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The early strikes have come however no-one has managed to tug out a spot and type a break as of but.
250km to go
To date, nothing is snapping the elastic and no assault has managed to power a spot from the peloton.
Michael Mørkøv (Astana) goes on the assault and is adopted by a number of others. Barely uncommon position for the Danish leadout man as we speak.
Early mechanical points for Canadian teenager, Riley Pickrell (Israel-Premier Tech).
In the meantime, up entrance, a rider from the Swiss staff of Q36.5 is attacking.
The official begin has been given. We’re racing on the 2024 Gent-Wevelgem!
Already, we’ve got a report of a DNS… Former winner Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility) didn’t begin this morning.
The riders have began the impartial begin. There’s 5.3km of impartial earlier than kilometre zero. The race is because of begin in 5 minutes time.
Just below 20 minutes till the flag drops and we begin racing.
The climate is superb initially.
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Wanting on the climate within the begin of Ypres as we speak and it’s largely dry however very windy. This may very well be an ideal day for echelons.
Who can overlook this iconic second of Geraint Thomas being blown off the street?
Winner of Milan-Sanremo and the Basic Brugge-De Panne, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), makes his return to racing after skipping the E3 Saxo Basic on Friday.
With the shape he has been exhibiting, don’t be stunned if he comes out on high but once more as we speak.
There are 5 earlier winners driving as we speak:
2009 winner – Edvald Boasson Hagen (DAT)
2014 winner – John Degenkolb (DFP)
2019 winner – Alexander Kristoff (UXM)
2020 winner – Mads Pedersen (LTK)
2022 winner – Biniam Girmay (IWA)
The defending champion, Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease-a-Bike) won’t, in reality, be defending his title as he’s nonetheless recovering from sickness.
Wout Van Aert can also be not in attendance as the highest two from final yr give attention to restoration and greater objectives.
Visma-Lease-a-Bike will probably be pinning their hopes on Dutch sprinter, Olav Kooij, as an alternative. With Omloop winner, Jan Tratnik in addition to Tiesj Benoot as probably key back-up.
Good day and welcome to Cyclingnews’ stay protection of Gent-Wevelgem!
