It’s the “Queen of the Classics”, but it’s a ruthless one, throwing hurdle after hurdle in the way of the riders trying to conquer it and shattering their dreams in a split second.
Yves Lampaert got to feel this on his own skin, after a crash just eight kilometers from the line put an end to his hopes of what would have been a well-deserved podium, but the Belgian was just one of the many Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl riders to experience misfortune last Sunday.
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Yves Lampaert 
