“Hopefully they don’t drive too fast”, hoped Tim Declercq before the start the day after his crash. Wishful thinking. Already after seven kilometers the workhorse of Deceuninck – Quick-Step was reported in difficulty by the race radio. Still he reached the line before the last gruppetto – 137th at 25’34” from winner Bauke Mollema. “I long for Monday’s rest day.”
Tim, how hard was it?
“I have suffered enormously. I have never been so pleased to see the arrival arc as I am today.”
Understandable if you are released from the peloton after only seven kilometers.
“That fell…
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