Dwars Door Vlaanderen (188.6 km) goes straight through Flanders

[Poursuivant]

Sigh.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Hopefully Van Aert is just surface but it looks bad doesn't it

 

[Netserk]

Jorgenson
Benoot
Küng
Bettiol
Valgren

 

[Berniece]

Disappointing to see WVA fall like this, he was even crying, then you know it's really bad

 

[Boehmand]

Holy crap

 

[dobrien]

F**k f**k f**k.

 

[KOM]

Well I guess the first Ronde in 20 years Ill miss... vA and whole of Trek taken out... I dont even dislike van der Poel, but yea cant be bothered now

 

[MartinGT]

Disappointing to see WVA fall like this, he was even crying, then you know it's really bad

Looks like a collar bone. Medic was moving his arm.

He's been put on a stretcher

 

[Netserk]

Benoot is always good on Kanarieberg.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Damn, this is just awful. Sometimes this sport is so utterly heartbreaking.
I don't really want to watch this race anymore.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Van der Poel may have the same 'opposition' in Ronde and Roubaix Pogacar will at the Giro. Barring death and life-changing injury, that was the worst crash imaginable.

 

[Nyanderc]

So sad, congrats to the World Champion for not participating...

 

[MartinGT]

Absolutley gutted for WVA especially

 

[Boehmand]

Well I guess the first Ronde in 20 years Ill miss... vA and whole of Trek taken out... I dont even dislike van der Poel, but yea cant be bothered now

I could be wrong, but Pedersen's crash didn't look that bad, I think he sat there for a while, because he realised his race was over, and maybe in a bit of shock.

WvA is a different matter

 

[MJR]

D*mn!

 

[Penninepeddler]

Well...

van Aert
Pedersen
Girmay
Stuyven

all seem injured/took very hard falls. Cant remember a crash in recent memory with more big names down in a serious manner.

 

[dobrien]

Well I guess the first Ronde in 20 years Ill miss... vA and whole of Trek taken out... I dont even dislike van der Poel, but yea cant be bothered now

The best two classics of the year just become vastly less interesting; sh*t.

 

[Jagartrott]

At those speeds, maybe 70 km/h, goddamn that must hurt. It totally sucks for RVV and PR. Several big names out or damaged.

 

[MartinGT]

Kirby with a massive insight
'The winner will come from one of the front two groups'

PAY HIM MORE!!!!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Whoever made the call to leave out the Kanaarieberg from Sunday's route will feel vindicated.

 

[Samamba]

Benoot is always good on Kanarieberg.

He's just horrible on cobbles, always have been, but he's really good on these asphalt climbs, Trieu also always.

 

[Penninepeddler]

Well lets just skip the finale of the cobbled classics part of the year and move right on to the Ardennes...

likely going to be two pretty uninteresting races now.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Absolutely gutted. Flanders wont be the same now

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I have to do the most BS work team meeting at the moment and probably can't watch for next 30 mins, it seems all the big favourite and whole trek team crashed HARD, someone can explain???

 

[MartinGT]

That wasn't a gust of wind I dont think. Someone's moved and at that speed it's a touch of wheels and down.