The day began in Deinze with overcast weather and light winds. This gave way to a quick start and it was not until after the first intermediate sprint that the initial break of Florent Brard, Christophe Mengin, and Roger Hammond. The leaders were allowed a substantial lead (eleven minutes) for a semi-classic, which forced the peloton ride aggressively over the final 100 km.
Eventually Marcus Burghardt, Francisco Ventoso, and Óscar Freire joined the leaders with roughly 25 km to go. The six managed to hold off the remaining peloton and, with less than 1 km to go, Burghardt caught Freire by surprise and made the winning move. Burghardt's teammate, Hammond, managed to catch hold of Freire's wheel and overtook the Spaniard in the sprint for a T-Mobile Team one-two finish.
2007, gent, wevelgem, cycling, race, took, place, april, 2007, race, length, race, detailsdates11, april, 2007stages1distance207, winning, time4h, results, winner, marcus, burghardt, mobile, team, second, roger, hammond, mobile, team, third, Óscar, freire, rab. The 2007 Gent Wevelgem cycling race took place on 11 April 2007 The race had a length of 207 km 2007 Gent WevelgemRace detailsDates11 April 2007Stages1Distance207 1 km 128 6 mi Winning time4h 52 14 Results Winner Marcus Burghardt GER T Mobile Team Second Roger Hammond GBR T Mobile Team Third oscar Freire ESP Rabobank 20062008 The day began in Deinze with overcast weather and light winds This gave way to a quick start and it was not until after the first intermediate sprint that the initial break of Florent Brard Christophe Mengin and Roger Hammond The leaders were allowed a substantial lead eleven minutes for a semi classic which forced the peloton ride aggressively over the final 100 km During the descents of the Kemmelberg several riders crashed on the wet cobblestones and were severely injured after a rider swerved to avoid a fallen water bottle Amongst them were Jimmy Casper broken nose broken collarbone broken wrist Wim De Vocht broken thumb James Vanlandschoot broken thumb wrist and elbow Andy Cappelle broken elbow and fractured shoulder Marco Velo broke his knee collarbone and 2 ribs Wilfried Cretskens several contusions Aart Vierhouten Tyler Farrar Luke Roberts Fabio Sacchi Mathew Hayman Matthew Wilson and Heinrich Haussler This caused splits in the peloton and an elite group of riders were left to chase down the lead trio Eventually Marcus Burghardt Francisco Ventoso and oscar Freire joined the leaders with roughly 25 km to go The six managed to hold off the remaining peloton and with less than 1 km to go Burghardt caught Freire by surprise and made the winning move Burghardt s teammate Hammond managed to catch hold of Freire s wheel and overtook the Spaniard in the sprint for a T Mobile Team one two finish General Standings edit2007 04 11 Gent Wevelgem 210 km 130 mi Cyclist Team Time UCI ProTourPoints1 nbsp Marcus Burghardt GER T Mobile Team 4h 52 14 402 nbsp Roger Hammond GBR T Mobile Team 4 303 nbsp oscar Freire ESP Rabobank 5 254 nbsp Francisco Ventoso ESP Saunier Duval Prodir 6 205 nbsp Christophe Mengin FRA Francaise des Jeux 6 156 nbsp Robbie McEwen AUS Predictor Lotto 15 117 nbsp Max van Heeswijk NED Rabobank 15 78 nbsp Baden Cooke AUS Unibet com 15 59 nbsp Jose Joaquin Rojas ESP Caisse d Epargne 15 310 nbsp Alexandre Usov BLR AG2R Prevoyance 15 1References edit Gent Wevelgem World Tour Belgium BikeRaceInfo Retrieved 26 November 2017 External links editRace website 2007 Gent Wevelgem on cyclingnews com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2007 Gent Wevelgem amp oldid 1199024673, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
