With the Gent Wevelgem running on Sunday, today is a good day to look back at the last five years of the race with a trip to the archives for the best photos and video action this tough Belgian classic has offered us.Since joining the ProTour calendar in 2010 and its subsequent change of days from Wednesday to Sunday this race has taken on more and more prestige.The first man to take the ‘ProTour’ Gent Wevelgem was Bernhard Eisel in 2010 who got the better of a six man break, finishing ahead of a young Sep Vanmarcke riding for Topsport and Philippe Gilbert in Lotto colors.The six man break wasn’t what you’d expect from this so called ‘Sprinter’s Classic’ but as Ed pointed out in his excellent preview of the race on Tuesday – this is no ordinary sprinter’s race.In 2011 it Was Ian Stannard who almost upset the sprinters with a very impressive solo move but it was all brought back together for Belgium’s favorite son, Tom Boonen to take the race in what was a mass sprint ahead of Danielle Bennati, Tyler Farrar and Andr Greipel.It was the second of Tom’s three victories in this race but sadly he won’t be able to back up for a 4th win this year due to injury. His 3rd victory came in 2012 and was once again a mass sprint where he bested Peter Sagan and Matti Breschel. A great sprint by Boonen again but a terrible one by Movistar’s Rojas...
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