Current Articles | Archives | RSS Feeds | Search Thursday, March 29, 2012 Race leader Alexander Kristoff gets his stage in Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde 3a by Ben Atkins at 6:20 AM EST

Categories: Pro Cycling, Spring Classics, Race Reports and Results Norwegian champion takes bumpy cobbled sprint and his first international pro victory After fourth place on stage one, and second place on stage two, Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) has finally taken his first international victory in the professional ranks, in stage 3a of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde. The Norwegian champion was led out perfectly by his team, which controlled most of the 112.1km stage - to and from the North Sea resort of De Panne - and launched him out of the final corner with 250 metres to go.



Despite the long sprint, over the uneven cobbled surface, Kristoff managed to hold off a strong challenge from Andre Schulze (Team NetApp), crossing the line half a bike length clear of the German, with Kenny van Hummel (Vacansoleil-DCM) in third.



“I did it in 2010 also, so I remember the cobbles, and I also saw it one time before the finish line,” Kristoff told the Sporza TV cameras afterwards. “It’s difficult; sprinting on cobbles is not so easy, your wheels are jumping around; but I felt strong and the team did a very good effort, keeping me in the front.



“I had the best lead out at the end and I could save energy in the last few K’s and in the sprint I felt strong,” the Norwegian explained. “Okay, I started a bit early, and almost - at the end - some guys come on my side [Schulze - ed], but I managed to hold them off.”



“I’m really happy with the victory,” he added.



The short, flat morning stage was characterised by a long breakaway from Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator), Rob Goris (Accent.jobs-Willems Verandas), Clinton Avery (Champion System), Jonathan Breyne (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) - who had been in the long break the previous day - and Andrea Di Corrado (Colnago-CSF Inox). The five of them escaped in the first hour of racing, building a maximum lead of 2’44” with 50km to go, but were eventually reeled in on the 8.4km finishing circuit around the towns of De Panne and Koksijde.



A number of teams battled for control of the peloton in the closing kilometres, but it was Katusha that managed to deliver Kristoff to the final corner first.



Time bonuses on the line mean that Kristoff starts the 14.7km afternoon time trial with a clear six second lead over second place Jacopo Guarnieri (Astana), who could only manage seventh on the stage. With a number of strong time triallists just a few seconds further back however, the Norwegian sprinter faces a tall order to hold on and take the overall honours.



“That we will see,” Kristoff smiled. “I really never raced full speed in a time trial, so I’m a little bit nervous about that. I will give everything I’ve got, but I don’t have so [many] seconds to the real specialists, so…



“It will be difficult to keep the jersey, but I will try.”



The break gets going but its never going to work



Kristoff’s Katusha team was controlling the peloton when Van Hecke jumped away, not far from Gistel, the home town of Flemish legend Johan Museeuw. Goris and Avery quickly followed the young Belgian, with Breyne, and finally Di Corrado joining them to make the group up to five.



After the first hour the leaders had covered 46.5km, and had opened up a lead of 1’10” over the peloton, and their lead continued to grow; Di Corrado took the first intermediate sprint, after 54km, with the peloton 2’27” behind.



Project 1t4i was now leading the peloton with Katusha, looking for a second victory for German wunderkind sprinter Marcel Kittel. Despite this, the gap was still growing to the five leaders and, with 50km to go, it was up to 2’44”; at this point though, the Lotto-Belisol and FDJ-BigMat teams lent their muscle to the chase and it began to creep down again.



Project 1t4i was doing the lion’s share of the work however, and reduced the deficit by 20 seconds in the next five kilometres.



As the peloton entered the town of Diksmuide - with its IJzertoren monument, preserved trench systems, and other memorials to World War I - with 42km to go, a number of teams began to fight for ownership of the peloton. First Lotto-Belisol came forward, followed by Europcar, the Omega Pharma-Quick Step, and the resultant increase of pace slashed the gap to 1’35” as the race entered the final 40km.



As the peloton followed the meandering course of the river Ijzer though, the pace relaxed a little an the gap stabilised. The five members of the break were beginning to look a little nervous however, and were continually glancing over their shoulders towards the peloton that they knew was coming. This may have contributed to the confusion as four out of five of them briefly took a left fork, when the course followed the right one along the river; only Goris seemed to know where he was going, but was soon joined by the others again.



