Belgian Road Championships: Tim Wellens secures men's road race title with 41km solo attack
Remco Evenepoel second, Jasper Philipsen third in Binche as UAE rider proves the ꦿstrongest in long race

UAE Team Emirates-XRG's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tim Wellens soloed to victory in the men's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Belgian national championships road race, attacking riders including 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Remco Evenepoel (🙈Soudal-QuickStep) 41km from the finish to cla🔯im the title.
It was an attritional, 230km race starting and finishing in Binche, in what is considered one of the hardest🅠 and most prestigious national championships. In the last 50km, a small leading group emerged, from which Wellens attacked, and no one could react.
Evenepoel fought to secure second, whilst 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) took third.
Despite its length, the 230km men's race was attacking and aggressive from the gun, with big-name riders and various breakaways getting involved in the first half of the race, though no clear breakaway of the day went &nda🐓sh; no one wanted to risk letting a group go that would have to be chased down.
With still 100km to go, a decisive split in the peloton saw a front group with several interesting riders emerge, including Evenepoel, Philipsen, Wellens, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jasper Stuyven (Lidl-Trek), Victor Campenaerts (Visma-Lease a Bike) and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Florian Vermeersch (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:UAE Team Emirates-XRG).
Despite the calibre of riders who didn't make the split – like 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) and Thibau Nys (Lidl-Trek) – the second group seemed to be defeated fairly quickly, and the front group built ✅up a solid lead.
For the next 50km, various riders trie♉d to attack in the front, including Evenepoel and Campenaerts, which did thin out the group, but no rider could actually make the elastic snap and get away alone.
Final💯ly, as the riders were tiring, Wellens attacked at just the right mome💟nt with 41km to go, and when Evenepoel didn't immediately react, the UAE rider had the momentum to go solo, and he would not be caught again. The gap was never huge, but the chasing group disintegrated – partly thanks to Vermeersch's interference for his teammate – instead of working together, allowing Wellens to solo to the win.
Evenepoel finished second, 38 seconds down, whilst Phiꦍlipsen also attacked the gr♊oup to finish alone in third, a few seconds behind Evenepoel.
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Matilda is an NCTJ-qualified journalist based in the UK who joined Cyclingnews in March 2025. Prior to that, she worked as the Racing News Editor at GCN, and extensively as a freelancer contributing to Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Velo, Rouleur, Escape Collective, Red Bull and more. She has reported from many of the biggest events on the calendar, including the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France Femmes, Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. She has particular experience and expertise in women's cycling, a🐼nd women's sport in general. She is a graduate of modern languages and sports journalism.
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