The two previous editions were won by the Dutch. In 2019 Van der Poel won his first race in the World Tour in Waregem and after a cancellation in the corona year 2020, Dylan van Baarle was the best last year.
This time Van Baarle did not appear in the piece. Van der Poel does, and how.
Easter, as usual
As usual, the fluorescent figure of Matthijs Paasschens colored the early flight. The born Dutchman, who grew up in Leuven, Belgium, reported in the attack, just like in Nokere Koerse and the E3 Prize – and in previous years in the Tour of Flanders and three years in a row in Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
