Brennan should be able to start Kuurne after crashing out of Omloop

The bad luck seemed to continue for Visma-Lease a Bike on Saturday. Days after Wout van Aert was forced to postpone his 2026 season debut due to illness, his successor as leader, Matthew Brennan, crashed out of Omloop Nieuwsblad.

The incident came towards the end of what had been a particularly dangerous edition, with Brennan one of many caught in perhaps the last major crash of the day, as the peloton raced towards Geraardsbergen in the last 20 km. The 20-year-old Briton abandoned on the spot, and though "he was able to make it to the team car under his own power", concerns persisted about the more sprint-friendly Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne on Sunday.

However, an update a few hours after the race, shared with Wielerflits , appeared to confirm that Brennan is "okay" and should be able to start in Kuurne.

It wasn't all doom and gloom for Visma, though, as Christophe Laporte raced to fourth, best of the rest from the bunch, after Mathieu van der Poel won from a move that went clear 45 km from the line.