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Attacks are flying out of the peloton right from the off.
Wout van Aert is here today, and ready to take on his great rival Mathieu van der Poel once again.
The riders are in the neutralised section and will be racing any moment now.
Mathieu van der Poel at the start, seeking his third consecutive cobbled classic viceroy this spring.
Despite these changes, the character of the race remains very much the same. There will be eight climbs including three ascents of the Kemmelberg, and a 35km flat run-in to the finish for the sprinters to try and get back in contention for a bunch finish.
As well as the name, the race has also changed its start location, with the riders currently in waiting to start not in Ypres as they have in recent years, nor, as the former title suggests, Gent, but rather Middelkerke.
For those who don’t know, and are confused as to what today’s race is, ‘In Flanders Fields’ is the new name given to Gent-Wevelgem, which has been rebranded this year.
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