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, and the 14th event of the

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The race was won by

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of , his second victory at the race and eighth

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win overall. Second place went to

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of , equalling his best finish at the race, while last year's winner,

Mathieu van der Poel Mathieu van der Poel (born 19 January 1995) is a Belgian-born Dutch professional Cycle sport, cyclist who rides for the UCI WorldTeam . He competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, mountain biking, Gravel cycling, gravel and road bicyc ...

of , rounded out the podium. Like in

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and

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, Pogačar made his first attack on the second ascent of

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with 56 kilometers to go. He attacked several more times on the different cobbled climbs to pull a group clear that included himself, Pedersen, van der Poel,

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, and

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. On the final ascent of Oude Kwaremont with 19 kilometers to go, Pogačar proceeded to drop the others before soloing to the victory by more than a minute over the four chasers.

Teams

All eighteen

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s and seven UCI ProTeams participated in the race. All teams entered a full squad of seven riders. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * *

Result

References

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