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It's the proper start of cobbled classics, they only way to properly race a classic.
The old gang is back, fresh from Milano Sanremo. It's MVDP vs Pog vs Ganna again, but now joined by Wout as well. And a host of other talent as well.

Notable rider: Pogacar Wout, MVDP, Girmay, Jorgenson, De Lie, Pedersen, Ganna, Wellens, Kung, Vacek, Alaphilippe, Matthews


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Fun bit of trivia about the Karnemelkbeekstraat or Rue du Lait Battu, 32 km before finish: this climb coincides with the language border. The left side of the road is in Flanders; the right side in Wallonia.

Where is the beek part in the French name!?!

It's a nice climb. I've also seen them refer to it as the E3 Col because it's the only race where it's used. Which is weird as Karnemelkbeekstraat rolls right off the tongue and is really easy to type.
 
I don’t understand the reasoning for not riding E3 and GW because Roubaix is in 2.5 weeks. To reduce the risk of crashing?
Perhaps some sort of compromise, I suppose it's quite a difficult balancing act for Gianetti who has to measure Pogacar's ambitions with having the sheiks on phone every day asking how it's looking for the Tour de France. He also needs to be as fresh as possible coming out of Liege so he's in a good spot to start dropping the weight, having to deal with VDP/Wout in a load of cobbled classics and then Evenepoel in the Ardennes won't come without a price. Wouldn't be the favourite for Gent anyway imo, too far after the last Kemmelberg and Alpecin/Trek have sprinters who can actually race.
 

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