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Highlights from the E3 Saxo Classic 2024.

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The crowds gathered for the 66th edition of the edri saxo bank classic edri press haral Becker as it’s known Cally in Belgium a massive race a warm-up for the tour to Flanders or perhaps more probably a big race in its own right it’s Flanders without the distance 207

Km 17 BS many of them used in the tour of lers itself and of course all the big names including world champion match if on a pool and two time winner in the last couple of back-to-back years wild fite hoping to make it a hattick ful had

Ridden his first race just a few days before at Milano Sano fard coming down from altitude final climb in this one The tikur Quon and the pbag the other way around to what we see in donda in nine days after this race and everybody focusing on the tiberg as a popular and

Even possible in this race place to go head win finish forecast as well a rainy day too an interesting RAC in Prospect at the E3 saxo classic 10 brilliant Riders got up the road Luber herok dep pestl Cav Mesi Mel Oliva styley Abramson and vermot were all

There Rono was covered in m and Rain a venue for a couple of World Championships in the past and the current world champion sending his team to the front as did many of his Rivals with a gap at 43 atks to go heading into the big moments

And towards the tiberg 2 minutes 45 leel Trek tried to power to the front one man powering away Macha fol Pon tried to go with him trentine was there as well Stan and fat looking strong too but nobody quite with the kick of the Dutchman he’d finished third and second

In this race before and was looking to do something that his Dad tried and couldn’t do win this race bson though who’d been up there in the past was hoping to do the same and leel Tre were firing Riders off the front all the time into the final 75 km bton sta was

Next up and alaf Philip was the next to launch he’d again be followed by pson fer PA’s teammate KRA was onto this one as was Matel jensson soal quickstep with a great record in this race eight victories in the past two decades but this time alaf Philip’s move wasn’t going

Anywhere little Trek with then at it again just a few kilometers later they were choosing to play the old quickstep card of numbers up the road then fer Paul would go once more himself he dragged the petan back towards the top biniam gay and Jonathan narvis were looking good and as the

Kilometers ticked away the breakaways Gap was coming down to just half a minute onto the stats yurg written in the opposite direction to what we normally see at dond vandra and a man who was good in DW vandra last year o lascano 26 days without racing back on

The cobbles pulling away with only fondul and fat there Las Cano’s problem was that F and fard would pull away from him the break began to be caught and it was clear that the two Crossfield Rivals turned classic contenders and now of course world champion with a at the

Front and stronger than everybody else but it’s not always the strongest who wins the race tactical considerations coming into it as well and at the front the breakaways days were almost numbered more Riders tried to get across laskan would make it across Jorgenson would follow him and they had 8 seconds on the

Rest of them chasing into the final 50 km the final quarter of what was turning out to be an aggressive race not always the climbs that provides the moments in these races and it was on this flat section that things would split up again but split up and come

Together that was the rhythm of the race a crash though on the patberg and it was wat fat who went down going uphill and at the very same moment that was happening Mao fond Paul was making his move around narv and up to the front of the

Race for wad fat it looked impossible to get going but get going he did and up the panber he would ride in the meantime further up the be one of the shorter but steepers in the hole of Flanders it was the world champion who’d gotten around

Nvz and lascano and who was first to the top he’d then start to build an advantage 5 Seconds to start with and that turned to 16 as he approached the alont still 41 km to go at this stage but he would then build that Gap again people either side enjoying the

Spectacle the Entertainer was trying to win wat fard though wasn’t giving up without a fight he’d amazingly made it back on through the group and attacked 27 seconds was the difference over the top of the quadon and heading to the final couple of climbs what fat was bringing mat fol

Back 20 seconds the Gap at this stage the Chasers were over a minute behind and with 24 km to go and on the varant after going down to just 11 seconds the Gap was swinging out again fondul was winning the tug of war 18 km to

Go and then with 6 km to go the Gap exploding wild fernard blowing it had taken its toll between the crash and the chase almost two minutes of a gap as fond Paul went under the arch fat had been caught behind by sturen and match FIP after a third and second place

Saluting the crowd and they’d salute him as only the third man in the rainbow Jersey to win the E3 saxo classic second place went to sturing third to fard there’ll be no hattick win for him but a win for the first time for the Fonda paol family doing what both his

Grandfather and his father failed to do victory for the world champion for Macha F pool an exhibition in the Rain the rainbow shining through classified top 10 full of big names led by father Paul the winner with st fat wellin and Jorgenson in the top

Five good rides two from the LX of narv pollet and the rest a big moment for mat ful adding a new race to his ever impressive palmeres next up for him will be hint [Applause] W