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The crowd at the start of Danilith Nokere Koerse in Deinze and the media around youngster Remco EVENEPOEL (BEL/DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP) who returned to racing after his injury last month | 
Cobbles with Remco EVENEPOEL (BEL/DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP) pacing the peloton | 
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The big wind mill | 
Solo attack off the front before a careless crash on the cobbles. Video clip — sporza.be | 
Another crash in the uphill sprint finish on the cobbles. Video clip — sporza.be |
Cees Bol (NED - Team Sunweb), Pascal Ackermann (GER - Bora - Hansgrohe), Jasper Philipsen (BEL - UAE - Team Emirates) leading the uphill cobbled sprint finish. Video clip — sporza.be | 
Close-up: “It was a good day, I always felt good and I had my chance to win,” Jasper Philipsen (BEL - UAE - Team Emirates) explained. “In the sprint, I had good legs, with so much strength, but unfortunately, I came back from too far out of the last corner. There was too little space to recover and Bol made perfect final surge. I’m still satisfied with third place, it gives me morale in view of the big classics“. | 
Cees Bol (NED - Team Sunweb) wins ahead of Pascal Ackermann (GER - Bora - Hansgrohe) and Jasper Philipsen (BEL - UAE - Team Emirates). Pascal Ackermann: “It was a super hard race. I opened up my sprint too early and therefore didn’t have enough power in the end. However, I’m satisfied with my performance. Congratulations to Cees Bol, he was simply the fastest today. We had a really strong team today, and we rode on the front for almost the whole race. I actually didn’t know about several of the crashes that occurred, and I think that we had a bit of luck today that helped us to avoid these.” |
First win of the season for Team Sunweb | 
The host broadcaster flashed Maximilian Richard WALSCHEID name as the Sunweb rider who won, but he was clearly involved in the late crash | 
Cyclo-cross star Mathieu van der Poel didn't fair so well. Video clip — sporza.be; Mathieu van der Poel injured in Nokere Koerse crash — cyclingnews
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Winner Cees Bol (Netherlands / Team Sunweb) looks amused by the mixed gender podium kisses | 
Your 2019 Nokere Koerse podium: 2nd Pascal Ackermann (GER - Bora - Hansgrohe), 1st Cees Bol (NED - Team Sunweb) and 3rd Jasper Philipsen (BEL - UAE - Team Emirates) |
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