Fabio Jakobsen conquers European title on road race, bronze for Tim Merlier

At 3.5 kilometers from the finish, the Swiss Stefan Bissegger tried in vain to avoid a bunch sprint. In it, Merlier was the first to go, but Jakobsen and Démare were still over him. The Austrian Lukas Pöstlberger and the Swiss Silvan Dillier almost immediately went out with two on Sunday morning. Their flight was over with 27 kilometers to go. Pascal Ackermann crashed hard 45 km from the finish after contact with crush barriers.

For example, the Germans could not count on their leader in the bunch sprint. After Matteo Trentin (2018), Elia Viviani (2019, Giacomo Nizzolo (2020) and Sonny Colbrelli (2021), the European champion is not from Italy for the first time in four years. The Belgians only started with seven riders. was included in the selection by national coach Sven Vanthourenhout to replace the sick Yves Lampaert, but Keukeleire also had to fail in the end.

Three Belgian medals

Belgium now has three medals at the European Championships. Track cyclist Robbe Ghys opened the account of Team Belgium on Friday with silver in the points race. On Saturday Lotte Kopecky won the gold medal in the elimination.