Coming up next is Mons-en-Pévèle, another legendary series of cobblestones. Thwaites and Backaert will reach them as the front of the race, but 15 seconds behind them is a hungry group of race favourites.
Situation with 47 km to go:
Backaert and Thwaites
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O. Naesen, L. Naesen, Stybar, Asgreen, Van Avermaet, Van Hooydonck, Vanmarcke, Langeveld, Van der Poel, Vermeersch, Pedersen, Kirsch, Oss, Bodnar, Hermans, Van Poppel, S. Kragh, Politt, Van Baarle, Frison, Aranburu, Van Asbroeck, Affini and Jacobs
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Terpstra, Viviani, Sénéchal, Jansen, Stuyven, Roelandts and De Buyst
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Teunissen, Ballerini, Ganna, Rowe, Theuns, Boasson Hagen, Stokbro, Kristoff, Bystrom, Wallays, Vanspeybrouck, D. van Poppel, Démare, Sinkeldam, Edmondson, Durbridge, Vandenbergh, Ballerini, Merlier, Haussler, De Backer, Cullaigh and Siskevicius