Magnus Sheffield, King of Brabanzon Arrow

The 19-year-old American Magnus Sheffield (Ineos) extended his team’s fantastic week with a single victory in the 62nd edition of Arrow of Brabanzon disputed on the 205.1 km route between Leuven and Overijse.

Follow the Ineos festival. Less than a week later, he won at Itzulia with Daniel Felipe Martínez, at Amstel with Kwiatkowski and now has a young man born 19 years ago in Pittsford (New York) who was able to finish the absolute majority of his team in 7 – breakaway man who starred in the last flamenco classic of the season.

Sheffield he ran away with his companions Pidcock and Turnerboth young, 22 years old, Remco Evenepoel, Wellens, Cosnefroy and Barguil. At 4 kilometers from the finish line, no one dared to attack, as well as the marks were slowing down and threatening to escape. Thus, the most rookie, the most ambitious and the most opportune came out of the group.

An initiative that sealed Sheffield with a great victory in Overijse, where he crossed the line alone, almost unbelievably, when the clock showed a race time of 4:53:09, averaging 42 km/hour.

A victory he enjoyed with time remaining, specifically 37 seconds, was the time taken by French Benoit Cosnefroy (Ag2r Citrôen), also second to Amstel, and Warren Barguil, with Pidcock and Evenepoel following.

This is the 21st win for Ineos this season, and the second as a professional from Sheffield, recently discovered on the Vuelta a Andalucía. A warning from the American, who intends to debut next Sunday in Paris-Roubaix.

An interesting race from start to finish, with 25 climbs, rain, breakaways, lots of attacks and a few favorites. This time it wasn’t double World Champion Julian Alaphilippe, who suffered a bad fall on one of the steps towards the finish line.

The first break was formed in the presence of the Spaniard with Ander Okamika (Burgos BH), who parted ways with the peloton along with Ludovic Robeet (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB) and Aaron Van Poucke (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise).

The history written by the modest was erased 74 km from the finish line. Okamika was first chased by a group that came from certain escape, where Campenaerts, Sheffield and Turner (Ineos), Nizzolo, Kamp and later Evenepoel went.

Another race began, with battles, cuts, danger from the air, and passing through the water. alaphilippe He spurred on the spirit with an initial acceleration that picked up the group of roosters uphill Herstraat. Turner later attacked Moskesstraat, a cobbled pass that tormented Evenepoel and Barguil with their 3 passes.

The Belgian cyclist was one of the naughty within the peloton. Always attacking, trying on rivals, or sometimes unable to cope, but then he appears. Evenepoel helped to complete the beautiful escape along with three Ineos men: Sheffield, Pidcock and Turner, Cosnefroy, Wellens and Barguil.

An ideal scenario for the Ineos, with an absolute majority. Everyone tasted it from afar. Turner attacked Holstheide, but Evenepoel disliked it and restrained him in his paths. In that group was the victory, as the platoon, which the UAE was desperate to pull off, and Bahrain with Luis León Sánchez as the locomotive, marched 1 minute away, with no more options.

With the cards on the table, and 5 km from the last line, Wellens tried to leave abruptly, and without any success. The scores slowed the septet’s progress until the threat of the first chasing group.

Of the 3 men ahead, Ineos was not interested there. Sheffield was moved to 4 km. It’s not a withering whip, far from it. He just sped up the pace, opened up a gap, a few seconds. The others looked at each other. Nothing came out for him. Not Remco Evenepoel.

One last detail. Magnus Sheffield got a great success in a prestigious career that he showed despite the rain. This happened historically, certainly, with his partner Tom Pidcock.