Henrik Pedersen (Uno X Mobility) scored a surprise victory ahead of the big name sprinters as he won the Flandrien 0.0 Classic. The young Danish rider joined a group of 14 riders attacking off the front of the peloton, sprinted to victory ahead of Laurence Pithie and Florian Vermeesch. Formerly known as Super 8 Classic, the 15th edition of the Flandrien 0.0 Classic, was a Belgian Classic-style course from Brakel to Boothmeerbeek/Haacht. The 199.4km route ran through East Flanders, taking on 15 climbs, with several tough ascents with gradients of up to 20%. “I started to try to go on the left side and actually hit the barrier, and then now it’s like ‘oh there is not a space here’, so I had to go the other way around, go all the way back on the right side. So it was quite a tricky road, but , I knew I had some good speed and I felt really good legs like all the way from Moskesstraat that first time. So, I was really like feeling that I could do a good result today. “ -Henrik ...
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