Crosswinds have split the peloton in the 2015 Ghent-Wevelgem
Following Wednesday's weather-affected La Samyn, riders at today's Dwars door West-Vlaanderen are dealing with much more of the same: torrential rain and high winds.
Former Quick-Step rider and now of Wanty-Groupe Gobert Guillaume Van Keirsbulck won La Samyn in the week, but if the Belgian was hoping for kinder conditions in today's race in West Flanders, then he will be sorely disappointed.
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