2007 Gent–Wevelgem

2007 Gent–Wevelgem 11 April 2007 1 207http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Ghent-Wevelgem/ghentindex.html Gent - Wevelgem (World Tour), Belgium BikeRaceInfo 26 November 2017 km 4h 52' 14" Marcus Burghardt GER TMO 2007a Roger Hammond GBR TMO 2007a Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2007 2006 2008 The 69th edition of the Belgian Gent–Wevelgem cycling race was held over 207 km between Deinze and Wevelgem on 11 April 2007. The winner was Marcus Burghardt of the T-Mobile Team. 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 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 THR 2007a one-two finish. General Standings 2007-04-11, Gent–Wevelgem, 210 km on CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1Marcus Burghardt GERTHR 2007a4h 52' 14"402Roger Hammond GBRTHR 2007a + 4"303Óscar Freire ESPRAB 2007 + 5"254Francisco Ventoso ESPGEO 2007 + 6"205Christophe Mengin FRAFDJ 2007 + 6"156Robbie McEwen AUSOLO 2007 + 15"117Max van Heeswijk NEDRAB 2007 + 15"78Baden Cooke AUSUnibet.com + 15"59José Joaquín Rojas ESPGCE 2007 + 15"310Alexandre Usov BLRA2R 2007 + 15"1 References External links Race website 2007 Gent-Wevelgem on cyclingnews.com 2007 Category:2007 UCI ProTour Category:2007 in Belgian sport