The winner of the 17th year of cycling around the Benelux was the Italian Sonny Colbrelli from Team Bahrain Victorious
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Photo: TASR, Radovan Stoklasa
Peter Sagan and Erik Baška in the archive image.
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The final 7th stage, which led from Namur to Geraardsbergen and measured 177.9 km, was best managed by his Slovenian colleague Matej Mohorič, who successfully escaped the pursuers.
Colbrelli came to the finish in second place.
Bora – Hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan finished tenth in the final stage with a 24-second gap to the winner.
He will start next at the European Championships in Italy. Next Sunday, he will be one of the favorites in the mass start race.
LAST KM RECAP! Matej Mohoric wins the stage, his teammate Sonny Colbrelli wins the GC. Great day for Bahrain Victorious in Geraardsbergen #BeneluxTower pic.twitter.com/4vjk1AJ2wW
– Benelux Tour (@BeneluxTour) September 5, 2021
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In Flanders, eleven races made it to the top on Sunday. However, the number and composition of the group in the leak were mixed with slight inclines.
Fifty kilometers before the finish, a quartet of Mohorič, Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck – Quick-Step), Brandon McNulty (Team UAE Emirates) and Victor Campenaerts (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) were at the top with a twenty-second lead.
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On the ascent to Muur van Geraardsbergen, the peloton coped with the escape and Mohorič, who was alone with a lead, fought ahead with only a lead.
The Slovenian escaped with all his might from the pursuers, including Sagan and Bosberg, repulsed all attacks and maintained the lead until the finish.
Facts from around the Benelux
7. etapa (Namur – Geraardsbergen, 277.9 km): 1. Matej Mohorič (Slov./Bahrain Victorious) 3:50:56 h, 2. Sonny Colbrelli (Tal./Bahrain Victorious) +11 s, 3. Tom Dumoulin (Hol./Jumbo-Visma) +15, 4. Christophe Laporte (Fr./Cofidis, Solution Crédits) +22, 5. Fred Wright (V. Brit./Bahrain Victorious) same time, 6. Danny van Poppel (Hol./Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux) +24, 7 Tom Van Asbroeck (Belg./Israel Start-Up Nation), 8. Tiesj Benoot (Belg./Team DSM), 10. Peter SAGAN (SR / Bora-hansgrohe) all the same time
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