var race = "71st Gent-Wevelgem "; 

var race_type = "HIS";

var stages = new Array();

var cyclingnews_results_base_url ="http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/apr09/wevelgem09/?id=results";

var event_description = '&laquo; <a href="http://www.steephill.tv/classics/gent-wevelgem/">2009 Gent-Wevelgem Live Dashboard</a><br/>&laquo; <a href=http://www.steephill.tv/2008/gent-wevelgem/photos/>53 Big Photos from Gent-Wevelgem 2008</a>';

var event_date = "April 8, 2009";

var stage = {"stage": "no prologue", "photos" : []};
stages.push(stage);


var stage = {"stage": "", "photos" : [{"img": "220-PIC19048264.jpg", "desc": "Classic start and weather"}, {"img": "240-PIC19023785.jpg", "desc": "Crash involving two Garmin riders"}, {"img": "241-PIC19027904.jpg", "desc": "Julien Dean suffers a nasty looking knee injury. Update: <a href=http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/RaceTalk/surgery-for-julian-dean-after-crash.html>Surgery for Julian Dean after crash</a>."}, {"img": "260-PIC19059218.jpg", "desc": "Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) of Team Columbia-High Road chases Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) of Liquigas the 2nd time over the Kemmelberg. He is followed by..."}, {"img": "260-PIC19096133b.jpg", "desc": "... Manuel Quinziato (Ita) of Liquigas   who is attempting to join his teammate at the front of the race. Recall, Quinziato was in the main break at Tour of Flanders."},
{"img": "290-PIC19062965.jpg", "desc": " Boasson Hagen joined Kuschynski on the (second) descent of the Kemmelberg and the two of them stayed away with 36 km to go"}, {"img": "320-PIC19001968.jpg", "desc": "1st Edvald Boasson Hagen  jumped  Aleksandr Kuschynski  with 200m to go"}, {"img": "450-PIC19107140b.jpg", "desc": "George Hincapie reflects on another classic day for Team Columbia. Hincapie finished 15th @ 2.14 behind his winning teammate." ,"height":"975"}, {"img": "550-PIC19010109.jpg", "desc": "Podium L-to-R: 2nd Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas,  1st Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia-High Road , 3rd Matthew Goss (Den) Team Saxo Bank  "}]};
stages.push(stage);