Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare) worked his way into the break.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
The peloton starts to get strung out.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Riders strip down after a tough day of racing.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
A lone rider tries to make it back to the bunch after having a mechanical.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Heavy dust kicks up as the race heads alongside some of the fields and cobbles.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
John Murphy (UnitedHealthcare) has an ill-timed flat on one of the cobble sections.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Riders mark down important sections and tape it to the bike for reference during the race.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Chris Jones (UnitedHealthcare) decides what to bundle up with before another cold ride.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Every team bus must have a coffee machine ready to go in the morning.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
The bus pulls up alongside the beach for a cold and windy start to De Panne.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Jeff Louder (UnitedHealthcare) covered in dust after a tough day on the bike.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Kiel Reijnan (UnitedHealthcare) after spending a day in the break.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare) waits for his coffee to be ready before heading out for the day.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Jens Mouris (Orica-GreenEdge) rider gets some mobile maintenance done to his bike.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Fans build around sprinting favorite Mark Cavendish.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Belgian fans are crazy about getting autographs and keeping everything organized.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
UnitedHealthcare team director Hendrik Redant comforts Kiel Reijnan after he tried for another day in the break.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
The start in Oudenaarde.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Chris Jones (UnitedHealthcare) checks out the fans building outside the bus.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Jake Keough (UnitedHealthcare) on the way to another big day of racing.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
UnitedHealthcare team director Hendrik Redant climbs on the team bus to give the orders for the day.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
John Murphy (UnitedHealthcare) is ready to pin on another race number.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
The field splits for one of the many traffic islands.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
The racing in Belgium means you ride anywhere you can to stay up front.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Riders fill up every bit of a tree-lined road.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
A break starts to get some time on the main field.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Early in the day and the bunch is still together.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
A good strong Belgian wind for racing in De Panne.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Today's route paralleled the canals several times.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Live TV coverage happens for the racing in De Panne.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
A typical Belgian scene as the race heads into another town.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Mechanics wait as the race comes back down from the climb of the Kwaremont.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
More wide open and windy fields for the race.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Things slow up a bit at the front of the bunch.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Many large cemeteries from war times can be found along the race routes here in Belgium.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Flat roads with few trees meant heavy winds for the bunch.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
The chute that takes riders to sign on in Oudenaarde.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare) gets a hand-up.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Spectators line any hill that the race goes up. (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
A windmill along the TT course in De Panne.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team, a US-based Pro Continental squad, has been in action in Europe this spring, most recently at Belgium's Three Days of De Panne stage race, encompassing four stages in three days from March 26 to 28.
Photographer Jonathan Devich has been travelling with the team and has provided this behind the scenes look at UnitedHealthcare's stint in Belgium.
Highlights for the team include Kiel Reijnen making the early break on the opening stage, Alessandro Bazzana making a key three-man escape late in stage 2 followed by a top-15 finish by sprinter Jake Keough in the finale, plus a top-10 finish by Bazzana on stage 3a.
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