Kamiel Bonneu surprised a subject of WorldTour groups to win stage 3 on the Arctic Race of Norway, his first since 2022 and the primary at Pro-level for his Flanders Baloise workforce for the reason that Tour of Britain two years in the past.
The 25-year-old Belgian latched onto a transfer made by Davide De Pretto (Jayco AlUla) with 5.6km to go, earlier than dropping him and using solo to the road inside the ultimate kilometre in Jakobsbakken.
It was an emotional win for Bonneu, who revealed in his post-race interview that his grandfather handed yesterday, prompting him to level to the sky as he crossed the road.
Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility) chased arduous behind to take second on the day, with the Belgian holding on, nonetheless, the bonus seconds gained by Cort meant he moved into the race lead by one second from Bonneu and 7 seconds from Kevin Vermaerke (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) who was additionally third on the stage,
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