Van Baarle explains breakaway tactics at Dwars door Vlaanderen

During the finale of Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen, Dylan van Baarle (Cannondale-Garmin) featured in the race’s winning breakaway along with world champion Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx-QuickStep) and two Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise riders; Edward Theuns and eventual winner Jelle Wallays. In the last kilometres, Wallays attacked and Kwiatkowski realized that Van Baarle wasn’t planning to help close the gap. It left both riders behind as Wallays rode away with the victory, and Kwiatkowski with a lot of frustration.

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