FOREIGN FOOTBALL
CYCLING
Paris-Nice
On Saturday, Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) won the seventh stage of Paris-Nice between Le Broc and Valdebore La Colmiane (119.5 km). He beat Gino Mäder (Bahrain Victorious) 50 meters from the finish line and Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-hansgrohe).
Sunday, Magnus Cort Nielsen (Education First-Nippo) won the eighth and final stage of Paris-Nice between Le Plan du Var and Levens (92.8 km) ahead of Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) and Pierre Latour (Total Direct Energy).
In the general classification, Maximilan Schachmann won Paris-Nice for the second time in a row, 19 seconds ahead of Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana-Premier Tech) and 23 over Ion Izagirre (Astana-Premier Tech). Tiesj Benoot (Team DSM) finished 5th and best Belgian, 42 seconds behind Schachmann.
Tirreno-Adriatico
On Saturday, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) won the fourth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico between Terni and Prati di Tivo (148 km). He beat Simon Yates (BikeExchange) and Sergio Higuita (Education First-Nippo). The Slovenian struck a double blow and took the lead in the general classification to the detriment of Wout van Aert, 9th in the stage at 45 seconds.
On Sunday, the Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) won the 5th stage of Tirreno-Adriatico, contested over 205 km between Castellalto and Castelfidardo, in Italy.
TENNIS
MOTORS
Formula 1
Premonitory or illusory? Red Bull set the fastest time in Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain, putting pressure on seven-time reigning world champion Mercedes two weeks before the first Grand Prix. Bull still seems best placed to challenge the hegemony of Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton. With Max Verstappen, setting the fastest lap in 1: 28.960, and Sergio Pérez, their winter rookie, the team made a strong impression during the three short days of winter testing.
Other
OTHER
Thanks to a penalty 5 minutes from the end, Ireland won (27-24) at Murrayfield against Scotland not up to the promises it hinted at, Sunday, on the 4th day of the Six Nations Tournament.
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