What can we take away from a great weekend of racing in Belgium?The peloton climbs the Muur Van Gerardsbergen in Omlopp Het Nieuwsblad (Credit: Sunada)Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne provided a great weekend of racing, with lots of pointers for races later in the Classics season.
Peter Sagan heads up the latest team of the week after stellar performances in the opening Belgian cobbled Classics.After a frantic weekend of racing in Belgium and the Abu Dhabi Tour in the Middle East, we pick out seven riders for places in our team of the week.
World champion defeats defending champion Jasper Stuyven in final group sprintPeter Sagan wins the 2017 edition of Kuurne-Brussels-KuurnePeter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) won Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne with a powerful sprint to take his first win of the year ahead of defending champion Jasper Stuyven.
Movistar rider says he's going to both races to win(Watson)Movistar team leader Nairo Quintana says that he's aiming to win both the Giro and Tour this year and won't just ride the former as training for the latter.
Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet wins second consecutive edition of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ahead of Peter Sagan. Luke Rowe sixthGreg Van Avermaet wins 2017 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet wins second consecutive edition of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ahead of Peter Sagan
