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Tom Wieckowski

Jayco-AlUla's Amaury Capiot suffers catastrophic hookless rear wheel failure at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

A broken Cadex rear wheel at Omloop.

Jayco AlUla's Amaury Capiot suffered a catastrophic rear wheel failure today during the elite men's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, which was won by Mathieu van der Poel.

Images surfaced of Capiot holding his Giant Propel race bike with the tyre completely off the rim, revealing the internal liner. The carbon fibre rim appeared to have failed and the spokes had all ripped out of the hub, which was still clamped into the rear of the frame.

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