Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) gained the opening stage of the 2024 Tour de Wallonie, powering away from the remainder of the dash subject within the ultimate 250 metres into Fleurus.
Third place Paul Penhoët (Groupama-FDJ) was led out greatest spherical the ultimate nook after some riders went the incorrect path with 1.5km to go and crashed, nonetheless, he was shortly overhauled by Madis Mihkels (Intermarché-Wanty) and Meeus, who stormed up the left-hand aspect to take victory.
It’s the eleventh win within the profession of Meeus and the second since his well-known win on the Champs Élysées finally yr’s Tour de France. It’s additionally the second for Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe since their new title sponsor got here on board in June.
“It was a reasonably onerous stage, additionally fairly hectic with 1.5km to go when some guys crashed however I managed to remain in an excellent place and launch my dash on the excellent time,” mentioned Meeus after the stage.
“For positive this victory would not have been attainable with out them. Not so many sprinters on this race so a number of riders needed to trip away with a small break however my crew did an ideal job with conserving the whole lot collectively and I’m tremendous comfortable to complete it off.”
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