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Video: Massive crash at today's GP de Wallonie

Wet roads and crosswinds wreak havoc on Belgian race

Heavy rain in Belgium caused a series of crashes at today’s GP Wallonie, and this was the biggestof the lot, as a couple of dozen riders came down, some catapulted off the road with many more held up behind them.

The crash, possibly due to a touch of wheels in crosswinds, took place when the peloton still had around 75 kilometres to ride of the 198.2 kilometre race from Beaufays to Namur, won by Jens Debusschere of Lotto-Soudal.

A separate crash resulted in Ettix-Quick Step rider Peter Sierry abandoning the race and he has been operated on for an elbow injury this evening.

Last week, his team mate Mark Cavendish crashed out of the Aviva Tour of Britain after colliding with a parked car near the summit of Gun Hill in Staffordshire.

- Video: Mark Cavendish's Tour of Britain crash

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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