Lotto Belisol with mixed fortunes at Tirreno-Adriatico

Lotto Belisol started strongly at Tirreno-Adriatico with seventh place in the team time trial on day one but crashes laid to rest any possibilities of overall victory as Jurgen Van den Broeck had to leave the race having suffered deep, horizontal cut on the inside of his right knee on Stage 2. Bart De Clercq also came off his bike but suffered no serious injuries and showed a glimpse of his best by riding to eleventh place on the stage to the Selva Rotonda ski station.

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