Egan Bernal finished seventh at the Faun-Ardèche Classic, while Ben Turner led home the Grenadiers at Omloop Nieuwsblad.
Faun-Ardèche Classic
Facing 11 climbs along the 187.6km race in France, an eight man break escaped within the first 20km, which reduced over time and was eventually caught with 45km remaining.
On the Mur de Royes, a 6.8km climb averaging 7.3%, eventual winner Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) accelerated, bringing others with him, but were ultimately unable to hold his wheel.
Matteo Jorgenson (Visma - Lease A Bike), Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) and Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) kept on the chase, with Bernal pulling just behind in a group with Roman Gregoire (Groupama-FDJ), and Louis Barre (Visma-Lease a Bike).
Bernal continued to fight all the way to the end, finishing solo in seventh place.
Tomorrow, the team will ride the Faun-Drôme Classic, with Dorian Godon swapping out for Lucas Hamilton.
Omloop Nieuwsblad
Over in Belgium, the Grenadiers battled tough, windy conditions on the cobbles.
The first Classic of the season, a five man break escaped early on, with Artem Shmidt and Ben Swift doing a lot of work at the front of the peloton.
With 56km to go, the peloton was completely stretched out, and attacks started to come thick and fast. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin–Premier Tech) accelerated with 44km to go to catch the breakaway, and eventually went on to win solo.
Ben Turner was in the chasing peloton behind, and was our top Grenadier, finishing in the bunch.
A number of crashes throughout the race saw Sam Watson and Swift withdraw from racing, with both riders being checked over by our medical team.
South Aegean GP
The day also marked the first race day of the season for the INEOS Grenadiers Racing Academy, with Nicolas Milesi spearheading home the Grenadiers.
Punctures for Hugo Boucher and Milesi, and a bike change for Cameron Rogers were obstacles easily overcame as the team worked as a collective. Max Hinds suffered an unfortunate crash but was able to make it to the finish line.
A solid start to the season saw Milesi finish with the main bunch, having been well positioned by his teammates.
Tomorrow, the riders will take to the start of the Region on Dodecanese GP.