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Pre-race teams presentation with EF EDUCATION - NIPPO | 
BORA - HANSGROHE | 
Daniel Oss (ITA - Bora - Hansgrohe) |
GROUPAMA - FDJ | 
Active chasing in the 2nd group late in the race, 33rd Greg VAN AVERMAET (BEL/AG2R CITROEN) s.t. | 
3rd today and former winner, Sep VANMARCKE (BEL/ISRAEL START-UP NATION) |
19th s.t. Oliver NAESEN (BEL/AG2R CITROEN) | 
Philippe GILBERT (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL) | 
DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP |
Most aggressive rider today, Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) | 
Mads PEDERSEN (TREK - SEGAFREDO) | 
The early break |
DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP managing the gap | 
Still cyclo-cross season for some | 
The peloton makes it across a railroad crossing just in time |
Paul MARTENS (GER/Team Jumbo-Visma, Mitchell DOCKER (AUS/EF Education - Nippo) and others on the deck | 
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Last year's winner, Jasper Stuyven (BEL - Trek - Segafredo) and Nils Politt (GER - Bora - Hansgrohe) who was 10th today |
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Another crash brings down Otto Vergaerde (Belgium / Alpecin-Fenix) and Owain Doull (GBR/ INEOS Grenadiers) | 
Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) attacks with about 40 km to go on the cobbles according to his shades |
Active chasing in the 2nd group late in the race, 33rd Greg VAN AVERMAET (BEL/AG2R CITROEN) s.t. | 
Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) off the front and over the top | 
Gianni MOSCON (ITA/INEOS GRENADIERS) leading up Muur van Geraardsbergen |
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Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) was brought back into the fold before Muur van Geraardsbergen | 
Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) was either driving the break, soloing off the front or leading out the sprint for much of the second half of the race |
Davide BALLERINI (ITA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) wins OHN in 4:43:03 ahead of 2 Jake STEWART (GBR/GROUPAMA - FDJ), 3 Sep VANMARCKE (BEL/ISRAEL START-UP NATION), 4 Heinrich HAUSSLER (AUS/BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS), 5 Philippe GILBERT (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL), 6 Alex ARANBURU DEBA (ESP/ASTANA - PREMIER TECH), 7 Florian SENECHAL (FRA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP), 8 Matteo TRENTIN (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES), 9 Kévin GENIETS (LUX/GROUPAMA - FDJ), 10 Nils POLITT (GER/BORA - HANSGROHE) | 
First field sprint winner at OHN in over a decade, Davide BALLERINI (ITA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP): “It wasn’t an easy race, but we kept going and believing in ourselves even when the break was eight minutes clear. Tim was huge again, and then Julian tried his chance and showed his panache, but the headwind worked against him. When he got caught, he told me that it would be my day and the entire team will work for me, and when the World Champion tells you this, it gives you extra strength. Everybody was so committed and believed in me, that the only thing you can do is take your hat off and say a big thank you!” | 
Your 2021 OHN podium: 2nd Jake STEWART (GBR/GROUPAMA - FDJ)1st Davide BALLERINI (ITA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP), 3rd Sep VANMARCKE (BEL/ISRAEL START-UP NATION) |
Your 2021 OHN podium: 2nd Jake STEWART (GBR/GROUPAMA - FDJ)1st Davide BALLERINI (ITA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP), 3rd Sep VANMARCKE (BEL/ISRAEL START-UP NATION) | 
“This is a dream! I can’t believe it, words aren’t enough to describe what his means for him and how I’m feeling after this victory. It’s my second time in Omloop, and to win it after crashing at my debut two years ago is some incredible”, an elated Ballerini said after capping a dominant day from the Wolfpack and becoming just the fifth Italian in history to win the prestigious one-day race. |
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