“Hope that nobody is doing bad”
Heavy falls overshade bike races in Belgium
03/26/2025 – 6:27 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
A Colombian prevails in a bike race in Belgium. He also benefits from three mass falls from the competition shortly before the end.
At the one-day race Bruges-De Panne, the sporting outcome fell into the background. On the last kilometers of the Belgian classic, there were several falls – in the end Sebastián Molano won a racing.
The Colombian from Team UAE Emirates-XRG prevailed after 195.6 kilometers in the sprint of a decimated top group. “This final is very dangerous, very quickly,” said the 30-year-old at the finish. The Italian Jonathan Milan, followed by Esten Madis Mihkels. Milan was only a few centimeters for victory.
Previously, a mass sprint had been announced on the flat course after the last outlier Hartthijs de Vries had also been swallowed by the driver group. The race spoke up in the final kilometers. Numerous drivers plunged on the narrow and difficult section of the route on three occasions, including the Belgian defending champion Jasper Philipsen.
“You saw that it was extremely hectic with so many sprinters in the peloton,” said the Dutch Dylan Groenwegen after the race. Meanwhile, Milan was concerned, but also critical: “There were a lot of falls, I hope that nobody was doing badly, that was one of the most dangerous finals I’ve ever driven.” The route is “very dangerous with the curves,” he pushed. “If everyone wants to win at the end, something like that happens.”