Tony Martin has found himself on the receiving end of accusations that he caused a major pile-up at the Tour of Flanders after "squeezing" a Groupama-FDJ rider into a ditch.
The crash in question occurred with a little more than 100km remaining as riders fought for position on the approach to the Muur van Geraardsbergen with Veranda's Willems-Crelan working hard to keep the pace high on the front.
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