short rate. Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Rise to 14th Safe in WorldTour Ranking, Lotto-Soudal Increasingly in Dirty Papers | Cycling

The victory of Biniam Girmay at Ghent-Wevelgem In addition to his places of honor near him at E3 Harelbeke (5th place) and Milan Sanremo (12th), his team Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert didn’t hurt either. Team Walloon climbed to a safe 14th place in the battle to keep the WorldTour

The top 18 teams at the end of this season were also assured of a place in the WorldTour for the next three years. Intermarché – Winty Joubert now calculates 11,737 points in the 2020-2022 period, thus leading 1,650 points over the interim team in 19th place: Rich Israel – Premier Tech (10,087 points). Lotto-Soudal is one point lower in 20th place with 9,759 points. That’s about a thousand points lower than the safe 18th place, where Cofidis deals with 10,697 points. To bridge a thousand points, you already have to win the Tour of Flanders plus Paris-Roubaix. (BVDC)

Tim Wellens will appear at the beginning of the Flemish classic this spring. The 30-year-old Lotto-Soudal rider will compete in the Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday. “Having been unable to participate in Omloop, Tim has been keen to touch the Flemish Stones at least once this spring. Together with the team, it was decided to add Dwars door Vlaanderen to their programme,” Lotto-Soudal said. Wellens will be joined by Cedric Paulins, Victor Campinerts, Arnaud de Lee, Frederic Frieson, Brent van Muir and Florian Vermeersch.

Jumbo-Visma has got a new sponsor with online Dutch delivery service Gorillas. The company’s logo will appear on the jerseys of Wout van Aert and his partners since the start of the Tour de France. The agreement begins on July 1 and has a term of at least 2.5 years. This cooperation was not accidental, because at the beginning of this year, the supermarket chain Jumbo – the main sponsor of the team – has already reached an agreement with Gorillas.

Alexei Lutsenko (29 years old) will no longer be working this spring. The Kazakh fell from Astana during a training camp on Mount Teide on Friday, resulting in a broken collarbone and shoulder. Today it is under the knife in our country. Lutsenko has been busy preparing for the Ardennes Classics, but is now forced to focus on the Tour de France.