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  • He won the Omloop the year before as well (2014), beating Van Avermaet in a two up sprint. Also has been on the podium at Roubaix and Harelbeke, and top 10s at Dwars Door Vlaanderen and Milan San Remo. All 2016 or before.

    If you ever want to refresh your memory on a riders palmares, this is a handy site:

    https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=140754

  • This. For a while he really looked like he was developing into one of the strongest hard men in the early season classics, then 2017 happened and he's like the forgotten man. Damn shame.

  • Everyone has bad years. Maybe he tried something different early season, it didn't work and he wasn't the force he'd been previously.

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