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Wout van Aert completed another sweep of Opening Weekend for Visma-Lease A Bike after he outsprinted Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) and Oier Lazkano (Movistar) to win Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne.
A day after Jan Tratnik’s victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Visma-Lease A Bike again dictated the terms of engagement here, with the Dutch squad whittling down the peloton on the climb of Le Bourniquet before Van Aert launched what proved to be the winning move on the Mont Saint Laurent with 87km still to race.
Van Aert was joined by Wellens, Lazkano and New Zealander Laurence Pithie (Groupama-FDJ), and they quickly established a working alliance and a clear lead.
“There was a tailwind in the finale, so I knew there was a chance we could get a gap in the…
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