Hard day in the breakaway at Gent-Wevelgem

It was a beautiful and exciting Gent-Wevelgem but a very hard one! We were going over 50km/h in the first two hours and when the strong winds created splits, I decided to take the opportunity and jump in the big break, together with Pascal and Rudi. They did a great job, worked hard and when we were left just four of us in the group, I gave my best to help stay ahead of the peloton. It wasn’t possible and in the finale I didn’t have the legs to go for the bunch sprint. BORA-hansgrohe (Photos Luca Bettini)

Boli to krásne a vzrušujúce preteky Gent-Wevelgem, ale tiež veľmi ťažké! V priebehu prvých dvoch hodín sme šli rýchlosťou viac ako 50 km/h a keď sa rozfúkal vietor, rozhodol som sa využiť túto príležitosť a skočiť do veľkej unikajúcej skupiny spolu. s Pascalom a Rudim. Chalani odviedli skvelú a náročnú prácu. Keď sme v skupine zostali len štyria, dal som do toho všetko čo bolo v mojich silách, aby som zostal stále pred pelotónom. Nepodarilo sa to a vo finále som už nemal nohy na špurt.

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Gent Wevelgem 2019 – 81th Edition – Deinze – Wevelgem 251,5 km – 31/03/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2019
Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields 2019 – 81st Edition – Deinze – Wevelgem 251.5 km – 31/03/2019 – Matteo Trentin (ITA – Mitchelton – Scott) – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2018
Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields 2019 – 81st Edition – Deinze – Wevelgem 251.5 km – 31/03/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2018