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LottoNL-Jumbo blows up in Tour de l’Eurométropole bunch sprint

Tom Van Asbroeck wasnt able to take part in the bunch sprint in the first stage of the Tour de lEurométropole. The Belgian wasnt in good position in the final kilometre of the stage and couldnt move up. Jens Bebusschere (Lotto Soudal) won the stage. Martijn Keizer remains second in the general classification.

We totally blew up the bunch sprint, sports director, Erik Dekker said after the race. Tom Van Asbroeck crashed in the beginning of the stage, but that didnt bother him afterwards. We tried to force some echelons at some moment in the race, but that didnt turn out the way we wanted. We werent there when we had to be. Tom wasnt placed well in the bunch sprint, which lost him that opportunity.

Downhill

I was too far behind in the final turn, Van Asbroeck added. The finish went slightly downhill and Lotto-Soudal pushed hard, so it was impossible for me to move up. I was in the middle, totally sheltered. You save the most energy in that place, but its a risk that they pass you from the left and the right side. That happened and I moved too late.

Revenge

Friday gives Van Asbroeck another chance, when the second stage of the Tour de l
Eurométropole will likely finish in another bunch kick. Were moving towards the Belgian coast and it can be windy out there sometimes, Dekker said. But it will end up in a bunch sprint normally. We have to take a look at the things that went wrong today so we will be able to take our revenge.

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