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Opening weekend marks arrival of ‘golden generation’

The opening weekend in Belgium saw two British neo-pros claim podium places, cementing the start of a new era of British success.

The first was Jake Stewart who placed second behind Davide Ballerini (Deceuninck-Quick Step) at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, then 24 hours later Tom Pidcock sprinted to third at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne behind former world champion Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo).

Both Stewart and Pidcock are 21 years old and

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