Binck Bank Tour. Ackermann stands too long in the wind.

Actually, the prospects for Pascal Ackermann from the Bora hansgrohe team on the 1st stage of the Binck Bank Tour were not that bad. The finish line was flat, he could see it before and the field was reduced to around a third. many of the other sprinters were no longer there because of a mass fall 4.3 km before the end. And those who were there had hardly any support. At Bora hansgrohe, Pascal Ackermann has two people to support him. With these he dominated the final phase. However, his last husband, that was Rüdiger Selig, ran out of breath too early because of this. Others had the greater speed and pushed past Ackermann. He had to act and tried it alone with enormous momentum. That looked pretty good for a while, but then the distance to the finish became too long and Jasper Philipsen from Team UAE passed him on the last minute. Unfortunately for Ackermann, the target photo also showed that the Dane Mads Pedersen from Team Trek Segafredo had caught up with him.

Today's stage of the Binck Bank Tour led from Blankenberge to Ardooie. Both are in Belgium. It was 131 km long and flat. Fortunately for the drivers, there was little wind and no rain. Therefore, the outliers were caught before the Golden Sprint.

The Golden Sprint was held around 19 km before the end. There are three sprint ratings in a row over one kilometer. For each of them, the winner receives a 3 second bonus and of course a few euros. The Golden Sprint was fiercely contested at first. Often you just see the outliers rolling through. Today the sprinters fought very hard for the seconds. Van der Poel took the first place, the second I don't know now, maybe Teunissen and the third was reserved by Yves Lampert from the Deceuninck Quickstep team.

A little later, they crossed the finish line for the first time. About four kilometers before the end, a driver from the Israel Start UP Nation lay down on the road. There were more falls. The road was quickly blocked and the remaining front third made the day's victory among themselves.

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