Opening Weekend Notebook: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Breaking down an unusual sprint-finish at Omloop & a thrilling Kuurne

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

The first cobbled Classic of the year has come and gone and Davide Ballerini has put us all on notice that he is more than a sprinter and an emerging legitimate threat in the Northern Classics. The Italian on Deceuninck - QuickStep won out of an extremely rare bunch sprint finish with the young British rider on Groupama-FDJ, Jake St…