DIRECT. Tour of Flanders 2024: van der Poel in force, follow the race

In the rain, Mathieu van der Poel sowed his rivals on the soaked slope of the Koppenberg. Only Jorgenson managed to achieve this goal. hang on to keep the world champion in focus.

The essentials

• 45 km from the finish, Mathieu van der Poel made the difference on the sodden cobblestones of the formidable Koppenberg whose slope & ;agrave; 20% had to set foot à land à all his rivals except Jorgenson. Behind the American, a small group of six are hot on his heels. about twenty seconds.
• The finale of the 108th edition of the Tour of Flanders will take place in delicate weather conditions in the rain, which makes the pavement filthy and slippery.
• The 108th edition of the Ronde van Vlaanderen was published in 2008. routed between Antwerp and Oudernarde, for a total of 270 km   through the cobbled mountains of Belgian Flanders. There will be 17 of them on the program, including three passages through Old Kwaremont and two through Paterberg.

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15:38 – Pedersen lets go (37 km)

In the Taaienberg, Pedersen sees his legs betraying him. The Dane gave a lot; all day and can no longer accompany the pursuit group.

15:37 – Van der Poel digs (37 km)

Van der Poel swallows the cobblestones of the Taaienberg almost with ease and extends his lead to almost 1 minute on Jorgenson.

15:32 – Jorgenson lets go (39 km)

In the Steenbeekdries, Jorgenson has lost more time and overcomes the difficultyé &agrav; more than 30 seconds of an impeccably posed van der Poel; on his machine.

15:28 – Van der Poel alone in front (41 km)

The long false flat climb leaving the Koppenberg hurt à Jorgenson who misplaced about ten seconds on a van der Poel who no longer looks behind him. The world champion is launched! towards his 3rd success at the Tour of Flanders.

15:26 – Worthy of a cyclocross (43 km)

Behind van der Poel, Jorgenson and Pedersen, the image is striking in the steep and soaked slope of the Koppenberg. All runners are required to climb uphill. foot, not reaching à stay on their saddle to cross the road which rears up & 20%. This looks like & a cyclocross race and &agrav; this exercise the world champion is unplayable.

While Garcia Cortina and many riders are forced to climb the Koppenberg à foot, van der Poel passes in force in the center of the road. The world champion flies away and only Jorgenson manages to escape. hang on to its wake. The Visma-Lease a bike rider is the only rider à not having set foot à earth.

15:23 – Slip by Garcia Cortina!

Garcia Cortina put foot &agrav; ground and cannot move forward because he slips on the pavement. 

15:21 – Garcia Cortina in the Koppenberg ( 45 km)

Garcia Cortina approaches the wet cobblestones of the Koppenberg with around twenty seconds in advance. This is the hardest mountain of the Tour of Flanders with passages in the middle & 20%.

15:20 – Turner in pursuit (47 km)

Behind Garcia Cortina, Turner gets agitated and revives the pace of the chasing group. Wellens follows him but the agreement is not ideal. The Spaniard took a 14-second lead.

15:16 – Garcia Cortina isolates himself (50 km)

Ivan Garcia Cortina took a few meters ahead of the group of favorites. The Spaniard from the Movistar races alone towards the foot of the Koppenberg. Behind, no one is panicking.

15:15 – Madouas in the tough (53 km)

The Paterberg puts riders à tough test and if van der Poel shows that he has power, behind, it is harder especially for Madouas who fights with the cobbles. Benoot is him à the drift.

15:13 – Mohoric makes the descent (53 km)

< p>In the descent from Old Kwaremont, leading to Paterberg, Mohoric shows that he does not fear the wet road and takes risks.

15:10 – Van der Poel taken back (54 km)

Van der Poel m& He is still in the race but Lazkano came back on him, bringing back Wellens, Pithie and Teuns. For his part, Pedersen made the effort to hang on. The French couldn't hook up the right wagon.

Coming out of Lazkano's wheel, van der Poel insists sitting on his saddle and passes without a glance for Pedersen. No one can hang on the wheel of the world champion who dugé a gap of around ten meters.

15:07 – Lazkano accél& egrave;re (56 km)

On the wet cobblestones of Old Kwaremont, the Spanish champion Lazkano places an acceleration. He takes van der Poel with him.

15:05 – Pedersen loses ground (57 km)

The runners are approaching the second passage on the cobblestones of Old Kwaremont. In the pouring rain, Pedersen saw the peloton closing the gap and returning to the lead. &agrav; barely 10 seconds.

15:03 – It rubs against the peloton (58 km)

The peloton is launched; &agrav; fast pace behind the two leaders and the gap has closed. under 20 seconds. The runners struggle a lot to get in the best position.

15:00 – The rain is still present (61 km)

The rain continues to accompany the runners and does not displease the riders. Pedersen who had been world champion &agrav; Leeds in torrential rain. The road is wet and in these conditions, the Dane still maintains the gap at around 26 seconds with a wavering peloton.

14:56 – In line of sight (65 km)

Pedersen does not disunite and follows through with his idea. The Dane still leads the race without Vermeersch really taking over from him. In a long straight line, the duo appears in the spotlight at the front. a platoon in single file and pointé &agrav; &agrav; barely 20 seconds.

14:50 – Alaphilippe picks up (70 km)

Retard&amp ;eacute; by a fall, Alaphilippe manages to à reintegrate a platoon to new very well supplied. The double French world champion is accompanied by notably by the Swiss roller Küng.

14:49 – Madouas well placed; (70 km)

Valentin Madouas clung on to the during the first accelerations and is at the same time. now perfectly positioned. The French champion is in the peloton which is chasing behind the duo Pedersen-Vermeersch à 26 seconds.

14:43 – Wellens launches (74 km)

Lancé Through the work of Bjerg, Wellens places an acceleration in the slopes of Berg Ten Houte. The platoon reacted well even though it had lost a few units. Pedersen and Vermeersch are in the crosshairs à 10 seconds. 

14:41 – Pedersen trapped ? (76 km)

After sowing discord, Pedersen appears to be the big loser of his movements. Lonely &agrav; Up front, the Dane is forced to work alone, since he is only accompanied. de Vermeersch, teammate of van der Poel. Behind, the peloton reorganized itself. with several teams to lead the pursuit (UAE Emirates, Alpecin-Deceuninck, Visma-Lease a bike, Ineos-Grenadiers).

14:37 – Bjerg leads the chase (78 km)

Bjerg is put behind the chase (78 km) at the front of the peloton to set the pace. The Dane works for his leader Wellens. The peloton points à 20 seconds from Pedersen and Vermeersch.

14:35 – Big fall in the peloton (82 km)

At the back of the peloton, eight riders hang on and fall. Involved are Küng, Bool, van Moer, Christen and Sénéchal. Covi is the only one that fails to do so. to share out. Not far away, Alaphilippe avoids going to the ground but is slightly slowed down and has to pass to the right.

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