Weekend Wrap: Tragedy at Gent-Wevelgem
Wins for Sagan, Quintana, and Pinot





Gent-Wevelgem
We start with the tragic news of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:death of Antoine Demoitié. The 25-year-old Wanty-Groupe Gobert rider was involved in a crash with four ꩵother riders with roughly 115km left to race and reports indicate that Demoitié was then str♋uck by a race motorbike. He was taken to hospital but later died of his injuries.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sagan wins Gent-Wevelgem
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Quintana wins Volta a Catalunya
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Blaak wins Gent-Wevelgem Women
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pinot wins Criterium International
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Firsanov wins overall title a🍨t Coppi e Bartali
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"Antoine Demoitié passed away last night after a terrible accident in Gent-ﷺWevelgem," the team said in a press release on Monday morning. "The entire team is in disbelief, shock, angry and sad because of the loss of Antoine. Our thoughts go out to his wife, family and friends."
Cyclingnews♍ would like to express their sincere condolences to Demoitié’s family, friends, loved ones and teammates.
In the race, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) claimed his first win the season, out-sprinting Sep Vanmarcke (LottoNL-Jumbo), Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Katusha) and Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo) after the group formed on the final ascent oﷺf the Kemmelberg. Etixx-QuickStep led the chase but they were unable to eat into break’s advantage and Sagan was finally able to win in the rainbow jersey.
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Gent-Wevelgem Women
In the women’s race 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chantal Blaak continued Boels-Dolmans’ dominance in the spring classics with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:another commanding performance. With 10 kilometres remaining, Blaak, already a winner of several races this season, slipped clear of a 20-strong group and held off the chase with Lisa Brennauer (Canyon-SRAM) edging out Lucinda Brand (Rabo-Liv) for second.
Volta a Catalunya
To Spain and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) laid down an impressive marker in front of his Tour de France rivals with overall victory in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Volta a Catalunya.
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Critérium International
One Tour de France contender not at the Volta a Catalunya was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) and the Frenchman put in a timely reminder of his credentials with two stage wins and the overall at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Critérium International in Corsica.
The Frenchman did more than enough to hold his lead, winning on the Col de l'Ospedale ahead of Pierre-Roger Latour (AG2R La Mondiale) and former teammate Arnold Jeannesson (Cofidis)
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Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
Heading into the weekend Sergey Firsanov (Gazprom-Rusvelo) held a 7-second lead over Mauro Finetto (Unieuro Wilier) in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Settimana Intern𒉰azionale༺ Coppi e Bartali.
Firsanov finished safely in the peloton on Saturday’s stage 3 – won by young Italian Jakub Mareczko (Southeast) – and on the final stage, despite several att𝕴acks, the Gazprom rider secured the overall title.
Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani CSF) won the final stage with a solo attack, while the overall podium was completed by Mau🐭ro Finetto (Unieuro Wilier) and Gianni Moscon (Team Sky).
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