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'I think that I might have used up one of my lives today,' says British rider as classics season ends with a crash.

The incident summed up Quick-Step's trials and tribulations during this year's northern classics campaign.

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Silver in last year's world championships was all the Dutch rider needed to convince himself he could go the monument distance and win.

'Honestly, I had a lot of fun today, as much as it hurt. I’ll be back for revenge,' says American rider.

‘I'm sure that during the upcoming years I’ll come close or maybe get the victory,’ says Kopecky.

Chasing pair never gave up and ended up sprinting for the victory in late-race catch.

Troubles continued for the so-called ‘Wolfpack’ and the Belgian powerhouse hopes to save its spring classics campaign at Paris-Roubaix.

Christophe Laporte suffered an untimely crash and Tiesj Benoot was gapped in closing kilometers of De Ronde

'The level in this peloton is so high that it's impossible to make up the deficit. Apart from Kasper it'll be difficult,' says Stijn Steels.

‘Quick-Step? I haven't seen them. You probably saw more on TV,’ says Benoot.

Tim Merlier and Jasper Philipsen were both in the chase group, but the team didn't harness its horsepower to close gap to winning quartet.

There wasn't a Quick-Step jersey in the top-30 as pressure mounts on perennial classics favorites.

'When I saw 250 meters I didn’t want to wait because if I wait then maybe they can accelerate. I just closed my eyes and kept going,' says Eritrean.

Next up for the Groupama-FDJ rider is Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday.

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VeloNews is on the ground at the 'opening weekend' and caught up with some of the biggest stars starting Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne

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'I’m surprised about the result as well because I didn’t have high expectations coming into this race' says veteran rider.

VeloNews is on the ground at the 'opening weekend' – we caught up with some of the biggest stars on the Omloop startline Saturday.