Greig Leach

Having missed being able to go with the attack on the Oude Kwaremont, Visma-Lease a Bike was forced to chase. They had the numbers to bring back the leading trio, so it was Wout van Aert, Matteo Jorgenson, and Tiesj Benoot riding hard together. They were joined in the effort by two of the former attackers, Stefan Kung (Groupama-FDJ) and Jasper Stuyven (Lidl-Trek). Despite their collective best efforts, only van Aert was able to rejoin the front of the race, with the others remaing the second group on the road. Another spoiler, while he did rejoin the leaders, van Aert finished fourth on the day, just off of the podium. I should point out that his teammates Benoot and Jorgenson finished sixth and 47th respectively. Kung ended up seventh and Stuyven was fifth.