Tiesj Benoot wins thrilling Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne from Nathan Van Hooydonck in Jumbo-Visma one-two

26.02.2023 - 20:19 eurosport.com

Tiesj Benoot ended Belgium’s seven-year wait for a home winner at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne as he led a Jumbo-Visma one-two in a dominant Opening Weekend for the team.

A day on from Dylan van Baarle’s win at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Benoot came out on top after a big battle between five riders in the final part of the race.

Ad Nathan Van Hooydonck was second, with Bahrain Victorious' Matej Mohoric taking third. Gran Camiño'What a statement!' — Vingegaard takes yet another win at Gran Camino with Stage 4 triumphAN HOUR AGO An initial four-rider breakaway of Taco van der Hoorn (Intermarche–Wanty–Gobert Materiaux), Daniel Oss (TotalEnergies), Lluis Mas (Movistar) and Gilles De Wilde (Flanders–Baloise) escaped up the road before Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bingoal WB) and Matthew Gibson (Human Powered Health) soon joined them.

The gap to the peloton reached five minutes, before a crash saw Alpecin–Deceuninck’s Jasper Philipsen go down amid big splits.

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