In a strong tactical position approaching the ke𒊎y cobbled section of the race, rain, mud and dash of misfortune played their part to derail the team's ambiti🔴ons, as Sporting Director Kevin Field explained.
"We had a good plan to approach all stages, and it went well until the cobbles on the Steenstraat after 132km of racing. Then everything went pear-shape𓆏d- fast.
"Nℱormally the cobble section may not have been a big deal. But with the mud covering the wet cobbles - carnage is the only word that can describe what happened on about a 2-kilometre section of road and we were the victims of it."
Hugo Houle (Spidertech Powered By C10), the team's best placed GC hope was among the casualties, as was Ryan Roth. Several riders tried to continue but through punctures or their injuries e๊ventually abandoned.
"When the dust settled we had one rider in the front group - 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:[Keven] Lacombe," added Field. "On the o🐓ne hand we are steeped in disappointment. On the other, what can you say? It was a beautiful day, a classic Belgian day, filled with the drama that makes cycling💝 an amazing sport. It happens, we pick ourselves up, lick our wounds and move on."
The on💫ly positive to come from the day for Spidertech was that no riders in the team were seriously injured.
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