Quick-Step Floors’ Niki Terpstra soloed to victory in the 206km E3 Harelbeke in Belgium today.
The Dutchman won the race in 5:04:18, beating his teammate Philippe Gilbert (Belgium) and defending champion BMC Racing’s Greg van Avermaet into second and third respectively.
Quick-Step Floors’ Niki Terpstra atop the podium after winning the E3 Harelbeke in Belgium today. Photo: @E3Harelbeke
Terpstra broke away from an 11-man chasing bunch with just seven kilometres to go and looked as though he was going to get caught as the race concluded.
His lead of 20 seconds reduced to 10 seconds after a string of attacks in the chasing bunch with just three kilometres left. Gilbert came out on top in the chase, as he played a decisive supporting role for Terpstra.
View more results below.
1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 5:04:18
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
4 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
6 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
7 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
8 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
9 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
10 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team
