Madis Mihkels (EF Education - EasyPost) reached the first significant milestone of the season when he finished 3rd in the World Tour one-day race Classic Brugge-De Panne in Belgium. Juan Sebastian Molano brought UAE Team Emirates their 20th win of the season, with Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) finishing second.
There were several crashes in the final kilometers, but Mihkels managed to escape them and fight for a podium place in a group finish of about 10 men. Watch the last 5 km HERE and the photo gallery HERE .
Mihkels earned 215 points for 3rd place, which marks the EF Education - EasyPost record this season. In comparison, Marijn van den Berg, who brought the team's only victory so far, received 125 points for this.
The spring one-day race season is underway and Mihkels will make his next start tomorrow, when the E3 Saxo Classic is scheduled for Belgium.
🇨🇴 #Victorias_UCI_2025
— Sonja Neteu (@Sonja_Neteu) March 26, 2025
9ª-Molano(UAD)-Brugge-De Panne(1.UWT)
Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides (11-Apr-1994) @sebasmolano_ del 🇦🇪UAE Team Emirates-XRG @TeamEmiratesUAE gana la 🇧🇪Classic Brugge-De Panne.
Es la 29ª victoria UCI del paipano y su primera en una clasica WorldTour. pic.twitter.com/Ww8Nc4fWxv
3rd place for Madis Mihkels after a chaotic finish at the Classic Brugge-De Panne.
— EF Pro Cycling (@EFprocycling) March 26, 2025
We hope the riders involved in the crash in the final kilometers are ok. 🫶 pic.twitter.com/s4sHmbqw7m
🏆🤘The winning streak returns! #ClassicBruggeDePanne #WeAreUAE pic.twitter.com/vNVvG5YgUd
— @UAE-TeamEmirates (@TeamEmiratesUAE) March 26, 2025
