Kasper Asgreen beat Van der Poel in the sprint on the Tour of Flanders.
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Danish champion Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck) beat Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel to win the Tour of Flanders on Sunday in Oudernarde after 254 kilometers.
Asgreen edged van der Poel in a two-man sprint at the end of this race behind closed doors, as the Dutchman, a much better sprinter than his rival of the day, paid off in the last meters for his hard work to get rid of Van Aert in the old Quaremont, one of the most difficult cobbled climbs of the afternoon.
đźš´ The Danish Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck - Quick Step) wins the Tour of Flanders 2021 by beating, to everyone's surprise, the defending champion Mathieu van der Poel in the sprint in Oudenaarde!
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The Belgian Greg Van Avermaet took third place in front of Stuyven, far ahead of Julian Alaphilippe who first formed a royal breakaway with Van Aert, Van der Poel and Asgreen, before suddenly switching off the contact at a little over 25 terminals of arrival, betrayed by his uncertain physical form.
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