Six kids and a dad: Ineos' new Classics generation shines at Opening Weekend

KUURNE BELGIUM FEBRUARY 27 Thomas Pidcock of United Kingdom and Team INEOS Grenadiers competes during the 74th Kuurne Bruxelles Kuurne 2022 a 1951km race from Kuurne to Kuurne KuurneBxlKuurne on February 27 2022 in Kuurne Belgium Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images
Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) with teammate Jhonatan Narváez heading up the road at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne 2022 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Six kids and a dad was the in-joke in the Ineos Grenadiers camp as they lined up for Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne on Sunday. 

Ben Swift was the father figure, leading a group of riders who were all at least a decade his junior. The British champion’s 34 years of age skewed the overall average but it was still the most youthful in the race at 23.5. 

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Patrick Fletcher

Patrick is an NCTJ-trained journalist, and former deputy editor of Cyclingnews, who has seven years’ experience covering professional cycling. He has a modern languages degree from Durham University and has been able to put it to some use in what is a multi-lingual sport, with a particular focus on French and Spanish-speaking riders. Away from cycling, Patrick spends most of his time playing or watching other forms of sport - football, tennis, trail running, darts, to name a few, but he draws the line at rugby.