Van der Poel played Omloop on Easy Mode - Domestique Cycling Podcast
Van der Poel turned up to Omloop Het Nieuwsblad for the first time in his career - and won it alone. Matthew Brennan became only the second British man to win Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. Demi Vollering outduelled Kasia Niewiadoma on the Muur. Opening Weekend delivered.
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Bram and Ethan review both Belgian races in full, look at what the form lines tell us ahead of the Classics, and preview Le Samyn - where Wout van Aert makes his season debut on Belgian roads - and Strade Bianche, where Tadej Pogačar chases a record fourth win on a race that now has a gravel sector named after him.
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