A really big win on home soil for An Post-Sean Kelly’s Vanbilsen
An Post-Sean Kelly rider Kenneth Vanbilsen has scored a massive victory by taking the U23 Tour of Flanders in his native Belgium yesterday, Saturday.
The 22-year-old finished 11 seconds ahead of a 50-man group sprinting for second. The race was the fourth round of the U23 Nations Cup and as such Vanbilsen was riding for the Belgian national team and not for An Post-Sean Kelly.
However, his victory is a great boost for the Irish-Belgian trade team and once again underlines its status as a breeding ground for real talent.
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There was no Irish team in yesterday’s race although the Irish U23 team is in action in coming days at Nations Cup races in France and Holland: La Cote Picarde in France next Wednesday and the ZLM Tour in Holland three days later.
U23 Tour of Flanders result
1 Kenneth VAN BILSEN (Belgium) 4:25:56
2 Sean DE BIE (Belgium) +11secs
3 Kristian SBARAGLI (Italy)
4 Jan TRATNIK (Slovakia)
5 Maxime DANIEL (France)
6 Nicola TESTI ITA (Italy)
7 Jonas AHLSTRAND (Sweden)
8 Andris SMIRNOVS (Latvia)
9 Jan SOKOL (Austria)
10 Filip EIDSHEIM (Norway) all same time
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