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The 2017 Ronde van Vlaanderen

by Soigneur and Léon van Bon

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The start in Antwerp
Sun
A folk festival


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The Muur, returned, far from home

Gives rise to a crucible

Three Quicksteps open the dance

Van Avermaet still seems to be sleeping


A tactical scrimmage

A riveting fight into and out of each village

Boonen, the patron

Looks ready to turn his rivals to dust


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Up the Oude Kwaremont

Gilbert goes, looks back, and sees… no one

60 kilometres from the line

It’s madness

Or is it?

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A crack in the road

Vanmarcke falls


Boonen seems indomitable

His bike isn’t

He stands there

On the Taaienberg—the Boonenberg


Gilbert’s still in front

With a minute

The Oude Kwaremont. One final time

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Sagan surges. Sagan crashes?

The world champion does not crash

Van Avermaet and Naesen have crashed with him


A jacket’s wrapped around one of their bikes

Van Baarle threads his way through the chaos

Van Avermaet jumps up and joins him


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Terpstra bridges

15 kilometres

45 seconds


It’s a game of cat-and-mouse

Two Belgians and two Dutchmen

A Low Countries derby


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Gilbert is stronger than ever.



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