It was a brutal day at the
Tour of Flanders for Team
Picnic–PostNL, who endured one of the most difficult races in recent memory.
The squad saw five riders abandon, with Enzo Leijnse,
Timo Roosen, Tim
Naberman,
John Degenkolb, and Alex Edmondson all failing to reach the finish
line. For three of them, the day ended not just with disappointment, but
serious injury.
Naberman, Edmondson, and Degenkolb were all involved in a
crash around 130 kilometres from the finish, and were forced to abandon soon
after. Subsequent hospital checks revealed the full extent of the damage:
Degenkolb suffered a broken collarbone, elbow, and wrist. Naberman sustained a
fractured wrist, while Edmondson sprained his ankle.