Arvid de Kleijn sprints to victory at Grand Prix d'Isbergues - Pas de Calais

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Laurence Pithie second, Gerben Thijssen third in Isbergues

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Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) took a second consecutive victory, after winning GP de Fourmies last weekend, he went on to secure the win again at Grand Prix d'Isbergues-Pas de Calais on Sunday.

De Kleijn sprinted to victory ahead of runner-up Laurence Pithie (Groupama-FDJ) and third-placed Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché-Wanty) in the elite men's 198.8km race routed through the challenging Pas-de-Calais department and into Isbergues, France.

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“It was a nice race, we had everything under control until I crashed with a few teammates with three laps to go. I first wanted to make sure there was nothing wrong with my head so I asked myself a few questions. I could answer them all so thought I was good to go. I went again and was asked by the team if I wanted to try to sprint. I really did," he said.

"We could come back thanks to a great team effort but then I only had Rick (Pluimers) and Maikel (Zaijlaard) for the sprint. They did an amazing job once again," he said.

"In the sprint, Maikel was leading for a long time, and I even thought at some point that he could make it to the finish, but I eventually went and won. It is amazing. I was in a lot of pain because of the crash. It was hard but with guys like these, it is so nice to give it all and finish it off."

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