The fugitives begin to get nervous but their lead begins to grow again



The confusion and hesitation, along with a renewed impetus in the peloton from FDJ-BigMat, meant that the quintet’s lead dropped below a minute at the 32km to go point. The five managed to reorganise themselves however, and it began to grow again, peaking at 1’22” with 25km to go before Lotto-Belisol and FDJ-BigMat began to reel it in again.



Once again, several teams began to battle for the lead, with Vacansoleil-DCM being overtaken by Team Type 1-Sanofi. The American team pulled the peloton into the final 20km, where the gap to the leaders once again dropped below the minute mark.



The rest of the sprinters teams began to lend a hand and, into the final 15km, they had cut the gap to 40 seconds as they passed through Oostduinkerke, the scene of the previous day’s stage finish, with 16km to go.



With 14km to go, as the leaders entered Koksijde, the lead was just 22 seconds and the team cars were pulled out of the gap. Spidertech p/b C10 joined the chase, and the gap closed further.



With the peloton on their heels, Di Corrado attacked the other four and tried to get away alone; he was chased down quickly, but Breyne - clearly feeling the previous day’s attack in his legs - was unable to respond.



The four remaining leaders were in sight along the long, straight road with ten kilometres to go, but Di Corrado tried again. The other three were right on him however, as they felt the breath of the Landbouwkrediet-Euphony-led peloton on their backs.



Into the finishing circuit it’s all over bar the sprinting



As the quartet crossed the line to start the 8.4km finishing circuit, it was just three seconds clear, but the sprinters teams were still unwilling to close it down just yet.



There was a brief moment of concern in the rear of the peloton, as it widened across an area of tram lines. A series of bunny hops from a number of riders took them back to safety however, and there were no crashes.



Up front Di Corrado was the first of the four to sit up, and the others capitulated with just over six kilometres to go. Katusha was now on the front of the peloton in force, aiming to deliver race leader Kristoff his much-needed stage victory.



There was a small crash near the front, as world under-23 champion Arnaud Démare (FDJ-BigMat) skidded off in the dust at the side of the road with 3km to go; the incident brought down a few riders - including Kittel's lead out man Roger Kluge (Project 1t4i) and sprinter Sacha Modolo (Colnago-CSF Inox) - but mercifully few others were affected. The incident caused a small split in the peloton, but it was closed again with two kilometres to go.



Katusha was still leading the peloton, but Project 1t4i and Team Type 1-Sanofi were jostling for position behind them. The Russian team took it into the final corner, launching Kristoff towards the line, and the Norwegian champion finished it off, with Schulze closing as he hit the line.



Six seconds time bonus for Kristoff meant that he would start the afternoon time trial with a clear lead over the rest of the peloton; with a number of strong time triallists not far behind him however, it will be a tall order for the Norwegian to hold on.



