Horrible crash at Dwars door Vlaanderen knocks out Van Aert, Pedersen, Stuyven and other favorites Kolem Flander

The fall came before the entrance to the Kanarieberg climb, a small peloton descending at high speed down the wide road, with Visma-Lease and Bike riders holding on to the lead to bring Wout van Aert into a good position. And it was Van Aert who was the first to go to the ground, over whom other favorites also fell, especially Jasper Stuyven and Mads Pedersen.

With a scraped back and a torn jersey, Van Aert was unable to get off the road and had to be loaded into an ambulance. Not even Styuven, who was holding his left shoulder and probably caused a fracture, did not get up from the ground. Pedersen was also delayed, but according to information from the Belgian television Sporza, he jumped back on his bike and should not be seriously injured. Other riders also had great difficulties, for example Biniam Girmay was able to stand on his own feet, but he probably injured his hand.

The fall stopped or delayed the following competitors:

Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), Jasper Stuyven (Lidl-Trek), Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty), Alex Kirsch (Lidl-Trek) , Michele Gazzoli (Astaną Qazaqstan), Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies), Harry Sweeny (EF Education-EasyPost) and Brent Van Moer (Lotto Dstny).

We are preparing the details and will inform you about the health status of the competitors.