Team DSM rode perfectly throughout the day to control the early breakaway, cover the late moves and set finisher Sam Welsford up for the finale who duly delivered with a monstrous sprint to secure the win at today's GP Criquielion.

From the beginning of the race Team DSM were ever present at the front of the bunch, controlling the tempo and staying out of trouble on the narrow and twisting Belgian roads. Coming into the closing 20 kilometres the break was caught and the team reacted brilliantly to shut down a flurry of attacks, before turning their attention to the lead out. Charging under the flamme rouge the boys in black dropped Welsford off expertly, who used his nous to wait a few seconds before launching his sprint, surging past the competition to take Team DSM’s Men's program’s fourth win of the season.

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