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Subscribe via RSS or daily email Contact the editor about this article Three Days of De Panne (2.HC) Stage 3a Results: De Panne to De Panne, 113.1km: Click on the arrows at the top of the column to sort the race results. Country Result Name Team Time NOR 1 Alexander Kristoff (Katusha Team) 02:22:58 GER 2 Andre Schulze (Team NetApp) s.t. NED 3 Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 4 Francesco Chicchi (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. ITA 5 Daniele Colli (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t. ITA 6 Davide Cimolai (Lampre - ISD) s.t. ITA 7 Jacopo Guarnieri (Astana Pro Team) s.t. BEL 8 Michael Van Staeyen (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. BLR 9 Yauheni Hutarovich (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. FRA 10 Saïd Haddou (Europcar) s.t. FRA 11 Sébastien Chavanel (Europcar) s.t. AUS 12 Aaron Kemps (Champion System) s.t. BEL 13 Tom Van Asbroeck (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. BEL 14 Bert De Backer (1t4i) s.t. RUS 15 Alexander Serebryakov (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t. BEL 16 James Vanlandschoot (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. ITA 17 Elia Favilli (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t. ITA 18 Danilo Napolitano (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. FRA 19 Mickaël Delage (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. NED 20 Boy Van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. FRA 21 Yuriy Krivtsov (Lampre - ISD) s.t. LTU 22 Egidijus Juodvalkis (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. USA 23 Jacob Keough (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. NED 24 Bobbie Traksel (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. USA 25 Kiel Reijnen (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t. FRA 26 David Boucher (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. GER 27 Marcel Kittel (1t4i) s.t. ITA 28 Sonny Colbrelli (Colnago CSF Bardiani) s.t. BEL 29 Stijn Neirynck (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. FRA 30 Yohann Gene (Europcar) s.t. FRA 31 Sébastien Turgot (Europcar) s.t. KAZ 32 Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana Pro Team) s.t. NED 33 Martijn Verschoor (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t. ITA 34 Alan Marangoni (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. SLO 35 Blaz Jarc (Team NetApp) s.t. ITA 36 Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. ITA 37 Pier Paolo De Negri (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t. FRA 38 Steve Chainel (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. NED 39 Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. SLO 40 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t. GER 41 Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. RUS 42 Victor Manakov (Team Rusvelo) s.t. GER 43 Timo Seubert (Team NetApp) s.t. EST 44 Mart Ojavee (Champion System) s.t. ITA 45 Francesco Di Paolo (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. SUI 46 Reto Hollenstein (Team NetApp) s.t. NED 47 Tom Stamsnijder (1t4i) s.t. CAN 48 Guillaume Boivin (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. NED 49 Wouter Mol (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. AUS 50 Travis Meyer (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 51 Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. POL 52 Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. GER 53 Danilo Hondo (Lampre - ISD) s.t. BEL 54 Baptiste Planckaert (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. RUS 55 Alexey Tsatevitch (Katusha Team) s.t. ITA 56 Omar Lombardi (Colnago CSF Bardiani) s.t. NED 57 Bert-jan Lindeman (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. NZL 58 Jesse Sergent (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. FRA 59 Laszlo Bodrogi (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t. POR 60 Nelson Oliveira (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. RUS 61 Nikolay Trusov (Team Rusvelo) s.t. ESP 62 Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. FRA 63 Vincent Jerome (Europcar) s.t. CAN 64 Martin Gilbert (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. NED 65 Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. NED 66 Dirk Bellemakers (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. CAN 67 Ryan Anderson (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. GER 68 Matthias Friedemann (Champion System) s.t. GER 69 Patrick Gretsch (1t4i) s.t. BEL 70 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. NZL 71 Gregory Henderson (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. BEL 72 Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. RUS 73 Alexander Porsev (Katusha Team) s.t. BEL 74 Gorik Gardeyn (Champion System) s.t. CAN 75 Keven Lacombe (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. BEL 76 Maxime Vantomme (Katusha Team) s.t. ITA 77 Alessandro Bazzana (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t. BEL 78 Arthur Vanoverberghe (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. KAZ 79 Assan Bazayev (Astana Pro Team) s.t. CAN 80 Svein Tuft (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 81 Claudio Corioni (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. ITA 82 Marco Coledan (Colnago CSF Bardiani) s.t. AUS 83 Luke Durbridge (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. RSA 84 Jay Robert Thomson (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. ITA 