For the second time in four days, Magnus Sheffield was the sole winner of the Spring Classic.
The American was the youngest of the three Ineos who formed the decisive lead group that emerged on the second of four laps around the closing circuit of Brabante Pile with 51km remaining.
Sheffield, 19, pushed the pace on the final climb of the cobbled Mosquesstraat with 10km to go and made another move with 3.8km to go. Tom Pidcock and Ben Turner marked the rear of the field and contained the attack.
After Pidcock and Kwiatkowski had established a similar numerical advantage in the Amstel Gold Race, the final in Brabantspaille was another demonstration of the British teams' ability to make the numbers count during the Classics season.
"It's more pressure that way," Turner said after the race. It puts more pressure on you," Turner said after the race. If we lose, it won't look good. But we ran a great race and it was very impressive."
"Magnus went and he won. Honestly, I don't know who I was sprinting for. All that matters is winning, and I don't really care who wins."
"There were three guys in front of me, so there was no reason why I couldn't win. Pidcock added. It wasn't so much about the match as it was about getting as close together as we could so we could play where we could use our legs."
The victory accelerated a great start to Sheffield's professional career with a stage win at the Vuelta a AndalucĂa. The victory was made all the more remarkable by the fact that the Ineos trio at the front averaged only 21 years of age.
"We are a young team. 'I can't say I have a lot of experience, and they don't have a lot of experience either. So it's a good morale boost," Pidcock said.
"I went early, and I was going to go early. But I didn't intend for the whole race to blow up at that point."
Turner had already been in the spotlight at this spring's Classic with a string of impressive runs in place of team leaders Pidcock and Kwiatkowski.
Sheffield also has a cross resume, but may not be as well known. At least that was the case until Wednesday. After the race, Turner described him as.
When asked about Sheffield's greatest strength, he replied, "His legs. 'He's young and strong. He's young and strong. It's obvious, and you can see it in what he did today, and what we all did today. He is a great rider and has a great future ahead of him."
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