Cycling-Asgreen pips 先頭 der Poel to 勝利,勝つ 小旅行する of Flanders

OUDENAARDE, Belgium, April 4 (Reuters) - Denmark's Kasper Asgreen (人命などを)奪う,主張するd the biggest victory of his career when he (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 pre-race favourite Mathieu 先頭 der Poel to 勝利,勝つ the 小旅行する of Flanders on Sunday.

Deceuninck-Quick Step rider Asgreen pipped defending 支持する/優勝者 先頭 der Poel of the Netherlands in a two-man sprint finish after 254.3 kilometres between Antwerp and Oudenaarde.

"I felt good in the last two kilometres and I decided to 信用 my sprint. I left Mathieu in 前線 and stayed in the wheel and decided when I 手配中の,お尋ね者 to go," said Asgreen, the first Dane to 勝利,勝つ the race since Rolf Sorensen 24 years ago.

"It was a really, really hard race, we were both on the 限界."

The 小旅行する of Flanders is the second of five Monuments, the major one-day races of the エリート calendar.

先頭 der Poel 攻撃する,衝突する a 事実上の 塀で囲む in the final metres as he was 主要な the sprint, almost coming to a 停止(させる) and shaking his 長,率いる as Asgreen sped past.

Asgreen, one of six riders to break away from the main group with 37km left, attacked 26km from the line and was only followed by 先頭 der Poel and ベルギー Wout 先頭 Aert.

先頭 der Poel then produced of his trademark 残虐な attacks in the penultimate hill, dropping 先頭 Aert and Asgreen, only for the Dane to come 支援する on a flat section.

A faster (短距離で)速く走る人, 先頭 der Poel however was on an empty 戦車/タンク while Asgreen still had a bit of strength to 追加する to his victory in the E3 Saxo Bank classic last month.

ベルギー Greg 先頭 Avermaet took third place.

Earlier, スイスの Michael Schaer was disqualified for littering outside 指定するd areas.

The AG2R-Citroen rider was told to leave the race by stewards 107 kilometres from the finish after he 性質の/したい気がして of a 瓶/封じ込める where not permitted.

The 許可/制裁 (機の)カム three days after the new International Cycling Union's 支配する (機の)カム into 軍隊. (令状ing by Julien Pretot; Editing by Christian Radnedge)

Sorry we are not 現在/一般に 受託するing comments on this article.