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Videos: Cameras follow Geraint Thomas as he wins E3 Harelbeke

First two films released in 'Hell of a Ride' series from Team Sky Video Diaries...

Team Sky are enjoying a successful Classics campaign, with Ian Stannard’s win at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad last month followed up by Geraint Thomas’s victory at E3 Harelbeke on Friday – and the latter is the subject in the first of a series of films following the team during the campaign.

The series of Team Sky Diaries films dealing with the climax of the Spring Classics campaign – today’s Gent-Wevelgem is followed by the Tour of Flanders next Sunday then Paris-Roubaix in a fortnight’s time – is titled ‘Hell of a Ride.’

That’s an appropriate summing-up of Thomas’s ride on Friday as he initiated an attack 38km out and was subsequently joined by Zdenek Stybar and defending champion Peter Sagan, dropping both as he attacked again 4km from the finish – and that win is the subject of the first film.

The second film in the series follows the riders during yesterday’s rest day ahead of Gent-Wevelgem.

Four more films will be released in the series over the next couple of weeks.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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