The times earlier than the Tour of Flanders are put aside for the racers to pre-ride the course and get aware of the cobbled climbs. Inevitably the celebrities are intently adopted by photographers on the lookout for photos to go together with their pre-race protection.
This yr, the annual reconnaissance gallery received an odd twist because the printed version of the Belgian paper Het Laatste Nieuws misidentified Ceratizit-WNT‘s Marta Lach – standing within the background of a picture of Wout van Aert on the Koppenberg – as a ‘cyclotourist’.
The gaffe was delivered to the eye of the German group on social media, which responded with a beneficiant invitation. “We recognize errors occur however they nonetheless occur too usually,” Ceratizit-WNT’s publish learn.
“@HLN_BE you are welcome to come back be part of us on Sunday so you may get extra perception on our facet of the peloton. If not Sunday @martusialach can be completely satisfied to take you bikepacking as an alternative. Simply tell us which you like😊”
The Polish rider is a part of Ceratizit-WNT’s six-rider group for the Tour of Flanders Ladies’s WorldTour race together with Italians Alice Maria Arzuffi and Arianna Fidanza, Luxemobourger Nina Berton, Germany’s Lea Lin Teutenberg and Dutch rider Mylene de Zoete. Maybe the dearth of a Belgian presence on the UCI Continental Ladies’s group has led to the outlet’s inattention.
All eyes in Belgium are most definitely on Van Aert and Ceratizit-WNT did their recon on Thursday, his fellow Belgian race favorite, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx), the ladies’s defending champion and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Staff Emirates) previewed the route with teammates on Friday.
Tour of Flanders reconnaissance gallery
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We recognize errors occur however they nonetheless occur too usually.@HLN_BE you are welcome to come back be part of us on Sunday so you may get extra perception on our facet of the pelotonIf not Sunday @martusialach can be completely satisfied to take you bikepacking as an alternative. Simply tell us which you like😊 pic.twitter.com/uWvSrY8O1BMarch 31, 2023
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