PeloPics: The Ronde van Vlaanderen can be the best race of the season and the 2019 edition didn’t disappoint. Alberto Bettiol – A Flanders virgin – was the surprise winner, but a deserving one. We round up the PEZ Flanders coverage with a photo gallery from Cor Vos, some of the photos we missed on Sunday.
See the PEZ Race Report HERE and more Flanders news in EUROTRASH Monday.
Wanty-Gobert on their reccon
Corendon-Circus were out on the course the days before
Greg Van Avermaet should know the Flanders course by now
EF Education First made the most of the Flanders training ride
CCC on the road
Mathieu van der Poel and his Corendon-Circus teammate Stijn Devolder on the Muur/Kappelmuur
Deceuninck – Quick-Step meet the public in Antwerp
A selfie for Vegard Stake Laengen
The World champion Alejandro Valverde signs on
Miss Belgium and the Mayor of Antwerp flag the race off
Through the tunnel to get out of town
The start was a bit misty
There were a few crashes, this one wasn’t too bad, but Niki Terpstra came off the worst later in the day
Fans and the peloton
Greg Van Avermaet’s home town
Cobbles soon
Wout van Aert looked good, but 14th…
The fans were out in Flanders, as always
It all looked over for Van der Poel, but he came back through the race for 4th
The excitement of the Tour of Flanders
Bettiol on the wheel of European champion Trentin – Soon to make his move
And the Italian was gone
The hardest 14 kilometers of his life
It’s all over!
A hug from Sebastian Langeveld for the winner
What could have been?
A double day for the Italians
# Next up Paris-Roubaix next Sunday. Stay PEZ for everything ‘Sunday in Hell‘. #