"Wout van Aert's Tour of Flanders hopes shattered by horror crash"
Wout van Aert's promising 2024 Classics campaign came to a devastating end as he suffered a severe crash during the Dwars door Vlaanderen race, leaving him with multiple fractures and ending his hopes of victory at the Roubaix velodrome. The emotional impact was evident as he was left in tears on a lonesome road outside Ronse, 67km from the finish, with his broken heart mirroring the physical pain of his injuries.