Après le premier week-end d'ouverture des classiques flamandes début mars, le peloton revenait en Flandres ce vendredi avec l'E3 Saxo Classic, considéré comme un petit Tour des Flandres. Après une course folle, disputée dès les premiers kilomètres de course, c'est encore Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) qui a levé les bras à Harelbeke. Le Néerlandais s'est débarrassé de Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) et Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers) dans le Vieux Quaremont, avant d'augmenter son écart sur le plat. Wout Van Aert (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), décevant, n'a pas pesé sur la course.
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00:30I'm
00:57very happy to win, especially in the beginning it didn't look so good for us when we were
01:03far back with a big bunch. I think I have to thank the team to get the situation right
01:11again and to put me in a position where I could fight for the win. They have a big part
01:16in the victory today.
01:17Not really, that's also the reason why we decided not to do the race on Sunday, to give
01:22some extra rest to the body because this race is for me one of the hardest of the season.
01:29Last year I think we did it on Sunday and that's why we chose for another approach now
01:35to get a bit more freshness and a bit more specific training in the legs.
01:40I try to look mainly at myself. I think the shape is definitely there, but Tour of Flanders
01:48is another race than this one, so I try to still be motivated and to try to be at my
01:55best shape possible next week.