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Laurenz Rex (Intermarché-Wanty) snatched the victory in Le Samyn in a photo-finish sprint over Antonio Morgado (UAE Team Emirates) to claim his first professional win.
Jenthe Biermans (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) was a close third in the much-reduced bunch sprint after the peloton fractured due to a crash with 15km to go.
Rex began his victory celebration a fraction too soon and was nearly overtaken by the hard-charging Morgado, but after an examination of the finish line photo, the Belgian was declared the winner.
The mid-week Le Samyn, 204km from Quaregnon to Dour in Wallonia, gives the peloton a small taste of Paris-Roubaix style cobbles and recent rains made the 16 sectors treacherous.
After 10km, a breakaway established a gap, with Miguel Ángel Fernández (Kern Pharma), Martijn Budding…
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