2023-07-27 21:01:35
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) won the Herentals post-tour criterium on Thursday. He won after a sprint with the winner of the green jersey of the Tour de France Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), in front of the public who came to admire the local star.
The Italian Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), polka dot jersey, took 3rd place, ahead of Oliver Naesen (AG2R-Citroën) and Frederik Frison (Lotto Dstny). For his farewell, Jan Bakelants collected the most points in the intermediate sprints and climbed on the podium.
It was Wout van Aert’s first outing after leaving the 110th Tour de France at the end of stage 17 to attend the birth of his second son, Jerome. The native of Herentals was honored before the start, which he took with Philipsen and Ciccone.
Jan Bakelants, who was in his last road race as a rider, attacked and was joined by Wout van Aert. Once the duo caught up, it was Ciccone and Philipsen who took the lead to show off their shirts, before the final was played in a sprint between the 2023 green jersey, Philipsen, and the 2022 green jersey, Van Aert, winner in front of the his.
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