Whilst many will have predicted a Team Visma | Lease a Bike triumph at the 2024
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad,
Jan Tratnik wouldn't have been top pick. Nevertheless, it was the Slovenian who triumphed in a thriller on Saturday.
"We know we have a strong team. Today I was also here in more of a domestique role s I certainly didn't expect it myself," reflected Tratnik in his post-race interview having taken victory ahead of
Nils Politt with
Wout van Aert ensuring two Team Visma | Lease a Bike riders on the podium. “The men did very well halfway through the race. I sat a little from the back so I could relax as much as possible. It wasn't really a controlled chase. It was accelerating all the time and then stalling again. Still, I had to continue to believe in it."