Early-race crash send four to hospital with concussions and fractures at E3 Saxo Classic

A serious crash in the opening kilometres of E3 Saxo Classic saw four riders abandon and taken to hospital to treat their injuries on Friday. 

Nervousness in the peloton and an early crash took down Gil Gelders, Jordi Warlop and Dries Van Gestel, all from Soudal-QuickStep, along with Kevin Vermaerke from Picnic-PostNL.