No-one could believe what had just happened. Not Visma-Lease a Bike’s Matteo Jorgenson, the defending champion, who finished fourth. Not Visma-Lease a Bike’s Tiesj Benoot, who finished third. Not Visma-Lease a Bike’s Wout van Aert, the Wout van Aert, who finished second. Especially not EF Education-EasyPost’s Neilson Powless, who finished first.
From a final group of four at Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday, three in the yellow of Visma-Lease a Bike, Powless in pink somehow won. The slumped heads of Benoot, Jorgenson and Van Aert said it all as they crossed the line.
