The Belgian rider sprints to victory after an impressive assist from Jakob Söderqvist before celebrating with his family on the finish line.
At the start of the 200 kilometer-long race, an early breakaway formed but, strong winds in the Moeren meant the group’s chances were slim. After several splits in the peloton, Söderqvist managed to break away with seven others before, a few kilometers later, another group of seven riders attacked from the shattered peloton, with Theuns just making the jump.
With 60 km to go, the two groups merged to form a 15-rider breakaway, including Söderqvist and Theuns but the peloton was following at less than a minute.
It was a constant battle to stay ahead, but thanks to a powerful effort from Söderqvist, the breakaway held off the chase. In the final sprint, Theuns went early and managed to stay in front all the way to the finish line.
Watch how the race was won!
https://twitter.com/LidlTrek/status/1903123281244295379
A special celebration 
https://twitter.com/LidlTrek/status/1903117660113559886
Race Reaction
It’s unbelievable. I haven’t won since my son was born and he asks me a lot of times when I come back from the race ‘Daddy, did you win?’ and it hurts, I love to do the lead outs for Milan and that’s my place and he’s one of the best sprinters in the world, so it gives me a lot of satisfaction. But when your own son is saying ‘Why didn’t you win?’ it hurts a little bit. I told him last week it will come one day and today I had unbelievable legs, and I could win after a long time without a victory. It feels good. I really have to thank everybody who supported me, the whole team and especially my girlfriend and my son. They are the world to me, and they always support me. It’s not always easy to live together with a cyclist, but moments like these make it worth it.
