Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2019) Photos; Page 1: Riders Recon |
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| You'd expect EF Education First to do good recon | share this photo |
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| This is how 2012 winner Sep Vanmarcke spends his mornings before the first classic of the season. “If you are Belgian and you sit at breakfast and open the local newspapers you can read the pressure,” EF Education First sport director Andreas Klier laughs. “Every Belgian rider wants to be on this top level. But also I’ve started to feel it over the last few days when I’m training or in the supermarket, to feel people are awake again because the Classics are coming. People are super happy I won that stage [at Haut Var] and on my training days, they’ve been stopping their cars to shout ‘Congratulations’, ‘Good job’, ‘Keep going’ and ‘Good luck this weekend,’” Vanmarcke says, trying to convey just how much the momentum is beginning to build. | share this photo |
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| Video from EF Education First recon | share this photo |
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| CCC Team with two time Omloop Het Nieuwsblad winner, Greg VAN AVERMAET (BEL), recon'ing this year's course, the 74th edition | share this photo |
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| Getting passed by a local | share this photo |
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| The peacefulness is a contrast to race day | share this photo |
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| Other than being chilly, it was beautiful day for a ride whether you are a pro or amateur | share this photo |
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| Cobbles | share this photo |
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| Greg VAN AVERMAET attacks on the penultimate climb Muur van Geraardsbergen | share this photo |
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| No one was around to cheer him on | share this photo |
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| Not quite the same climb without the raucous crowd | share this photo |
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| Greg VAN AVERMAET looks ready for his third win: “I am feeling really good ahead of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and am excited to start the Classics season. During the winter and early season races, this is what I am always thinking about so it is nice to have the first race here. I think my shape is exactly where it needs to be and I was really impressed by my teammates in Valencia and Oman which was a good sign for the Classics. Although this will be the first cobbled race for us, half of us train together every day in Belgium so we are comfortable as a team.” Watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Live Saturday | share this photo |
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| The next day... glistening cobbles in the morning | share this photo |
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| Wanty - Gobert | share this photo |
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| Team Sky | share this photo |
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| Lars BOOM (NED) leads ROOMPOT - CHARLES | share this photo |
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| Team Jumbo - Visma | share this photo |
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| 3rd at Strade Bianche last year cyclo-cross star Wout VAN AERT (left) will race with his new road team Jumbo-Visma for the first time this Saturday | share this photo |
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| Michael MATTHEWS (AUS/SUNWEB), Sunweb's team leader for Saturday's race. The 28-year-old fractured his shoulder in last year's edition. Watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Live Saturday | share this photo |
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