ProTeam Maxim Van Gils impresses at Liège-Bastogne-Liège

In cold conditions an early breakaway of nine riders got established in the last monument of the spring. Just going into the final 100 kilometers, the race got interrupted by a big crash. Logan Currie was involved, fortunately he came out without big injuries. Maxim Van Gils and Andreas Kron were still in the first group.

Ahead of La Redoute, it all came together again and the big battle for the win could start. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) was the first to open the game on La Redoute, he immediately made a gap and went solo. In the back Van Gils put the pace on La Redoute. “It was very hard today and I actually didn’t feel super in the beginning. I was suffering, luckily halfway La Redoute I found back my good feeling, but Tadej was already gone. We were with a big group behind, which didn’t make it easy as everyone was watching each other and there weren’t a lot of helpers left.”

Pogacar rode solo to the victory, behind him Romain Bardet (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) took the second spot. Van Gils sprinted to a strong fourth place, in the remaining group of favourites. “The team and myself are super happy with the result here and my podium at la Flèche Wallonne. It’s sad that I just missed out on the podium, the sprint was quite long and it was just about that last punch, but I can be proud. This is a special race, a monument and it’s one of my favourite races of the year, I’m happy with this beautiful result.”

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