STUNNING SOLO WIN! 🤩 | Men's Elite 2026 Grand Prix De Denain Final KM's | TNT Sports Cycling

It's over a roundabout with about 500 meters to go. Before a fairly straight run into the finish in Dinant. And into a headwind on the finish, so. And this won't play into the favor of the first-rand Hagenaise and Alex Saigart, Alpecin Premier Tech have now assembled numbers. I can say the crash will have kind of thrown things a little bit back towards them. 19 seconds, three and a half kilometers to go. I was kind of, a couple of kilometers to go, I had Hagenaise down for being caught for sure. And I'm not quite sure anymore. Just two riders here from Alpecin Premier Tech. They should be able to catch with it. And still Alex Saigart, a handful of meters off the back. This is hilarious. These are two guys who are perfectly matched. They're perfectly patched, but they're 30 yards apart. We said it was about 60-40 for Saigart in terms of work. Three kilometers to go in the Grand Prix Dinant. A tantalizing situation here with Perslan Hagenaise, who attacked on the final cobblestone sector. Got a gap, and he's pretty much held it up until three kilometers to go. It's coming down. Nils Pollitt with one more hero turn to try and bring things back together. As soon as there's any organization in this group, they just pull it in. And they kind of know that, which is one of the reasons that it's difficult to get teams to organize. Because they said, yeah, we can do this. Fine, you do it. No, you do it. And just look at that. Nils Pollitt on the front there. Clearly, the UAE have decided that they want to bring this back. And they've got Juan Sebastian Milano in the group, who is certainly one of the fastest sprinters in the race. And clearly, Alex Saigart has something left. Because not only has he closed the gap to Hagenaise, but he's gone straight over the top with 2.4 kilometers to go. A massive surge from Alex Saigart. He must have saved something in the tank here, because he's absolutely blitzed Hagenaise now. Yeah, well, Hagenaise has just sat up, because he knows he's getting caught. But Alex Saigart has decided he's rushed into the gap behind him for one last throw of the dice. He's doing exactly the scenario we had in yesterday's race. 2.1 kilometers to go. And we've got Alex Saigart, chin on the stem, off the front. Yesterday at Nocca, of course, Alex Saigart attacked with 14 kilometers to go. He was caught within sight of the finish line in a race won by Jasper Philipsen. This time, a slightly different situation. He's had first strand Hagenaise ever since sector 7 with about 50 kilometers to go. This is immensely long range. And Alex Saigart has just attacked with 1.7 kilometers remaining. And he's got maybe 15, 16 seconds, 15 seconds, something like that. I mean, they can see him. He's got the motor in front of him, which is helping him a little bit, although that's quite a long length, so the motor's not that close. They haven't got Hagenaise back yet either. But this is just like yesterday. This is right in the balance. Alex Saigart has got 1.4 kilometers, less than a mile in old money to go. And this has to say, absolutely committed. I mean, in truth, I think they'll catch him. I think he's going to have exactly the same race as he did yesterday. But that's exciting. The bunch weave from left to right, which signified that maybe the chase was starting to break down. They look like they've reassembled now, but Alex Saigart is just about to pass under the flamme rouge. One kilometer to go for the man from Bahrain, Victorious, an incredible time trialist. And he's doing it once again. Absolutely solid position on the bike. The soldiers are starting to rock, but you will forgive him that, having been out front for around 50 kilometers. One kilometer to go now. That gap's just coming down all the time. It's so close, so tense. Has to stay absolutely committed to this. I mean, he's held his position pretty well. He's not looking quite as good as he did a few kilometers ago, but... Oh, quick look back. He knows they're coming. He's been out of the roundabout. He's got the left-hand turn to make here. He's negotiated that safely. Quite a narrow entry into that final straight. Hopefully the bunch behind stays safe, but Alex Saigart doesn't need to worry about that. Around 500 kilometers to go. We wait to see what the situation is in the group behind. Alex Saigart just has to bury himself now. He's inside the final straight. One big roundabout to negotiate, but it's all fairly straight from here now. Alex Saigart takes another look behind. And the bunch is not inside. Alex Saigart has got a smile on his face. I think he's the man from Bahrain. Victorious has done it. The sprint opens up behind, but it's far too late. A magnificent win for Alex Saigart. He did that on pure strength. Absolutely pure strength. He got attacked by Hagan in that last sector, his breakaway partner. Hung on, rode 30 yards behind him for 10 kilometers. Jumped and then hung on. That was pure strength, pure strength. Very, very, very impressive. Well, with around a kilometer to go, we really wondered. We were looking at the chase behind. They seemed with around 500 meters to go. He knew it. Alex Saigart, the winner of the Grand Prix Dinan. Magnificent effort from the man who just 24 hours to go was on the offensive once again. And this time he's made it stick. And the group behind had just, it had too many big riders and not enough small riders. There weren't enough teams with numbers to pull it back. So there just was never the committed chase. I was sure a kilometer to go or a kilometer and a half to go. I thought surely they're going to catch him.