Vansevenant racks up Soudal Quick-Step’s 900th win

Vansevenant racks up Soudal Quick-Step’s 900th win

Mauri Vansevenant put in a massive show of strength and determination to capture the 900th victory in the history of Soudal Quick-Step, on the very last day of the Tour of Oman. The fact that he did it on one of cycling’s toughest climbs – Jabal Al Akhdar (5.7km, 10.5%) – makes it even more impressive and serves as confirmation of the potential held by the Belgian.

Mauri timed his ride to perfection on the unforgiving slopes of the Green Mountain, a climb that put everything in play on Wednesday, when a select group of four emerged from an already reduced peloton with two kilometers to go. There were attempts to break that group, but Mauri produced in a resolute display and remained there, countering those attacks and even taking over the reins when the quartet entered the last kilometer.

Despite the gradients hardly dipping below 10% and almost no moments of respite, Vansevenant kept on pressing and decided to throw in a massive all-or-nothing attack in the last 150 meters of the stage, which saw surge past his opponents, howl his way over the finish line and score a beautiful and well-deserved victory in front of his family, who was eagerly waiting for him at the top of the climb.

“Today was incredibly hard! The heat didn’t make things easier, but I had a good feeling and kept pushing and pushing on those steep roads. Jan Hirt, who won here in 2022, told me to wait as long as possible and go full gas on the finishing stretch, and I followed his advice, making my move at the right moment. It was nice to do it in front of my family, their presence gave me extra motivation”, said Vansevenant, who finished runner-up in the general classification for a mere second.

“The fact that I wrote history for Soudal Quick-Step with this 900th win leaves me speechless. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought about this, about being in the spotlight of such an important moment in the history of the team. Just riding for the Wolfpack is something special to me, and now, to hit this milestone…it’s just amazing!”, concluded Mauri after his landmark victory.

 

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Race details

1 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal - Quick Step
3:53:51
2 Matteo Jorgenson
Movistar Team
0:00
3 Geoffrey Bouchard
AG2R Citroën Team
0:12
4 Rein Taaramäe
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
0:22
5 Maxim Van Gils
Lotto Dstny
0:37
6 Diego Ulissi
UAE Team Emirates
0:37
7 Cristián Rodríguez Martín
Team Arkéa Samsic
0:58
8 Jesús Herrada López
Cofidis
0:58
9 Carlos Verona Quintanilla
Movistar Team
1:00
10 Cian Uijtdebroeks
BORA - hansgrohe
1:12
15 Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step
1:41
34 Fausto Masnada
Soudal - Quick Step
3:29
85 Jordi Warlop
Soudal - Quick Step
9:00
90 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal - Quick Step
9:00
91 Tim Merlier
Soudal - Quick Step
9:00
92 Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step
9:13
1 Matteo Jorgenson
Movistar Team
19:56:21
2 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal - Quick Step
0:01
3 Geoffrey Bouchard
AG2R Citroën Team
0:28
4 Rein Taaramäe
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
0:46
5 Diego Ulissi
UAE Team Emirates
0:48
6 Maxim Van Gils
Lotto Dstny
0:58
7 Jesús Herrada López
Cofidis
1:20
8 Cristián Rodríguez Martín
Team Arkéa Samsic
1:22
9 Cian Uijtdebroeks
BORA - hansgrohe
1:36
10 Carlos Verona Quintanilla
Movistar Team
1:37
14 Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step
2:21
37 Fausto Masnada
Soudal - Quick Step
7:20
62 Jordi Warlop
Soudal - Quick Step
17:19
72 Tim Merlier
Soudal - Quick Step
21:49
74 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal - Quick Step
22:01
99 Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step
30:10
1 Matteo Jorgenson
Movistar Team
34 pt
2 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal - Quick Step
33 pt
3 Diego Ulissi
UAE Team Emirates
31 pt
4 Maxim Van Gils
Lotto Dstny
22 pt
5 Axel Zingle
Cofidis
21 pt
6 Jesús Herrada López
Cofidis
20 pt
7 Geoffrey Bouchard
AG2R Citroën Team
18 pt
8 Tim Merlier
Soudal - Quick Step
17 pt
9 Cristián Rodríguez Martín
Team Arkéa Samsic
14 pt
10 David Dekker
Team Arkéa Samsic
12 pt
16 Jordi Warlop
Soudal - Quick Step
7 pt
1 Matteo Jorgenson
Movistar Team
19:56:21
2 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal - Quick Step
0:01
3 Maxim Van Gils
Lotto Dstny
0:58
4 Cian Uijtdebroeks
BORA - hansgrohe
1:36
5 Sylvain Moniquet
Lotto Dstny
2:44
6 Michel Ries
Team Arkéa Samsic
3:27
7 Ide Schelling
BORA - hansgrohe
5:38
8 Magnus Kulset
Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
5:41
9 Pablo Castrillo Zapater
Equipo Kern Pharma
6:01
10 Embret Svestad-Bårdseng
Human Powered Health
6:35
1 BORA - hansgrohe 59:55:12
2 Soudal - Quick Step 2:36
3 Intermarché - Circus - Wanty 2:46
4 Team Arkéa Samsic 2:47
5 AG2R Citroën Team 4:52
6 Lotto Dstny 5:49
7 Movistar Team 7:28
8 UAE Team Emirates 9:15
9 Burgos-BH 9:30
10 Equipo Kern Pharma 10:03

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