WINDY RACING

GENT- WEVELGEM 28 March | Bel | 1.WWT/1.UWT

Always expect crosswinds at Gent-Wevelgem, as the opening 100km of the men’s race are well and truly open to the elements. The route crosses northwest Flanders before heading back towards the scarred countryside of the France/Belgium border. Since 2015, the race has borne the suffix “In Flanders Fields” to mark the battlefields it passes through, which are still strikingly visible, 100 years on. Peter Sagan will hold the record for wins if he triumphs once more to take his tally to four.