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Le Samyn (Tuesday 3/3/2026)
It appears that Van Aert (π§πͺ Visma) would finally start his season there, just a couple of days before going to the Strade Bianche.
It looks like he will be the only 'big name' on the race (or do we count Groves (π¦πΊ Alpecin) or Kubish (πΈπ° Unibet) as big names?), but former winners Rex (π§πͺ Soudal-QS) and Hofstetter (π«π· NSN) should be present in the large peloton: 25 teams including 9 WT for a 1.1!
Official site (in French)
PCS page
Do we know if Groves is ok after crashing on sunday? I also wonder if Decathlon considers adding Tobias Lund to the start list, he's clearly in great shape.
No Laporte (π«π· Visma) today. Visma seems to specialise in illnesses.
Oh, I didn't know he was part of the crashes. I watched a bit of Kuurne-Bruxelles-K last night, but it may have happened earlier than the parts I watched.
At this time of the day, he hasn't been pulled off start lists yet.
edit: Are you positive he crashed? The only written bits I could find seem to lean toward the hypotheses that he didn't have the legs and just disappeared as Girmay did.