Elisa Longo Borghini and Remco Evenepoel triumph at the Brabant Arrow

They returned, she after 12 days, he after five months. Elisa Longo Borghini She forgot the bad fall at the Tour of Flanders, which led her to hospital for a night, and with a tactical masterpiece she took the Brabant Arrow, with a solo in the last 10 kilometers, leaving all her rivals behind on the climb of Holstheide, arriving alone at the finish line in Overijse. The 33-year-old from Verbania, with her fourth victory of the season, becomes the first woman to win the Brabant Arrow twice in her career, after 2024. Eleonora Gasparrini comes fourth.

He returned after months, instead, Remco Evenepoel, who won in a sprint, beating Wout van Aert. For Evenepoel, it was his seasonal debut after colliding with the open door of a van during training in December, near Anderlecht, resulting in fractures to his ribs, shoulder blade and right hand, contusions to his lungs and a dislocation of his right collarbone with torn ligaments. After months of treatment, rehabilitation and training, Evenepoel returned with a heavy bandage and immediately achieved success.