Remembering Their Scarafice GW20-5
Much of the race has gone past memorials and graveyards of those who died in the Great War. This gate commemorates all of the military units that fought and died amongst the allies on Flanders fields. While this race was first contested after the war, others had to pause during both World War I & II. This year numerous races changed their calender or canceled altogether. This is the first time that it wasn't a war that stopped cycling, but then more have died due to Covid-19 than have died in either of the two wars fought across Europe.