{"id":16620,"date":"2021-08-31T00:45:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T19:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=16620"},"modified":"2021-08-31T00:07:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T19:07:03","slug":"wrong-wheel-change-scuppers-evenepoel-as-merlier-wins-benelux-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-sports-news\/wrong-wheel-change-scuppers-evenepoel-as-merlier-wins-benelux-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrong wheel change scuppers Evenepoel as Merlier wins Benelux stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tBrussels, Aug 30 (AFP\/APP):A mechanic fixed Remco Evenepoel&#8217;s bike with the wrong wheel on Monday causing him to lose time as Tim Merlier of Alpecin-Fenix continued his fine season by winning the opening stage of the Tour of Benelux in Dokkum, northern Netherlands.<br \/>\n                  Merlier has won stages on the Giro d&#8217;Italia and the Tour de France this term and with the peloton smashed into small groups due to strong wind the 28-year-old won a sprint from a small group ahead of Phil Bauhaus and Alvaro Hodeg.<br \/>\n                  Belgian ace Remco Evenepoel had been in the lead group until he got a puncture 28km from the finish, but this was only the start of his troubles.<br \/>\n                  The neutral mechanic used a wrong replacement wheel, mistaking back for front, and then struggled to take it off again, causing Evenepoel to lose over a minute.<br \/>\n                  &#8220;It was a nervy stage due to all the wind and you had to be constantly aware to be in the right place at the right time,&#8221; Merlier said after his eighth win of the campaign.<br \/>\n                  Tuesday&#8217;s stage is an 11km individual time-trial also in the Netherlands in a race whose finale is in Grammont in Belgium on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels, Aug 30 (AFP\/APP):A mechanic fixed Remco Evenepoel&#8217;s bike with the wrong wheel on Monday causing him to lose time as Tim Merlier of Alpecin-Fenix continued his fine season by winning the opening stage of the Tour of Benelux in Dokkum, northern Netherlands. 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