Julian Alaphilippe fell heavily in the final of the Circuit Het Nieuwsblad. The Frenchman got up after being caught in a fall with Kasper Asgreen.
The three runners gave up after the fall. The fall was caught on camera and shown on Belgian television. It was the third fall in the race for the Frenchman, who also broke his collarbone in a crash with Florian Sénégala in the first stage. The race was won by the Belgian team.