{"id":177384,"date":"2020-04-06T10:23:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T10:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=177384"},"modified":"2020-04-06T10:23:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T10:23:01","slug":"van-avermaet-wins-virtual-tour-de-flanders-and-other-news-from-the-world-of-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2020\/04\/06\/van-avermaet-wins-virtual-tour-de-flanders-and-other-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Avermaet Wins Virtual Tour de Flanders and Other News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en-GB\" align=\"left\"><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. So, what did you miss?<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Belgian did it<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This weekend, cycling fans finally got to enjoy some proper racing fun. The 2020 Tour de Flanders was cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic. However, the organisers decided to host a virtual version of the race. The event was attended by 13 pros, including the likes of Wout van Aert and Thomas De Gendt. The final 32km of the Tour de Flanders route were raced on the Bkool indoor training platform. The shortened course included the iconic climbs of Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Van Avermaet proved to be the strongest as he went clear with 12km to go. He was too fast for his opponents who made numerous attempts to close the gap. In the end, he crossed the virtual finish line 20 seconds ahead of Oliver Naesen. Nicholas Roche secured the last place on the podium.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=Wss5X8buubo params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/Wss5X8buubo\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<h4><strong>Virtual Tour of Flanders 2020 &#8211; Results<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>1. Greg Van Avermaet (CCC) &#8211; 43:17<br \/>\n2. Oliver Naesen (Ag2r La Mondiale) + 20s<br \/>\n3. Nicolas Roche (Sunweb), at 21s<br \/>\n4. Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) + 50s<br \/>\n5. Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) + 1:33<br \/>\n6. Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) + 1:42<br \/>\n7. Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal) + 2:08<br \/>\n8. Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) + 2:21<br \/>\n9. Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma) + 2:38<br \/>\n10. Zden\u011bk \u0160tybar (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) + 3:29<br \/>\n11. Yves Lampaert (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) + 3:29<br \/>\n12. Alberto Bettiol (EF Pro Cycling) + 3:39<br \/>\nDNF \u2013 Michael Matthews (Sunweb)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cameron Jeffers has completed the Everest challenge<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Wow!<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=-GkJOjJc1fw params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/-GkJOjJc1fw\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<h2><strong>Ever wonder if it&#8217;s all for you?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B-WZQ0pF1EO\/?igshid=2mdfnpykhvc4<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Burn them!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B-UwNk0JYCC\/<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Not surprised<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoZwift?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GoZwift<\/a> i got thrown out of a race because of my superhuman power. Can you fix the stats for me? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JqSQFvx6oC\">pic.twitter.com\/JqSQFvx6oC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thomas De Gendt (@DeGendtThomas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeGendtThomas\/status\/1244893212453584896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. 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