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Inside the Death Star as Wout Poels wins LBL (source Twitter).JPGVideo: Inside The Death Star as Wout Poels wins Sky's first Monument (+ highlights)
With Sky winning their first Monument today through Wout Poels victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, you can imagine that the jubilation among team staff was mixed with a bit of relief.
This video posted to Twitter this evening shows the scenes inside The Death Star - as the British WorldTour outfit's bus is nicknamed - the moment the Dutch rider crossed the line to win the 102nd edition of cycling's oldest Monument.
The moment we won a Monument!!!! #LBL #SuperPoels pic.twitter.com/HdIEb9HAMh
— Team Sky (@TeamSky) April 24, 2016
Here are the highlights of how today's race unfolded.
A 204km breakaway under the snow, 4 men escapes on the cobblestones and finally @woutpoels sprints to win #LBLhttps://t.co/5s5RnZsru3
— Liège-Bastogne-Liège (@LiegeBastogneL) April 24, 2016
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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