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'Per made no mistakes' – Visma-Lease a Bike lay fault with Jonas Abrahamsen after Hagenes' group fumbles catch at E3 Saxo Classic

Jonas Abrahamsen Per Strand Hagenes Visma Van Dongen Florian Vermeersch Van Aert Classic E3 Saxo Classic Matthew Brennan van der Poel
HARELBEKE, BELGIUM - MARCH 27: (L-R) Stan Dewulf of Belgium and Team Decathlon CMA CGM, Florian Vermeersch of Belgium and UAE Team Emirates - XRG and Per Strand Hagenes of Norway and Team Visma | Lease a Bike sprint at finish line during the 68th E3 Saxo Classic 2026 a 208.5km one day race from Harelbeke to Harelbek / #UCIWT / on March 27, 2026 in Harelbeke, Belgium. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images).

After the chasing group came exceedingly close but failed to catch Mathieu van der Poel in the dying moments of the E3 Saxo Classic, Visma-Lease a Bike insisted their second-placed finisher Per Strand Hagenes "made no mistake" in the surprising finale.

Hagenes, 22, was perhaps not the rider Visma thought they would have in contention for the win on Friday, but suddenly he was in a late chase group closing down on Van der Poel in the final kilometres.

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