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The flashy Flanders Classic stage for the E3 Saxo Bank Classic teams presentation with Team Jumbo - Visma being introduced | 
Tiesj Benoot (Belgium / Team DSM) (and Tom Boonen) | 
Wout Van Aert, Nathan Van Hooydonck and the rest of Team Jumbo-Visma |
It is all or nothing for Trek - Segafredo recently, Mads PEDERSEN (Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne winner) and Jasper STUYVEN (Milan-Sanremo winner) who missed the winning break and settled for 14th +2:12 | 
Team Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands / Alpecin-Fenix) | 
Flander fields |
Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands / Alpecin-Fenix) and Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Team Jumbo-Visma) forming a chase group as last year's winner, Zdenek Stybar (Czech / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) follows | 
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Kasper Asgreen (Denmark / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) attacked from the break with 55 km to go |
Matteo Trentin (Italy / UAE - Team Emirates) - Yves Lampaert (Belgium / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) - Sep Vanmarcke (Belgium / Team Israel Start-Up Nation) | 
The pace was too much for Alexander Kristoff (Norway / UAE - Team Emirates) | 
Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Team Jumbo-Visma) followed by Zdenek Stybar (Czech / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) who followed every move with his teammate up the road |
The aces lost to a full house; Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Team Jumbo-Visma) and Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands / Alpecin-Fenix) | 
Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Team Jumbo-Visma) - Yves Lampaert (Belgium / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) - Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands / Alpecin-Fenix) - Zdenek Stybar (Czech / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) | 
Kasper Asgreen (Denmark / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) gap was coming down... a few more days to use this posture before it is banned |
Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands / Alpecin-Fenix) about to bring Asgreen back with 12 km to go | 
5 km to go: cheeky attack again by Kasper Asgreen (Denmark / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) after sitting on for 7 km. Video Highlights - Eurosport (English) | 
Kasper Asgreen (Denmark / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) wins in classic Deceuninck - Quick Step attacking style |
Kasper Asgreen of Denmark and Team Deceuninck - Quick-Step post-race: “I felt good today, and also in the weeks prior to the race. I also knew every part of the course, as I did a recon this spring, so I had a lot of confidence during the race. We wanted to win, we were not afraid to open the race early and I’m happy I could pull it off. To win here against the best Classics riders in the world means a lot for my morale ahead of the next big one-day races, especially after a day like this, when I was on the attack for more than 50 kilometers, got caught and still had enough to try again in the finale.”“I don’t know if I surprised the other guys in the group with my move, but I tried to use that traffic island to put some distance between them and myself so I could get a gap before they could react. I was aware I had one last chance and took advantage of it, knowing that in case it didn’t work out, we had Florian and Zdenek ready to pounce”, explained the Danish powerhouse, the second rider from his country to win E3 Harelbeke. | 
Second as well for DQS; 2 Florian SÉNÉCHAL (FRA/DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP) + 32s, 3 Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX), 4 Oliver NAESEN (BEL/AG2R CITROËN TEAM), 5 Zdenek STYBAR (CZE/DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP), 6 Greg VAN AVERMAET (BEL/AG2R CITROËN TEAM), 7 Dylan VAN BAARLE (NED/INEOS GRENADIERS), | 
The runner-up salute is also a victory salute when your teammate wins; 2 Florian SÉNÉCHAL (FRA/DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP) + 32s, 3 Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX), 4 Oliver NAESEN (BEL/AG2R CITROËN TEAM), 5 Zdenek STYBAR (CZE/DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP), 6 Greg VAN AVERMAET (BEL/AG2R CITROËN TEAM), 7 Dylan VAN BAARLE (NED/INEOS GRENADIERS) |
Wolfpack played their cards right: 1st, 2nd and 5th... almost a straight run. Kasper Asgreen (DEN - Deceuninck - Quick-Step) - Zdenek Stybar (CZE - Deceuninck - Quick-Step) - Florian Senechal (FRA - Deceuninck - Quick-Step) | 
Your E3 Saxo Bank Classic winner, Kasper Asgreen (DEN - Deceuninck - Quick-Step): “Winning this makes me super proud and happy! Today’s result shows that these races that I love so much suit me and at the same time serves as confirmation of the hard work I put in during the winter. It’s a great day for me, but it wouldn’t have been possible without the help of this fantastic squad, to whom I am very grateful. My teammates were just unbelievable and showed again why we are the Wolfpack! We wanted to make the race really hard and we did it, and at the end we ripped off the rewards”, Kasper said after the finish. | 
Kasper Asgreen (DEN - Deceuninck - Quick-Step) and the nice winner's prize |
Owooooo... the sound a wolfpack makes when there is a full moon (or a full house of DQS riders) | 
Kasper Asgreen (DEN - Deceuninck - Quick-Step) | 
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