Greig Leach

It was these five very talented riders who managed to ride away from everyone else on the road. The group included the Rainbow Jersey of Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), Luke Rowe (Sky), Tiesj Benoot (Lotto Soudal), Matteo Trentin (Quickstep) and the winner twelve months ago, Jasper Stuyven (Trek Segafredo). They have 36 seconds on the chasing group, which in turn has a minute on the peloton. Given that there are only 13 kilometers left to race, it is relatively safe to assume that the winner of the 2017 Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne will be one of these five men. I have had the pleasure of riding in parts of Europe, so I quickly recognized the red bike lane just to the right of the racers. My home town is trying to catch up with this kind of cycling infrastructure, but we may have a way to go.