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Leading out the sprint for the Belgian national title, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sep Vanmarcke was denied the victory 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:in the final metre as AG2R-La Mondiale's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oliver Naesen pipped him on the line.

The 28-year-old 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Cannondale-Drapac rider had tried to ride away from his breakaway companions Naesen, Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) was third ahead of Jens Keukele♓ire (O🐽rica-Scott) and Nathan Van Hooydonck (BMC) without success in the closing kilometres.

In the sprint for the line, Van Hooydonck was the first to move before Vanmarcke went long, only for Naese🦋n to use his slipstreജam and take the win in a photo finish.

"Sep started from far out and had a good gap. He did what I did in E3 Harelbeke, while I did what Greg did. I was in the slipstream and came over him on the line. Hopefully this🤡 is my breakthrough victory. I knew I was ready for it," Naesen said of his win.

Vanmarcke described the day's racing, explaining that he believed his best shot for victo🍌ry would come from a late attack.

"My race was a city course, like a kermesse, with a lot of corners and a few cobbled sections. The entire race, all 5.5 hours, was stressful because you always had to🔥 be in position," he said in a team release. "The final opened after 190 kilometers, with 50 kilometers left. We got away with 17 riders. By the last lap, we where left with only five.

"I attacked in the last kilometers, but I wasn’t ab🎐le to get away. At that point, Ken [Vanmarcke], my sport director, advised me that I needed to surprise them and sprint from far. It was my best option, so that’s what I did."

While he wasn't confident in a sprint finish, Vanmarcke added that he thought the title was his only to be disappointed at the last possible momen𝐆t,

"I thought I was going to win as we sprinted to the line, but in the very last meter🌼s, Naesen came up and won. He finished 1.2 centimetres in front of me," said Vanmarcke.

After crashing out of the Tour of Flanders, Vanmarcke has been building back up to form which was on show at the Hammer Sꦯeries. He explained that after his injuries and illness at the start of the season, to have come so close to a breakthrough national title brought up mixed emotions.

"While I'm happy with the level I have again after all the problems in the spring, I’m also really disappointed because I was so close to becoming national champion and wearing the colors of m🦩y country for a year," he said.

Va𝓰nmarcke will next be in action at the Tour of Austria witꦍh the stage race starting July 2 and running through to July 8.