CYCLING – MATEJ Mohoric claimed a top 10 finish for Team Bahrain Victorious yesterday in the 110th Ronde van Vlaanderen, also known as the Tour of Flanders, in Belgium.
The one-day UCI World Tour road race, which is the second Monument of the international cycling season, featured a distance of 278.2 kilometres, starting from Antwerp and finishing in Oudenaarde.
A Monument is one of five classic races generally considered to be the oldest, hardest, longest, and most prestigious one-day events in men’s road cycling. The other Monuments of the 2026 campaign are Paris-Roubaix in France on April 12, Liege-Bastogne-Liege in Belgium on April 26, and Il Lombardia in Italy on October 10.
Mohoric was classified eighth overall yesterday after completing the ride four-and-a-half minutes behind winner Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates-XRG.
Alec Segaert followed Mohoric as Bahrain Victorious’s second-best finisher in 15th. Kamil Gradek came 38th, Alessandro Borgo was 45th, and Matevz Govekar ranked 89th, while Zak Erzen did not finish.
Meanwhile, Team Bahrain Victorious are back in action in another top event in Europe starting today.
The six-stage Itzulia Basque Country in Spain will be held as its 65th edition. Across the week, the peloton will cover 810.1km from Bilbao to Bergara, tackling a total of 16,404m of climbing.
Pello Bilbao will be leading the team in his home event. Having just raced on Saturday in the 35th Gran Premio Miguel Indurian, also in Spain, Bilbao will be competing alongside Antonio Tiberi, Alberto Bruttomesso, Roman Ermakov, Oliver Stockwell, Attila Valter, and Rainer Kepplinger.
Today’s opening leg will be an individual time trial in Bilbao, covering 13.8km.
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