Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) won the first stage of the ENECO Tour of the Benelux, continuing his rich vein of form after Sunday's win at the Vattenfall Cyclassics.
In the Flemish town of Ardooie, the American edged out Belgian champion Tom Boonen in a chaotic sprint, which saw only a dozen riders cross the line together after a crash in the final 150 metres took out several frontrunners. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia-HTC) was third.
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Live coverage returns: Watch Unbound Gravel's elite races free on YouTubeOn May 31, the elite men’s and women’s 200-mile Unbound Gravel races will be broadcast live, in full, to a global audience
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'I’ve already won the 200, so what else could I do?' — Lachlan Morton takes on 350-mile XL at Unbound Gravel“I already had the experience I wanted to have there...so, why not just try something different?” says the Australian.
