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Monday, 08 April 2019, 07:00
CYCLING NEWS - Defending Tour of Flanders champion Niki Terpstra crashed out of the gruelling one-day race on Sunday.
Dutchman Terpstra hit the tarmac with several other riders 160km from the finish of the 266-kilometre slog from Antwerp to Oudenarde over a route that takes in 24 sharp climbs, many cobbled.
Terpstra stayed down for several minutes after the crash, his Direct Energie team confirming he had been taken to hospital.
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