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2026 Omloop Nieuwsblad & Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne Race Thread (feddit.dk)
submitted 7 months ago by [M] to c/procycling@lemmy.world
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It's the opening weekend - what cycling snobs like to call the start of the season!

Saturday we'll have the Omloop Nieuwsblad for both men and women, the first cobbles of the year, and usually a fun race. A race which usually favours heavier cobble-specialists and flandriens, the new crop of semi-sprinters also stand a chance.

This year it will be hard to look past Mathieu van der Poel, Paul Magnier, and Tim Wellens who've shown excellent form. But others - like Brennan, Pidcock, van Aer, de Lie, Turner, and Philipsen - will surely also be in the mix.

Sunday we'll have much of the same peloton at the line for Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, a race which has traditionally been won by a sprinter or something close to it, but also in recent by strongmen such as Asgreen, Benoot, van Aert, and Stuyven.

The start list is not public yet, but keep an eye out for de Lie, Magnier, Brennan, Milan, Philipsen, Jeanniere, Girmay, and others of a similar vein!

Enjoy!

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[–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

The favourite won in his standard manner, but otherwise, it has been half cycling, half bowling game… (Van Aert was lucky not to come!) The Tudor rider who fell at the beginning of the cobblestone wall kept his hands on his bike instead of using them for protection, so he attempted to eat the cobbles with his face and left his teeth on the ground.

🚑 And a broken leg for Küng🇨🇭 (Tudor as well) who fell a bit earlier. 🚑

I think that was the crash with 3 riders entangled on the ground already, and then one Alpecin (?) doesn't see them, therefore hits them and flies over his handlebars.

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