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| Sam Bennett (Ireland / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) made the winning break but was ill, vomiting and dropping back with 30 km to go | share this photo |
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| The rollout past the tomestones in Flanders fields; a somber of reminder of the World War I history of this region. 1900 graves (1300 which are unidentified) | share this photo |
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| The large early break led by Nathan Van Hooydonck (Germany / Team Jumbo-Visma) | share this photo |
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| Many sprinters made the break | share this photo |
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| Michael Schar (Swiss / Team AG2R Citroen) leading the chase on the cobbles | share this photo |
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| The break was whittled down on the Kemmelberg; Matteo Trentin (Italy / UAE - Team Emirates) and Stefan Kung (Swiss / Team Groupama - FDJ) | share this photo |
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| The reduced break passing through The Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium; a war memorial to the missing, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown. | share this photo |
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| Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Team Jumbo-Visma) leading the break on a narrow twisting section | share this photo |
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| Kemmelberg again; no real attacks but ill Sam Bennett struggles. Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Team Jumbo-Visma) - Sonny Colbrelli (Italy / Team Bahrain - Victorious) - Matteo Trentin (Italy / UAE - Team Emirates) - Stefan Kung (Swiss / Team Groupama - FDJ) | share this photo |
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| The flat run to the finish with only 7 riders remaining: Matteo Trentin (Italy / UAE - Team Emirates) - Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Team Jumbo-Visma) - Giacomo Nizzolo (Italy / Team Qhubeka ASSOS) - Sonny Colbrelli (Italy / Team Bahrain - Victorious) - Stefan Kung (Swiss / Team Groupama - FDJ) - Michael Matthews (Australia / Team BikeExchange) - Nathan Van Hooydonck (Germany / Team Jumbo-Visma) | share this photo |
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| The break worked well together rotating through to maintain their 1 minute lead; Matteo Trentin (Italy / UAE - Team Emirates) under the watchful eyes of Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Team Jumbo-Visma) and Nathan Van Hooydonck (Germany / Team Jumbo-Visma) | share this photo |
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| Setting up for a bunch sprint with quality sprinters: Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Team Jumbo-Visma) - Sonny Colbrelli (Italy / Team Bahrain - Victorious) - Matteo Trentin (Italy / UAE - Team Emirates) | share this photo |
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| Wout VAN AERT (BEL/JUMBO-VISMA) wins the bunch sprint in Wevelgem in 5:45:11 ahead of 2 Giacomo NIZZOLO (ITA/TEAM QHUBEKA ASSOS), 3 Matteo TRENTIN (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES), 4 Sonny COLBRELLI (ITA/BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS), 5 Michael MATTHEWS (AUS/TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE), 6 Stefan KÜNG (SUI/GROUPAMA-FDJ), 7 Nathan VAN HOOYDONCK (BEL/JUMBO-VISMA) +3, | share this photo |
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| Wout VAN AERT (BEL/JUMBO-VISMA): "This means a lot to me. Of course I have already won many beautiful races, but in the Flemish races it often just didn’t work out. I was waiting for this. I’m super happy with this, of course." | share this photo |
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| Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Team Jumbo-Visma) hungs teammate Nathan Van Hooydonck (Germany / Team Jumbo-Visma): "As a team we have continuously kept the focus on the wind and the echelons. You know that’s almost always the case in this race", Van Aert said. "It soon broke open and I was in the right echelon with Nathan. We worked well together and kept control of the race. The confidence in the final sprint was there, of course." "Today we proved that we can win a race even without a dominant team", the outstanding Van Hooydonck said. "This is really a fantastic feeling. We always kept on riding. We had to, because the chasers were never really far. Wout told me to keep up the pace. Sometimes it was a bit of a lynch mob between the many sprinters, but then I quickly caught up to keep the pace. It’s clear that in the end we rode to the finish with the strongest seven riders. Wout can do everything, so I never doubted that he would win the sprint." | share this photo |
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| Your 2021 Gent-Wevelgem podium: 2nd Giacomo NIZZOLO (ITA/TEAM QHUBEKA ASSOS), 1st Wout VAN AERT (BEL/JUMBO-VISMA) 5:45:11, 3rd Matteo TRENTIN (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) | share this photo |
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| Your 2021 Gent-Wevelgem winner, Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Team Jumbo-Visma) | share this photo |
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