The Classics

[Gen]

Here is another funny interview with Sags

 

http://m.video.sporza.be/cm/sporza.mobile.video/1.2901910

Whahahah

[Eugene Oppelt]

112km remaining from 200.7km

 

The nine leaders have padded out their advantage still further. The gap to the peloton now stands at six minutes as they head towards the Kanarieberg.

[Eugene Oppelt]

There's an injection of pace in the peloton, and the break's lead is shaved by a minute and now stands at 4:30.

[Eugene Oppelt]

Ian Stannard (Sky) leads the front segment of the peloton on the Kwaremont's uneven sea of cobbles, before Zdenek Stybar (Quick-Step) attacks, with Tiesj Benoot (Lotto Soudal) on his wheel.

[Eugene Oppelt]

Stybar and Benoot lead the front section of the peloton over the top of the Kwaremont and they begin the rapid descent 3:28 down on the nine leaders.

[Eugene Oppelt]

Stefan Kung (BMC) made it across to Benoot and Stybar right at the top of the Kwaremont and this trio has opened a small lead over the fragmented peloton.

[Eugene Oppelt]

80km remaining from 200.7km

 

Stybar, Kung and Benoot look set to be caught by a group of around 15 riders ahead of the next climb, the Kluisberg, and this could be the decisive selection of the race. The break, meanwhile, remains 3:25 up the road.

[Eugene Oppelt]

Stybar, Kung and Benoot are caught by the group of 15, which includes Tony Martin (Katusha), Ian Stannard (Sky) - and quite a smattering of Quick-Step Floors jerseys. The empire strikes back...

[Eugene Oppelt]

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Peter Sagan is also in this selection, which has swelled to around 30 riders on the flat road ahead of the Kluisberg.

[Eugene Oppelt]

The six leaders hit a cobbled section... and immediately hop onto the pavement to their right. A commissaire waves an arm from the race car behind them, and they duly hop back onto the cobbles.

[Eugene Oppelt]

Greg Van Avermaet (BMC), Arnaud Demare (FDJ), Tony Martin (Katusha), Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), Tiesj Benoot (Lotto Soudal) and Zdenek Stybar (QuickStep) are among the riders in this rather elite chasing group, which is 2:57 down on the leaders. The main body of the peloton is 3:50 down.

[Gen]

Shees..nasty crash for Tony Martin..blood oral..

 

For live streaming

 

https://youtu.be/mm-4WC5XbNc

[Eugene Oppelt]

The gap drops inside the two-minute margin as the chasers crease into an echelon on the flat, exposed road before the Tiegemberg.

[Eugene Oppelt]

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The echelon fans across the road and Tony Martin (Katusha-Alpecin) clips a car parked on the roadside and crashes. Baptiste Planckaert (Katusha-Alpecin) and Guillaume Boivin also come down with him.

[Eugene Oppelt]

Martin fell on his face and has a cut to his cheek. Remarkably, he remounts and continues, but he knows that his race is over as a contest.

[Eugene Oppelt]

61km remaining from 200.7km

 

Stuyven sets the tempo in the chasing group on the Tiegemberg, meanwhile, and the break's lead is sliced still further, and now stands at 1:28.