KCC athlete, Andrew Gent has returned to the place named in his honor, Gent, Belgium, along with Mark Cummings (aka Cummquott).

Emails from Cummo include the following:

Photo below of us heading to Oudenarde  with the O2 boys on the canal paths which are everywhere….head wind everywhere you go and freaking cold!  Only tough men could live and race in this place!!!!

(another email from Cummo)

Hi Guys!

I would have sent you a text but my phone still doesn’t work with the local SIM . Thank God no bike tomorrow, we are going to watch the race from a corporate area on the Koppenberg( 21% cobbled climb that we walked up today!)….the riding is very hard,the wind is cold,the climbs are steep and the cobbles are just so hard to ride……my right hand blew up with all the vibration and jarring….have got the paramedic treating me! (ie Andrew Gent)

Had an oopsy after got a pinch flat in the front tyre….hit the cobbles hard but not fast…a little bruising and some bark off but fine.

Off to din dins early as we are all cactus (probably do some frites,mayo and brown beer which is the staple diet here)….140 ks in 6 hours 20 mins is a big day….

Over and out,

Cummquott