Cycling, in Belgium Colbrelli distributes water bottles for Bahrain at Omloop

Winner of Paris-Roubaix 2022 and on the podium at the Tour of Flanders, Dylan Van Baarle is confirmed as one of the strongest on pavé. His first semi-classic of the season, the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, even though the Dutchman, who has just arrived at Jumbo-Visma, was on his first outing of the season. Van Baarle made the difference only Kapelmuur and gave 20″ to a small group led by the Belgian Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny) ahead of the Frenchman and teammate Christophe Laporte. Two Azzurri in the top 10: sixth Davide Ballerini (Soudal-QuickStep) Andrea Pasqualon (Bahrain-Victorius) was eighth. The Olympic champion of the quartet Jonathan Milan was a great protagonist in the intermediate stages of the race, again in the Bahraini team. Sonny Colbrelli. Forced to retire due to known heart problems, the Brescian, winner of Roubaix 2021, now the image man of Bahrain-Victoriuous, was on the side of the road distributing water bottles for his former teammates. ““I say goodbye to cycling” Colbrelli said during the announcement of his retirement from racing, “even if it hurts to do it after a season like the past one. It was the best of my career. I learned what life can give you and what it can take away from you Now I will stay in cycling together with Bahrain, who has remained close to me like a second family and who will accompany me in this transition period, from a rider to a new role that will evolve day by day. I will be an ambassador for our partners, I will work together to the coaches of the team and I will share my experience with my mates”. The photos of smiling Sonny illuminated one of the typical Belgian days, very cold, with splashes of rain. The Omloop was raced on the old circuit of the Tour of Flanders: the last two walls they were the Kapelmuur and the Bosberg, before the arrival of Ninove.