Good morning and welcome to the Gent-Wevelgem live blog. We're jumping right into the action, despite still having four hours of racing to come, as we're receiving news of a 20-strong super break that has already opened up a gap on the peloton.

Lionel Taminiaux, who spent a good chunk of Friday in the break, is dropping like a stone out of the back of the peloton on the Baneberg. At 22 years old, this weekend is something of a baptism of fire for the young Belgian.

First suggestions of disintegration as the climbs fly thick and fast.

They're on the Baneberg. Kemmelberg next!

Gap to the peloton dips below a minute for the first time. Van Schip has been dropped from the break.

And while we're talking about the Welshman, I think Luke Rowe could have a good shot today. He has no sprint to speak of, but he's a very tough rider and he relishes the ugly, difficult racing in Belgian classics.

Ian Stannard is prominent near the front of the peloton. He was looking pretty good on Friday until a badly-timed mechanical put him out of contention. His pal Luke Rowe is up in the leading group for SKY, but Stannard is a more than capable Plan B.

Back in the peloton, Team CCC and Lotto Soudal are working to close the gap. I can see a few Bora jerseys too - although with three team mates up in the lead, they'll be trying to disrupt, rather than aid in the chase.

The front group is working well together and, while they do look a bit knackered, they are holding their gap well...

Peter Sagan has won this race three times. If he makes it four today he will create history. No other rider has completed the mythic Gent Wevelgem Quadruple, or the 'Quadruplegem' as I have just named it.

The race leaders have just crested the Catsberg and will in short order dispatch the Kokereelberg, after which they have eight more climbs, including two ascents of the Kemmelberg.

These are the men in the driving seat. They make up the first echelon / group on the road.

Sagan, Ackermann, Selig (Bora-Hansgrohe), Declercq (Deceuninck-Quick Step), Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott), Van Aert, Wynants, Teunissen, (Jumbo-Visma), Rowe (Sky), Bol (Sunweb), Degenkolb, Pedersen, Stuyven, Theuns (Trek), Gaviria (UAE), Van der Poel (Corendon-Circus), Terpstra (Direct Energy), Van Schip (Roompot).

So, a reminder of the situation.

It's windy.

There are echelons.

Some big names have missed the move.

They are absolutely hammering the pace.

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Aaaaand over in Catalunya, Davide Formolo has won the final stage, while Miguel Angel Lopez has secured the overall victory.

Kirsten Wild has just won the Women's Gent-Wevelgem, adding to her victory earlier in the week at Driedaagse. She's having a storming season.

The riders are taking a feed now. They are at about halfway through this brutal race.

In the midst of all the early echelon excitement, I neglected to run through the favourites for you...

After a brilliant tactical victory in E3 on Friday, the Deceuninck team are looking stronger and harder to beat than ever. They ostensibly are going with Elia Viviani today, in the event of a sprint at least, but as always they have a fistful of cards to play. Expect to see Stybar, Gilbert and Lampaert all involved towards the business end of proceedings.

Reigning champ, Peter Sagan, was looking a little sluggish on Friday, and Bora have brought their German sprinting prodigy Pascal Ackermann to the party as a second option. Both have made the front group today, so they are very much still in the game.

Oliver Naesen has been having a storming season, with a second place at Milan Sanremo. His AG2R squad are getting stronger and stronger in the classics, but they have all missed the first group today.

Matteo Trentin has been flying too, of late, and should be in the mix at the end of the day - particularly if he can get a bit of backup from his team. He's up front, but he's isolated at the moment.

Other riders with a serious shot of victory if Lady Luck smiles their way: John Degenkolb (Trek Segafredo), Greg Van Avermaet, Fernando Gaviria (UAE).

Ten bergs on the menu today, with the first one coming at about 100km to go. After that they fly thick and fast for a solid 80km. I wouldn't want to be chasing Sagan, Degenkolb and van Aert over this sort of parcours.

We have a long, loooong way still to go and the pace is infernal at the moment. They surely cannot keep this up.

About an hour until we bring you live pictures on Eurosport and the Player - so just time to catch up with this week's episode of The Bradley Wiggins Show. As you can see, Brad is his usual retiring self...

The riders are absolutely hooning it at the moment, with 54 kilometres covered in the second hour of racing. I get a bit wheezy riding at about half that speed for an hour.