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Going on the Kemmelberg GW25-3
After having bridged up to the early breakaway, it was Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) who used the final climb of the Kemmelberg to drop them. You know by his bib #1 that he is the defending champion of Gent-Wevelgem. He clearly had the legs to stage a great defense of that title with another fifty-six kilometers to race. It is a bit of a tall order to go solo from this far out, but he has shown the form to make me believe it may just be possible.