85 Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. AUS 86 Cameron Wurf (Champion System) s.t. BEL 87 Pieter Jacobs (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. RUS 88 Mikhail Ignatyev (Katusha Team) s.t. GER 89 Marcel Sieberg (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. BEL 90 Leif Hoste (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. GBR 91 Andrew Fenn (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. BEL 92 Ben Hermans (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. BEL 93 Iljo Keisse (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. USA 94 Chris Jones (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. ITA 95 Francesco Reda (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. ITA 96 Luca Ascani (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t. ITA 97 Alessandro Donati (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. NZL 98 Clinton Avery (Champion System) s.t. NOR 99 Gabriel Rasch (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. ITA 100 Simone Ponzi (Astana Pro Team) s.t. ITA 101 Marcello Pavarin (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. NED 102 Stefan Van Dijk (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. USA 103 Edward King (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. DEN 104 Brian Vandborg (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. BEL 105 Tim Declercq (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. RUS 106 Artem Ovechkin (Team Rusvelo) s.t. UKR 107 Vitaliy Buts (Lampre - ISD) s.t. CAN 108 David Veilleux (Europcar) s.t. RUS 109 Nikita Eskov (Team Rusvelo) s.t. NED 110 Ronan Van Zandbeek (1t4i) s.t. BEL 111 Gregory Habeaux (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. USA 112 Bradley White (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. AUT 113 Marco Haller (Katusha Team) s.t. BEL 114 Andy Cappelle (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. ITA 115 Simone Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. BEL 116 Rob Goris (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. ITA 117 Andrea Pasqualon (Colnago CSF Bardiani) s.t. KAZ 118 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Astana Pro Team) s.t. BEL 119 Tosh Van Der Sande (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. LTU 120 Tomas Vaitkus (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 121 Mathieu Claude (Europcar) s.t. FRA 122 Damien Gaudin (Europcar) s.t. KAZ 123 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana Pro Team) s.t. CHN 124 Pengda Jiao (Champion System) s.t. FRA 125 Frédéric Guesdon (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. BEL 126 Kurt Hovelijnck (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. ITA 127 Filippo Fortin (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t. ITA 128 Paolo Ciavatta (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. RUS 129 Sergey Klimov (Team Rusvelo) s.t. RUS 130 Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Team Rusvelo) s.t. GER 131 Michael Schwarzmann (Team NetApp) s.t. ITA 132 Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. ITA 133 Leonardo Giordani (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t. GER 134 Andreas Schillinger (Team NetApp) s.t. ITA 135 Daniele Righi (Lampre - ISD) 00:00:23 ITA 136 Andrea Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone) 00:00:24 BEL 137 Jerome Baugnies (Team NetApp) s.t. BEL 138 Jens Debusschere (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. BEL 139 Kevin Claeys (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. NED 140 Reinier Honig (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:00:27 RUS 141 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Team Rusvelo) s.t. ITA 142 Thomas Bertolini (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t. RUS 143 Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha Team) 00:00:31 ITA 144 Massimo Graziato (Lampre - ISD) s.t. CAN 145 Ryan Roth (Spidertech Powered By C10) 00:00:56 BEL 146 Kenny Dehaes (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:00:57 ITA 147 Andrea Di Corrado (Colnago CSF Bardiani) 00:01:16 BEL 148 Frederik Willems (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:01:23 CHN 149 Ji Cheng (1t4i) 00:01:30 NED 150 Arnoud Van Groen (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) 00:01:40 BEL 151 Jonathan Breyne (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. SWE 152 Tobias Ludvigsson (1t4i) s.t. BEL 153 Jonas Van Genechten (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:01:57 DEN 154 Martin Mortensen (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. GER 155 Rüdiger Selig (Katusha Team) s.t. BEL 156 Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:02:01 CAN 157 Hugo Houle (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. FRA 158 William Bonnet (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 00:03:02 ITA 159 Alfredo Balloni (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t. GER 160 Roger Kluge (1t4i) s.t. ITA 161 Sacha Modolo (Colnago CSF Bardiani) s.t. FRA 162 Arnaud Demare (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. ITA 163 Davide Vigano (Lampre - ISD) s.t. GER 164 Markus Eichler (Team NetApp) s.t. ITA DNS Daniel Oss (Liquigas - Cannondale) KAZ DNS Dmitriy Muravyev (Astana Pro Team) BEL DNS Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) BEL DNS Jens Keukeleire (GreenEdge Cycling Team) AUS DNS Jonathan Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) BEL DNS Kevin Hulsmans (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) SLO DNS Kristjan Koren (Liquigas - Cannondale) SVK DNS Peter Sagan (Liquigas - Cannondale) NED DNS Sebastian Langeveld (GreenEdge Cycling Team) BEL DNS Staf Scheirlinckx (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) BEL DNS Steven Van Vooren (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) General classification after stage 3a: Country Result Name Team Time NOR 1 Alexander Kristoff (Katusha Team) 11:47:43 ITA 2 Jacopo Guarnieri (Astana Pro Team) 00:00:06 POL 3 Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas - Cannondale) 00:00:07 FRA 4 Steve Chainel (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 00:00:10 ITA 5 Elia Favilli (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 00:00:12 BLR 6 Yauheni Hutarovich (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. BEL 7 Tom Van Asbroeck (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. FRA 8 Sébastien Turgot (Europcar) s.t. LTU 9 Egidijus Juodvalkis (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. KAZ 10 Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana Pro Team) s.t. BEL 11 Baptiste Planckaert (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. BEL 12 James Vanlandschoot (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. BEL 13 Bert De Backer (1t4i) s.t. ITA 14 Pier Paolo De Negri (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t. GER 15 Timo Seubert (Team NetApp) s.t. GER 16 Danilo Hondo (Lampre - ISD) s.t. FRA 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. BEL 18 Maxime Vantomme (Katusha Team) s.t. NED 19 Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. GER 20 Marcel Sieberg (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. FRA 21 Vincent Jerome (Europcar) s.t. ITA 22 Alan Marangoni (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. NZL 23 Jesse Sergent (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. BEL 24 Leif Hoste (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. SUI 25 Reto Hollenstein (Team NetApp) s.t. BEL 26 Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. RUS 27 Mikhail Ignatyev (Katusha Team) s.t. BEL 28 Ben Hermans (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. BEL 29 Pieter Jacobs (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. KAZ 30 Assan Bazayev (Astana Pro Team) s.t. ITA 31 Luca Ascani (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t. NED 32 Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. NED 33 Dirk Bellemakers (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. ITA 34 Simone Ponzi (Astana Pro Team) s.t. BEL 35 Tim Declercq (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. ESP 36 Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. NED 37 Tom Stamsnijder (1t4i) s.t. USA 38 Edward King (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. CAN 39 David Veilleux (Europcar) s.t. AUS 40 Luke Durbridge (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 41 Sacha Modolo (Colnago CSF Bardiani) s.t. CAN 42 Svein Tuft (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 43 Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas - Cannondale) 00:00:38 ITA 44 Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:02:46 BEL 45 Kenny Dehaes (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:03:43 NED 46 Boy Van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) 00:06:19 NED 47 Stefan Van Dijk (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) 00:06:22 AUS 48 Aaron Kemps (Champion System) 00:06:23 ITA 49 Daniele Colli (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t. CAN 50 Guillaume Boivin (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. ITA 51 Davide Cimolai (Lampre - ISD) s.t. RUS 52 Nikolay Trusov (Team Rusvelo) s.t. SLO 53 Blaz Jarc (Team NetApp) s.t. BEL 54 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. ITA 55 Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. LTU 56 Tomas Vaitkus (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 57 Alessandro Donati (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. BEL 58 Iljo Keisse (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. BEL 59 Kurt Hovelijnck (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. RUS 60 Artem Ovechkin (Team Rusvelo) s.t. USA 61 Chris Jones (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. FRA 62 Frédéric Guesdon (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. CAN 63 Ryan Roth (Spidertech Powered By C10) 00:07:19 BEL 64 Frederik Willems (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:07:46 GER 65 Rüdiger Selig (Katusha Team) 00:08:20 USA 66 Kiel Reijnen (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) 00:09:38 FRA 67 Yuriy Krivtsov (Lampre - ISD) s.t. AUS 68 Cameron Wurf (Champion System) s.t. BEL 69 Michael Van Staeyen (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:09:45 BEL 70 Stijn Neirynck (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. GER 71 Marcel Kittel (1t4i) 00:13:04 NED 72 Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:13:10 GER 73 Andre Schulze (Team NetApp) s.t. BEL 74 Tosh Van Der Sande (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:13:11 NED 75 Ronan Van Zandbeek (1t4i) 00:13:12 BEL 76 Rob Goris (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. NZL 77 Clinton Avery (Champion System) 00:13:13 RUS 78 Alexey Tsatevitch (Katusha Team) s.t. ITA 79 Leonardo Giordani (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t. ITA 80 Sonny Colbrelli (Colnago CSF Bardiani) 00:13:14 ITA 81 Danilo Napolitano (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. NED 82 Bobbie Traksel (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. FRA 83 Saïd Haddou (Europcar) s.t. GER 84 Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. FRA 85 Sébastien Chavanel (Europcar) s.t. RUS 86 Victor Manakov (Team Rusvelo) s.t. FRA 87 David Boucher (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. ITA 88 Francesco Chicchi (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. USA 89 Jacob Keough (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. RUS 90 Alexander Serebryakov (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t. NED 91 Martijn Verschoor (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t. CAN 92 Ryan Anderson (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. POR 93 Nelson Oliveira (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. ITA 94 Marco Coledan (Colnago CSF Bardiani) s.t. GER 95 Patrick Gretsch (1t4i) s.t. FRA 96 Mickaël Delage (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. NED 97 Bert-jan Lindeman (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. GER 98 Matthias Friedemann (Champion System) s.t. NZL 99 Gregory Henderson (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. ITA 100 Claudio Corioni (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. AUS 101 Travis Meyer (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 102 Laszlo Bodrogi (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t. BEL 103 Arthur Vanoverberghe (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. ITA 104 Filippo Fortin (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t. ITA 105 Andrea Pasqualon (Colnago CSF Bardiani) s.t. SLO 106 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t. CAN 107 Martin Gilbert (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. BEL 108 Gorik Gardeyn (Champion System) s.t. EST 109 Mart Ojavee (Champion System) s.t. NED 110 Wouter Mol (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 111 Omar Lombardi (Colnago CSF Bardiani) s.t. ITA 112 Marcello Pavarin (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. RUS 113 Alexander Porsev (Katusha Team) s.t. ITA 114 Alessandro Bazzana (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t. GBR 115 Andrew Fenn (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. UKR 116 Vitaliy Buts (Lampre - ISD) s.t. NOR 117 Gabriel Rasch (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. FRA 118 Arnaud Demare (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. RSA 119 Jay Robert Thomson (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. KAZ 120 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Astana Pro Team) s.t. ITA 121 Francesco Di Paolo (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. AUT 122 Marco Haller (Katusha Team) s.t. RUS 123 Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Team Rusvelo) s.t. FRA 124 Damien Gaudin (Europcar) s.t. CAN 125 Keven Lacombe (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. ITA 126 Francesco Reda (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. USA 127 Bradley White (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. GER 128 Roger Kluge (1t4i) s.t. CHN 129 Pengda Jiao (Champion System) s.t. GER 130 Markus Eichler (Team NetApp) s.t. BEL 131 Gregory Habeaux (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. FRA 132 Mathieu Claude (Europcar) s.t. RUS 133 Nikita Eskov (Team Rusvelo) s.t. GER 134 Michael Schwarzmann (Team NetApp) s.t. RUS 135 Sergey Klimov (Team Rusvelo) s.t. KAZ 136 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana Pro Team) s.t. CAN 137 Hugo Houle (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. GER 138 Andreas Schillinger (Team NetApp) s.t. ITA 139 Davide Vigano (Lampre - ISD) s.t. ITA 140 Daniele Righi (Lampre - ISD) 00:13:37 BEL 141 Jens Debusschere (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:13:38 ITA 142 Andrea Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. BEL 143 Kevin Claeys (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. RUS 144 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Team Rusvelo) 00:13:41 ITA 145 Thomas Bertolini (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t. RUS 146 Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha Team) 00:13:45 NED 147 Reinier Honig (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:14:03 FRA 148 Yohann Gene (Europcar) 00:14:09 ITA 149 Massimo Graziato (Lampre - ISD) 00:14:10 ITA 150 Andrea Di Corrado (Colnago CSF Bardiani) 00:14:27 BEL 151 Andy Cappelle (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) 00:14:46 SWE 152 Tobias Ludvigsson (1t4i) 00:14:54 NED 153 Arnoud Van Groen (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. ITA 154 Paolo Ciavatta (Acqua & Sapone) 00:15:07 ITA 155 Alfredo Balloni (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t. DEN 156 Martin Mortensen (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:15:11 BEL 157 Jonas Van Genechten (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. BEL 158 Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:15:15 BEL 159 Jerome Baugnies (Team NetApp) 00:15:26 FRA 160 William Bonnet (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 00:16:16 ITA 161 Simone Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone) 00:17:08 BEL 162 Jonathan Breyne (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:20:41 DEN 163 Brian Vandborg (Spidertech Powered By C10) 00:21:09 CHN 164 Ji Cheng (1t4i) 00:22:40

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