Tour of Flanders recon gallery gets a twist: Belgian paper labels Ceratizit riders 'cyclotourists'

Marta Lach behind Wout van Aert on the Koppenberg
Marta Lach behind Wout van Aert on the Koppenberg (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The days before the Tour of Flanders are set aside for the racers to pre-ride the course and get familiar with the cobbled climbs. Inevitably the stars are closely followed by photographers looking for images to go along with their pre-race coverage. 

This year, the annual reconnaissance gallery got a strange twist as the printed edition of the Belgian paper Het Laatste Nieuws misidentified Ceratizit-WNT's Marta Lach - standing in the background of an image of Wout van Aert on the Koppenberg - as a 'cyclotourist'.

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