Crashes battered Opening Weekend for the second day in a row on Sunday, as more incidents in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne led to multiple big-name abandons and injuries.
Belgian champion Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) was forced to abandon the race after a heavy crash in the peloton that saw him end up in the ditch at the side of the road.
A total of 35 riders abandoned the race, including sprint contender Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Intermarché) and almost the entirety of Jasper Philipsen’s Alpecin-Premier Tech lead-out, leaving him to flounder in the sprint and finish a distant 18th.
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