Corbin Strong accomplished an ideal day for Israel-Premier Tech by successful the bunch dash on stage 2 of the Tour de Wallonie, additionally transferring into the race chief’s orange jersey in Ouffet after a tricky day of racing.
Strong was completely led out by Israel-Premier Tech, who had been energetic all through the day to maintain issues collectively for the versatile sprinter earlier than main him into the dragging uphill dash end, the place he held off a cost from Emilien Jeannière (TotalEnergies). It was a double French podium on stage 2 as Jeannière was adopted in by Paul Penhoët (Groupama – FDJ) who took his second third place in as many days.
Pre-stage race chief Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) struggled all through the more durable 188.2km stage from Saint-Ghislain to Ouffet however managed to hold onto the again of the aggressive bunch heading into the finale. He moved up however ran out of steam to supply any dash, solely managing to complete within the bunch and ceding the race result in Strong.
This was Strong’s first victory of the 2024 season and the third of his profession, after netting many podium finishes all year long.
“I’m actually pleased with it. It’s been an extended interval with out racing so I’ve been enthusiastic about this week right here for a few months now. Training went very well, I had a small damage after my final race so recovered from that and actually pleased with the place the shape is,” stated Strong
“If you watched the stage, they had been unbelievable at the moment. It’s such a privilege to be part of this crew. They had been unbelievable at the moment. I even thought to myself within the final three kilometres with the work my teammates had performed at the moment, ‘I higher pull this one off’ as a result of all of them rode so sturdy. Schultxy, Dylan and Clarkey simply did a dream lead-out.
“I all the time assume in a end like this, If I’m not coming from too far again, it fits me very well and I had a whole lot of confidence in myself at the moment.”
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