LIVE: Tim Merlier is chasing his 3rd consecutive victory in the Eleven Cities Round | Eleven Cities Round 2022

Eleven Cities Round

road race Road racedistance 192 km
location 14u00: Brugge – 18u30: Brugge

yet147 km

    1. Jens Reynders (BEL)
    2. Louis Blue (BEL)
    3. Reece Wood (GBR)
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    1. Jens Reynders (BEL)
    2. Louis Blue (BEL)
    3. Reece Wood (GBR)

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Today the Eleven Cities Round will be held in and around Bruges, the 9th round in the Exterioo Cycling Cup. Tim Merlier can win there for the 3rd time in a row, but there are a lot of privateers on the coast. We follow the course closely here from 2 pm.

  1. Peloton keeps escapees in check. Just now, the chronometer indicated 2’12”. But suddenly they give it a shot in the peloton, the lead crumbles to 1’30”. † 3 p.m. 10.
  2. 14 hours 49. Reynders and Vanoverschelde are familiar faces in the front. Yesterday they also made good weather in the flight from Dwars door het Hageland. Louis Bluwe (Johan Bruyneel’s nephew) was in the lead for almost the entire day in the Ronde van Limburg. With 24-year-old Reece Wood, they have a tall slender Briton who comes from Yorkshire by their side today. †
  3. 1’30”. 4 riders in front is an ideal scenario, they think in the peloton. Reynders and co have already been given one and a half minutes of leeway. The competition situation could just be fixed for a very long time. . 14 hours 40.
  4. 2 p.m. 35. 3 Belgians in leader quartet. At the peak of the race, 4 riders have put together the flight of the day: – Jens Reynders (Bel/Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) – Louis Blouwe (Bel/Bingoal-Pauwels Sauzen-WB) – Kobe Vanoverschelde (Bel/Tarteletto- Isorex) – Reece Wood (GBr/WiV SunGod).
  5. Thibau Nys pleases a fan before the start with an autograph. 2 p.m. 27.
  6. Can Taco van der Hoorn surprise again? 14 hours 20.
  7. 14 o’clock 05 match started
  8. 1 p.m. 06. Tough competition for Merlier. Tim Merlier is chasing his 3rd victory in a row in the Eleven Cities Round this afternoon, but the competition is not less. A lot of fast guys have come down to Bruges and they all have the same goal as Merlier. A small selection of the can of sprinters that will be opened today: Fabio Jakobsen, Caleb Ewan, Pascal Ackermann, Simone Consonni and Gerben Thijssen. Thibau Nys is also at the start. †
  9. 13h 03. The trail. The Eleven Cities Round starts and arrives in Bruges. After the departure, the peloton first waits for a large loop south. Via Oostkamp, ​​Tielt, Torhout and Jabbeke, it goes back to Bruges, where 6 local laps of 16 km still await. †
  10. 12 o’clock 58. Three in a row for Tim Merlier? The Eleven Cities Round has invariably been a playground for fast guys in recent years, with victories for Wout van Aert, Adam Blythe and Tim Merlier. The Belgian of Alpecin-Fenix ​​won the last two editions, in 2019 and 2021. The race was canceled in 2020 due to the corona pandemic. Will Merlier be able to cheer again soon? We follow it here. †
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