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Brandon Fedrizzi wins! 

In the last kilometers, the two leaders were caught by the peloton. The Italian launched a long sprint thanks to a good Italian lead-out and wins the 10th edition of the E3 Saxo Classic for juniors.

Noah Schynder from Switzerland is second, favourite Mikolaj Legeic is a nice third.
Wiebe Kimpe drops out! The 18-year old Belgian from Cycling Vlaanderen can't follow the high pace of the current two leaders. He will finish third if the peloton does not catch him.
The peloton is approaching at a brisk pace! They have a a 50-second deficit on the three leaders. Will we get a bunch sprint, or will the three leaders settle it among themselves?
Wiebe Kimpe is struggling to follow the leading group, but will he in a few minutes at the Tiegemberg?
Andersen is 40 seconds behind the three leaders. Nikolaos Georgousakis is 1 minute of the leaders, the peloton at 1'40".
We approach the last climb of the day. The Tiegemberg is 800 meters long with an average gradient of 5.3%. The steepest part is at 6.8%. Will there be a final attack which will determine the tenth edition of the E3 Saxo Classic for juniors? 
We are now on the Varent, the last cobble sector of the day. Still 25 kilometers to go.
30 kilometers to go. The three leaders are now at the Karnemelkbeekstraat, also known as the E3-Col. The finish is to be expected at 2 p.m.15 local time. The peloton is pursueing at 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
We are now on the Oude Kwaremont. In the mean time, Elias Andersen was dropped at the Paterberg. 

We still have a leading group of 3 riders: Vanja Kuntaric, Wiebe Kimpe and Stan Vernaillen. They have a leading gap of 20 seconds on Andersen.
The leaders now start the Paterberg, one of the hardest climbs for today. It has a total length of 360, but has an average gradient of 13% with steep parts up to 20%. 
Augustin Fahy tries to escape from the peloton, but he can't create a big gap. He is now back in the bunch.
The leaders now begin the fourth climb of the day: the Eikenberg. They lead the peloton by 1 minute and 14 seconds.
Daan van Raemdonck is dropped from the leading group. Number 44, Julien Breugnot (France), number 22 Vilheim Nielsen (Denmark) and number 145, Luis Cayuela (Spain) are dropped from the peloton. 
The leading group now approaches the Boigneberg: It is 1.2 kilometers long and has a gradient of 5%, with the steepest part at 11%.
Delano Heeren is back in the peloton. We now have five leaders. They have a gap of 20 seconds on the Greek Nikolaos Georgousakis. The peloton is one minute behind.
Big surprise: Delano Heeren is dropped from the leading group. At the same time, Nikolaos Georgousakis (Crabbe-Dstny) tries to escape from the peloton. 
​Onno Bieberle from Germany tries to go to the leading group. He is closing in at 21 seconds.
At the start of La Houppe, the six leaders have created a gap of 40 seconds on the peloton.
A total of 4 riders join the leading group. Elias Andersen (Denmark), Vanja Kuntaric (Slovenia), Delano Heeren (the Netherlands) and Daan Van Raemdonck (Avia-Rudyco Cycling Team). We now have a leading group of six riders, who will approach the second climb of the day with a gap of 19 seconds.
Two riders of Cycling Vlaanderen, including Wiebe Kimpe and Stan Vernaillen, managed to get away from the peloton before the start of La Houppe. They have a small gap of eleven seconds.
Ten kilometers left before the start of La Houppe. The climb is 1.9 kilometers long and has an average gradient of 4.8%. The steepest section is around 10%. Will we get a breakaway?
Three riders (including Tobias Gren, Vanja Kuntaric and Marius Engelbrecht Linde) managed to get away before La Houppe, but they are again taken by the peloton. It was a short outage that did not last long for them.
Number 121, Luka Maksimovic (Slovenia) is involved in a crash. Samuel Rodriguez from Spain is also along the road.
​The riders have just passed the first official climb of the day, no one managed to get away.
Another crash before the start of the Kattenberg. Number 202, Thibaut Warrant from Selection Wallonne is involved. He is battered; it doesn't look very good for him.

The riders are now entering Oudenaarde. Two kilometers left before the riders start the first climb of the day: the Katteberg. The cobbled climb is 750 meters long and has an average gradient of 6.2% with the steepest part at 11%.
141 riders from 22 different countries will fight for the win today. Belgium is the best represented country, with 29 riders. Denmark, Poland and the United States have 7 riders representing their country in Harelbeke.
New crash in the peloton, a rider of Avia-Rudyco Cycling Team was involved, but he is back underway.
15 kilometers underway, the riders are now entering Wortegem-Petegem. It is a stretched-out peloton.
Number 91, Maximilien Outlet is back in the peloton.
Heisar and Smith needed to have a new bike, but all the other riders are back underway.
Crash in the peloton, 7 riders are involved, including Maximilien Outlet and Loïc Gouveia (Luxembourg), Robert Sebastian Heisar (Estonia) and Kaison Smith (United States).
Gear problem for number 195 Kyano Cottignies (Cycling Vlaanderen)
After the bike change, Mauro Keppens is back in the peloton.
We are five kilometers underway, still 131 to go.
Bike change 
Bike change for Mauro Keppens (number 14)
Official start has been given
The official start has been given.
Riders are back in the peloton
Andersen and Breugnot are back in the peloton. 
Crash before the official start
There seemed to be a crash in the peloton. Number 44, Julien Breugnot and number 23, Elias Andersen were involved, but can continue. 
Preview
In total, 141 junior riders from 24 different teams start today.
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The expected arrival will be around 2 p.m.
Start of the race
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