Omloop Het Nieuwsblad rarely comes down to a bunch sprint and Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Greg Van Avermaet (Ag2r Citroen), Sep Vanmarcke (Israel Start-Up Nation) and Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) were among the attackers that were reeled in ahead of the Kapelmuur.
Gianni Moscon (Ineos Grenadiers) attacked over the climb but was chased down by the dominant Deceuninck-QuickStep who stamped their authority on the first Belgian classic of the season.
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Brief Results
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
4:43:03
2
Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ
3
Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
4
Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
5
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
6
Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
7
Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
8
Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
9
Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ
10
Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
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