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  "description": "The sprinting revelation of 2026 comes not from the upper echelons of cycling, but from ProTeam Flanders-Baloise, in the form of 20-year-old Belgian Tom Crabbe, who finished up the Tour of Turkey on Sunday with a third stage win.\n\nCrabbe made his debut with Flanders-Baloise in 2025, netting several top-10s on flat finishes, including second to Olav Kooij on stage 2 of the Tour of Britain, but he took another step forward at the start of this season, winning straight off the bat at the Étoile de ",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-03T14:18:23.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The sprinting revelation of 2026 comes not from the upper echelons of cycling, but from ProTeam Flanders-Baloise, in the form of 20-year-old Belgian Tom Crabbe, who finished up the Tour of Turkey on Sunday with a third stage win.\n\nCrabbe made his debut with Flanders-Baloise in 2025, netting several top-10s on flat finishes, including second to Olav Kooij on stage 2 of the Tour of Britain, but he took another step forward at the start of this season, winning straight off the bat at the Étoile de Béssèges. He followed that up later the same month at the Ruta del Sol, beating some seasoned WorldTour pros including Søren Wærenskjold, Alex Aranburu and Christophe Laporte. Crabbe then debuted at some of the biggest Spring Classics before heading to the Presidential Tour of Turkey where he brought his tally to five.\n\n\"Every victory has its own story,\" Crabbe told Wielerflits in Turkey. \"It is always great to be able to do this together with the team. I am not going to put one victory above the other. I need to recover for a moment now, put everything in perspective, and just enjoy it.\"\n\nCrabbe's success so far in 2026 makes him ninth most victorious in the men's peloton, tying with Dorian Godon and Isaac Del Toro, and his competition has included some stellar sprinting talent. His next goals are back home in Belgium with the Tour de Wallonie and Baloise Belgium Tour before the sprinter-friendly Belgian National Championships.\n\n\"It certainly gives a lot of self-confidence, although the level of the sprinters here might be slightly lower than at the Belgian Championships,\" Crabbe said when asked about his prospects. \"Men like Philipsen and Merlier are at the start there. We are now going to try to dot the i’s and cross the t’s. A beautiful summer is still ahead.\"",
  "title": "20-year-old Belgian sprinter Tom Crabbe secures hat trick in Turkey",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-03T14:18:25.037Z"
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