Nils Politt began his first campaign with his new squad, UAE Team Emirates, metres away from the first Spring Classics win of his career, narrowly missing out on Jan Tratnik in the closing sprint at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad after the pair escaped inside the final 10km of the race.
Second place in Ninove marks the best Omloop result in nine starts and equals his second place at Paris-Roubaix, where he also missed out in the final sprint – then to Philippe Gilbert – back in 2019.
