Fumiyuki Beppu (RadioShack) in Deinze(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Hayden Roulston (HTC-Columbia) makes a fan's day as Gert Dockx looks pretty pleased to be in Belgium(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Hayden Roulston selects his weapon of choice(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Former pro Daniele Nardalo is not on the staff at Footon-Servetto(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky) finished third at E3 Prijs Vlaanderen on Saturday(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Defending Champion Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky)(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Sky teammates Chris Sutton and Michael Barry prepare to head to the start(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Cyclingnews diarist Kenny van Hummel heads to the sign-on in Deinze(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) gets ready to go(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Last year's third place getter Matthew Goss will carry HTC-Columbia's hopes of back-to-back wins(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Omega Pharma-Lotto's riders were sporting some custom paint jobs for the Classics(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Euskaltel-Euskadi were the first team to arrive on Sunday morning(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Team Sky executive directeur sportif Scott Sunderland makes sure everything runs smoothly aboard the team bus at the start(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Euskaltel's fleet of Orbeas lined up and ready for their pilots(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
An HTC-Columbia mechanic makes some final adjustments to the riders' Scotts(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Cyclingnews diarist Kenny van Hummel chats before the start(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Liquigas' riders stay warm in their bus, perhaps thinking whether their performance can form the mural for next season's bus.(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
George Hincapie's rig sits front and centre outside the BMC bus(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
A list of priorities for Omega Pharma-Lotto?(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Peter Wrolich (Milram) on the start line(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
The ProTour peloton decended on Deinze, Belgium on Sunday morning for the start of Gent-Wevelgem. Cyclingnews was on location to capture these images of the scene.
The first Belgian race of the International Cycling Union's (UCI) world calendar, the semi-Classic will see the riders make a 219km journey across Flanders and back into the centre of Wevelgem.
Last year, Edvald Boasson Hagen took victory for Columbia-Highroad, after he and Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas) escaped on the Kemmelberg. Twelve months on the race is a different beast, with 14 climbs added to the twin ascents of the Kemmel.
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