HAMMOND FOURTH IN 'LE SAMYN'

Roger Hammond finished fourth in Le Samyn this afternoon after escaping in a five man group in the closing 20km. With a strong wind neutralising the first half of the 191km race, the racing started proper when the peloton hit the finishing circuit.

The T-Mobile rider escaped on the final circuit along with Philippe Gilbert (FDJ), Bas Gilling (Wisenhof), team mate Adam Hansen, and eventual winner, Jimmy Casper (Unibet). The group of five held off the bunch, but despite Hammond and Hansen attacking to break the group up and neutralise danger man Casper, the T-Mobile pair were unable to escape alone to win.

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Simon Richardson
Magazine editor

Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.