The Hardest Gent Wevelgem Ever? | The Cycling Race News Show

It’s been the busiest week of the professional cycling season so far - Cobbled Classics season is in full swing with the one day of De Panne, E3 Binckbank and Gent Wevelgem. The climbers hit their stride at the Volta Catalunya, Mitchelton Scott dominate at the Coppi e Bartali, and we’ve got the British National E-Racing Championships.

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But we shall start with Gent Wevelgem. In what was probably the most exciting race of the season so far, Alexander Kristoff of UAE Team Emirates nabbed the victory after out-sprinting a 30 man group at the end of 251km’s of racing.

It’s a race which is often seen to favour the sprinters, but I think that reputation takes away from just how hard this race is, and this year’s edition was as hard as any.

And I have proof for you - firstly Matteo Trentin said it was the hardest edition of the race he’d ever done, secondly, it was the fastest ever edition of the race at over 46kph, thirdly, it was on from the gun, splitting in the crosswinds with the front group averaging close to 51kph for the first two and a half hours, and fourthly, according to Velon data, Kristoff’s AVERAGE power for 5 and a half hours, was 345w. I mean, he’s a big lad, but that is just incredible.

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