A Strong Move O21-2
While the early break was still up the road, in the peloton others were getting antsy to make their move. With 50 kilometers to race it was none other Vincenzo Nibali (Italia) jumping out of the peloton on one of the two major climbs on the course. His attack brought out Remco Evenpoel (Belgium) and Eddie Dunbar (Ireland). Team Belgium had been setting the pace and covering all of the moves all day long. Clearly they thought the day would belong to Wout Van Aerts. After his performance at the end of the Tour de France, their faith in him wasn't misplaced. They were so all in for Van Aerts, that the now former Olympic champion, Greg Van Avermaet, was the guy on the front setting the early place (sacrificing his chances of keeping the gold medal for another Olympics).