Julian Alaphilippe's two hours extra training straight after of Dwars door Vlaanderen caused a stir, but Alexander Kristoff raised the bar the following morning, setting out on a monster seven-hour ride with race exertion still fresh in his legs.
Most riders would have been happily recovering from a particularly aggressive edition of the mid-week semi-Classic, and most Tour of Flanders favourites wouldn't dare go over four hours in the three days leading up to the Holy Sunday.
