The team Ds Astana continues his dream Sunday and still scores very big points in view of maintaining WorldTour with the victory of Max Kanter sur 7e edition of the Lotto Famenne Ardenne Classic… and even a double with Cees Bol ! As often on this Belgian classic, despite a hilly course of 186.7 km, The race has summed up a sprint for strong in a last straight line in a standby false. And in the absence of the double title holder Arnaud de Lie (Lotto), it is therefore the German sprinter who has been the fastest to sign his first success for over a year. Kanter may warmly thank his launcher Cees Bolwhich he went beyond the wire after an impressive effort from the Dutch to place it in an armchair. The latter even finished second just in front of the Belgian Arne Marit (Intermarché-Wanty), following a fairly stormy sprint …
Video – Nicolas Vinokourov on the maintenance of XDS Astana
Grabuge in the final and on arrival … 3 French in the top 10
We have indeed attended several clashes in the last kilometer, in particular between Lukas cub (Unibet Tietema Rockets) and the train of Ds Astana. Miraculously, everyone was able to stay on their bike, but we did not go far from a big fall. Obviously furious at the behavior of the Kazakhe training, the Slovakia champion and other runners have directly gone to see the first two after crossing the line to explain themselves, even if the jury of the commissioners does not seem to have deemed necessary to take measures. Note that three French people integrate the top 10 of the day: Emilien Jeannière (Totalenergies, 4th), Hugo Hofstetter (Israel Prime Minister Tech, 6e) et Hugo Page (Intermarché-Wanty, 7th).
