E3 Saxo Classic winner Mathieu van der Poel called out teams for their unsportsmanlike tactics after his Alpecin-Deceuninck team were forced to do the lion's share of the work in pulling back an early split that formed in the race due to a crash.
The crash happened off-screen in the first 30 minutes of racing heading out of Harelbeke, with several riders going down, four forced to abandon, and many of the favourites being caught behind it.
