Łukasz Wiśniowski and Martin Velits (Etixx-Quick Step) hit the deck(Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Gert Steegmans (Trek)🌠 carrying his bike just moments bef🐲ore dropping it into the water(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Michael Schär (BMC) helped out of the ditch꧒ 🐠he crashed into(Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Gert Steegmans can only watch h𒁃is bike fall into the water after 🉐dropping it(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEdge) almost fel🔴l into the water after crashing(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bikes were seen on road and on water today(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Dmitriy Gruzdev's bike floats on the water (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The trees show ju𒅌st ho🍰w strong the wind was blowing(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) hits the ground afte☂r being blown off his bike(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) just seconds before being blown off hiꦛs𒁃 bike(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Geraint 🌸Thomas (Team Sky) tries to get tꦜo his foot out before hitting the deck(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Matti Bresche's Ti♚nkoff-Saxo teammates check on him afterꦯ crashing(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (MTN-Qไhubeka) gets going again after crashinꩵg(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Gert Steegmans (Trek) after an impromptu swim(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jack Bauer (Cannondale-Garmin) trieওd to get up after a heavy crash(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Lukasz Wisniowski (Etixx-Quick Step) after ⛄crashing(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The cross wi🐷nds were som🌜e of the strongest the peloton has endured in recent years(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Michael Schär (BMC) crashes into a ditch(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Matti Breschel (Tinkoff-Saxo) crashes hard(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Gert Steegmans's Trek goes for a quick dip(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
There was vicious cross winds creating chaos for the♛♒ peloton today(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) takes▨ a solo win at Gent-💟Wevelgem(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) wins Gent-Wevelgem ahead of Niki Terpstra (Etixx-QuickStep) and Ger🔯aint Thomas (Team Sky)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 77th edition of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Gent-Wevelgem was one of the wildest in recent years with winds up to 90km/h buffeting the peloton after the race started in cold and wet conditions. Only 39 riders finished the 240km race, won by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Luca Paolini (Katusha), with the weather conditions and hard racing taking its toll on the riders. 160 riders finis𝔍hed with DNF agai🔴nst their names while Dylan Groenewegen (Team Roompot) registered the only DQS of the race.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Etixx-QuickStep duo Martin Velits and Lukasz Wisniowski also crashed during the race, causing them to withdraw.﷽ Post-race a broken right collarbone 🌌was confirmed for Velits while Wisniowski suffered an injured right knee.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Bauer (Cannondale-Garmin) had a day to forget that involved a crash, and a mussette getting caught up in his rear wheel which saw the🐬 Kiwi throw his bike off the road into a ditch.
In the end, 38-year-old Paolini proved to be the master of the conditions, overcomi🌞ng his🤪 bad misfortune for his first win since 2013.
"It was a very difficul🌞t day out there. I crashed twice and changed my bike. But I💎 knew the route and know were to stay up front. After my bad luck I was lucky. It was so bad that we weren’t sure if we could carry on. But we're up in the north and this is real cycling. The strongest survived today," Paolini said.
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