The 29-year-old West-Vlaming had about 208.7 km in a sprint with a large group of Jordi Meeus (BORA-hansgrohe) and a ploeggenoot Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix).
Merlier pacts in 2019 also al the national title in Gent. These are said to be vandaag and three overwinnings. There are two stages in Tirreno-Adriatico and also the semi-classic Nokere Koerse and the Classic Brugge-De Panne
Op de erelijst van het BK follows Merlier Wout van Aert op. De kopman van Jumbo-Visma kwam in Middelkerke not on the start door een little knee.
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