A dark day today at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad for Tudor Pro Cycling. Stefan Küng was involved in a crash and suffered a fracture of his left femur. Given the location and severity of the injury, surgery is necessary: Stefan will remain hospitalized in Belgium overnight and will be transferred to Switzerland as soon as possible: he will undergo surgery at the beginning of next week.

Dutch rider Rick Pluimers also crashed, going down right in front of Mathieu Van der Poel: the Tudor rider sustained a serious dental injury and as a precaution will not start tomorrow in the Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne.