Rainy conditions for the third and penultimate stage of the KBC De Panne. It's short and flat and it'll be interesting how the peloton judges the break - so far this season the break has the edge here. We should see a GC truce before the TT, however having made no use of his chance yesterday it's the last opportunity for points leader Summerhill to set himself up for the win.
Katrasnik
Taubel
Naesen
Ariesen (who takes an uncontested "sprint" and
Nurmi are today's break.
Sprinter teams Lierse and Netia patrol alonsgide GC leaders Strava. 70km to go and 5'33" is the gap
60km and 6'45" - Taubel is provisionally 8th on GC at 5'17" down!
50km and 7'05" - Taubel is 7th and Naesen is 13th overall
40km and with a gap of 6'56" it's apparent one of the five breakaway riders will take the stage - now it's about the minor GC ambush of Taubel and Naesen.
Alliances Brewing?
Onboard Cameras: Gaudin fights for his GC spot and the white jersey sits pretty
The gap falls: 20km and 4'00"
Chasing Like Madmen: 15km and 1'30" The break better be careful!
Onboard Cameras: 7km and 57'
With 4km to go the break has just 40 seconds - Taubel still fighting for a second consecutive stage for Wiesenhof
3.6km to go (Peloton)
| Vermote | | | | Pozdnyakov | | | Bernas | Serebriakov | | | Hagen | Kip | | | Mørkøv | | | Gaviria | | | | Peeters | Vantomme | Reckweg | | Corioni | | | Theuns | Thomas | | | Colbrelli | Schorn | | | De Backer | Van Asbroeck |
Naesen and Nurmi are in pursuit of Taubel, but launching their sprint now with 2500m to go still is a bit early.
Naesen puts a bike length between him and his rivals, but he's facing 2km in the wind.
Armchair Ride
Nurmi is perhaps stupidly waiting for his turn to launch, giving a tired Taubel no choice but to try and bridge the gap.
Kip launches in a desperate move to shut the gap (to his teammate, selfish git), the pack has 1.2km to go whilst...
Katrasnik and Ariesen try to fend off the peloton...
and Naesen has a huge gap with just 500m left!
On the front of the pack all but 13km of yesterday - now he's at the front of the race all the way to the line!
It's been said that whomever round the final corner in front will win here and it's true - Naesen exhausted but with ample time to celebrate! as fresh Nurmi overhauls the rule to take 2nd against Taubel.
Van Asbroeck from literally nowhere breaks the heart of Katrasnik and Ariesen - he gets the 3/3 bunch sprint record for this year's race! They settle for 6th and 7th respectively as Thomas rounds out the top 5 - Vantomme is 8th despite his sprint train's effort and Nepomnyachsniy and Haidar Anuawar round out this top 10. No GC gaps means the title of Baugnies is all but assured.
1 | Oliver Naesen | World Cycling Centre | 2h27'19 | 2 | Roope Nurmi | Valio - DeLaval | s.t. | 3 | Christoph Taubel | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | s.t. | 4 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | s.t. | 5 | Geraint Thomas | Podium Ambition | s.t. | 6 | Gasper Katrasnik | Isostar - Adriatic | s.t. | 7 | Tim Ariesen | TVM - Beslist.nl | s.t. | 8 | Maxime Vantomme | Netia - Norske Skog | s.t. | 9 | Alexandr Nepomnyachsniy | Shimano - Siam Cement | s.t. | 10 | Ahmad Haidar Anuawar | Shimano - Siam Cement | s.t. | 11 | Daniel Schorn | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | s.t. | 12 | Aleksandr Serebriakov | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | s.t. | 13 | Timothy Dupont | Strava | s.t. | 14 | Bert De Backer | Strava | s.t. | 15 | Claudio Corioni | Strava | s.t. | 16 | Daniele Ratto | Generali - AXA | s.t. | 17 | Giuseppe Fonzi | Hankook - Ping An Bank | s.t. | 18 | Edward Theuns | Generali - AXA | s.t. | 19 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | s.t. | 20 | Siarhei Papok | Isostar - Adriatic | s.t. | 21 | Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata | World Cycling Centre | s.t. | 22 | Jempy Drucker | Isostar - Adriatic | s.t. | 23 | Robert Bush | World Cycling Centre | s.t. | 24 | Salah Eddine Mraouni | World Cycling Centre | s.t. | 25 | Ismaël Kip | TVM - Beslist.nl | s.t. | 26 | Kevin Peeters | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | s.t. | 27 | Kirill Pozdnyakov | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | s.t. | 28 | Matti Breschel | Valio - DeLaval | s.t. | 29 | Jonathon Thire | Vivacom - DataMap | s.t. | 30 | Jérôme Baugnies | Strava | s.t. | 31 | Jyme Bridges | Podium Ambition | s.t. | 32 | Jukka Vastaranta | Valio - DeLaval | s.t. | 33 | Bernhard Eisel | Valio - DeLaval | s.t. | 34 | Lucas Schädlich | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | s.t. | 35 | Phucong Sai-Udomsin | Shimano - Siam Cement | s.t. | 36 | Krister Hagen | Netia - Norske Skog | s.t. | 37 | Ruben Zepuntke | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | s.t. | 38 | Julien Vermote | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | s.t. | 39 | Shane Archbold | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | s.t. | 40 | Danny Summerhill | Azteca - NBCSN | s.t. | 41 | Fernando Gaviria | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | s.t. | 42 | Lars Van der Haar | TVM - Beslist.nl | s.t. | 43 | Fabian Cancellara | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | s.t. | 44 | Michael Mørkøv | Netia - Norske Skog | s.t. | 45 | Clément Venturini | World Cycling Centre | s.t. | 46 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx | s.t. | 47 | Fabrice Jeandesbosz | Generali - AXA | s.t. | 48 | Sonny Colbrelli | Hankook - Ping An Bank | s.t. | 49 | Sebastian Langeveld | Strava | s.t. | 50 | Alex Peters | World Cycling Centre | s.t. | 51 | Samuel Coronel | Azteca - NBCSN | s.t. | 52 | Goodnews Clifford | World Cycling Centre | s.t. | 53 | Daan Rijntjes | Vivacom - DataMap | s.t. | 54 | Martijn Tusveld | TVM - Beslist.nl | s.t. | 55 | Pawel Bernas | Netia - Norske Skog | s.t. | 56 | Luka Pibernik | Isostar - Adriatic | s.t. | 57 | Mike Aaron Egger | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | s.t. | 58 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Vivacom - DataMap | s.t. | 59 | Enrico Franzoi | Shimano - Siam Cement | s.t. | 60 | Andrew Tennant | Isostar - Adriatic | s.t. | 61 | Wout Van Aert | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | s.t. | 62 | Aksel Nommela | Isostar - Adriatic | s.t. | 63 | Jesse Kaislavuo | Valio - DeLaval | s.t. | 64 | Joost Van Leijen | TVM - Beslist.nl | s.t. | 65 | Nick Ingels | TVM - Beslist.nl | s.t. | 66 | Ivan Kovalev | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | s.t. | 67 | Krists Neilands | Valio - DeLaval | s.t. | 68 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | TVM - Beslist.nl | s.t. | 69 | Christiaan Kriek | Strava | s.t. | 70 | Tom Schwarmes | Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx | s.t. | 71 | Manuel Belletti | Generali - AXA | s.t. | 72 | Manuel Oseas Rodas Ochoa | Azteca - NBCSN | s.t. | 73 | Angelo Tulik | Strava | s.t. | 74 | Masatoshi Oba | Shimano - Siam Cement | s.t. | 75 | Tijmen Eising | TVM - Beslist.nl | s.t. | 76 | Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar | Hankook - Ping An Bank | s.t. | 77 | Samuel Pökälä | Valio - DeLaval | s.t. | 78 | Goran Cerovic | Vivacom - DataMap | s.t. | 79 | Maxime Le Montagner | Vivacom - DataMap | s.t. | 80 | Damien Gaudin | Strava | s.t. | 81 | Mihran Avetisyan | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | s.t. | 82 | Marc Codrington | Azteca - NBCSN | s.t. | 83 | Zheng Zhang | Hankook - Ping An Bank | s.t. | 84 | Morten Reckweg | Netia - Norske Skog | s.t. | 85 | Michel Sibilla | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | s.t. | 86 | Laurens Sweeck | Shimano - Siam Cement | s.t. | 87 | Dennis Van Winden | Generali - AXA | s.t. | 88 | Mike Teunissen | Generali - AXA | s.t. | 89 | Marlon Antonio Samayoa | Azteca - NBCSN | s.t. | 90 | Frederik Backaert | World Cycling Centre | s.t. | 91 | Chequan Richardson | Azteca - NBCSN | s.t. | 92 | Tom Thill | Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx | s.t. | 93 | Jingbiao Zhao | Hankook - Ping An Bank | s.t. | 94 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | s.t. | 95 | Kevin Eeckhout | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | s.t. | 96 | Dadley Corwin | Azteca - NBCSN | s.t. | 97 | Martin Grashev | Podium Ambition | s.t. | 98 | Stefan Hristov | Podium Ambition | s.t. | 99 | Valentin Stoenchev | Podium Ambition | s.t. | 100 | Mariusz Gil | Netia - Norske Skog | s.t. | 101 | Fabien Taillefour | Generali - AXA | s.t. | 102 | Logan Owen | Podium Ambition | s.t. | 103 | Stijn Joseph | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | s.t. | 104 | Branislav Samoilev | Valio - DeLaval | s.t. | 105 | German Anibal Orue | Azteca - NBCSN | s.t. | 106 | Denis Kostyuk | Control Team | s.t. | 107 | Aleksei Saramotins | Vivacom - DataMap | + 3'48 | 108 | Nick Nuyens | Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx | + 9'44 | 109 | Ivan Centrone | Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx | s.t. | 110 | Maarten Wynants | Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx | s.t. |
GC:
1 | Jérôme Baugnies | Strava | 12h23'03 | 2 | Danny Summerhill | Azteca - NBCSN | + 31 | 3 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | + 1'43 | 4 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | + 3'51 | 5 | Fabian Cancellara | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | s.t. | 6 | Enrico Franzoi | Shimano - Siam Cement | s.t. | 7 | Bert De Backer | Strava | + 5'11 | 8 | Nick Ingels | TVM - Beslist.nl | + 5'39 | 9 | Timothy Dupont | Strava | + 5'44 | 10 | Alexandr Nepomnyachsniy | Shimano - Siam Cement | s.t. | 11 | Sebastian Langeveld | Strava | s.t. | 12 | Masatoshi Oba | Shimano - Siam Cement | s.t. | 13 | Damien Gaudin | Strava | + 7'04 | 14 | Ruben Zepuntke | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | + 7'16 | 15 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | TVM - Beslist.nl | s.t. |
Spoiler 16 | Bernhard Eisel | Valio - DeLaval | + 7'18 | 17 | Geraint Thomas | Podium Ambition | + 7'34 | 18 | Matti Breschel | Valio - DeLaval | s.t. | 19 | Jyme Bridges | Podium Ambition | s.t. | 20 | Kevin Eeckhout | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | + 8'49 | 21 | Jempy Drucker | Isostar - Adriatic | + 8'57 | 22 | Marlon Antonio Samayoa | Azteca - NBCSN | + 9'04 | 23 | Lars Van der Haar | TVM - Beslist.nl | + 9'27 | 24 | Samuel Coronel | Azteca - NBCSN | s.t. | 25 | Michel Sibilla | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | s.t. | 26 | Maxime Vantomme | Netia - Norske Skog | + 10'08 | 27 | Mike Teunissen | Generali - AXA | + 10'59 | 28 | Julien Vermote | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | + 11'51 | 29 | Christoph Taubel | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | + 11'57 | 30 | Claudio Corioni | Strava | + 12'02 | 31 | Oliver Naesen | World Cycling Centre | + 13'00 | 32 | Robert Bush | World Cycling Centre | + 13'10 | 33 | Fabien Taillefour | Generali - AXA | + 13'11 | 34 | Stijn Joseph | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | s.t. | 35 | Fabrice Jeandesbosz | Generali - AXA | + 13'55 | 36 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx | s.t. | 37 | Mariusz Gil | Netia - Norske Skog | + 14'26 | 38 | Jukka Vastaranta | Valio - DeLaval | + 14'34 | 39 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Vivacom - DataMap | s.t. | 40 | Logan Owen | Podium Ambition | + 14'42 | 41 | Goodnews Clifford | World Cycling Centre | + 15'03 | 42 | Frederik Backaert | World Cycling Centre | + 15'07 | 43 | Morten Reckweg | Netia - Norske Skog | + 15'46 | 44 | Dadley Corwin | Azteca - NBCSN | s.t. | 45 | Lucas Schädlich | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | + 17'20 | 46 | Clément Venturini | World Cycling Centre | + 19'07 | 47 | Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata | World Cycling Centre | + 19'19 | 48 | Fernando Gaviria | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | + 20'11 | 49 | Pawel Bernas | Netia - Norske Skog | + 20'22 | 50 | Kirill Pozdnyakov | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | + 20'53 | 51 | Kevin Peeters | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | + 21'31 | 52 | Michael Mørkøv | Netia - Norske Skog | s.t. | 53 | Martin Grashev | Podium Ambition | + 22'29 | 54 | Stefan Hristov | Podium Ambition | s.t. | 55 | Manuel Oseas Rodas Ochoa | Azteca - NBCSN | + 23'05 | 56 | Marc Codrington | Azteca - NBCSN | s.t. | 57 | Ismaël Kip | TVM - Beslist.nl | + 24'24 | 58 | Krists Neilands | Valio - DeLaval | s.t. | 59 | Jesse Kaislavuo | Valio - DeLaval | s.t. | 60 | Samuel Pökälä | Valio - DeLaval | s.t. | 61 | Alex Peters | World Cycling Centre | + 26'07 | 62 | Joost Van Leijen | TVM - Beslist.nl | s.t. | 63 | Jonathon Thire | Vivacom - DataMap | + 26'47 | 64 | Salah Eddine Mraouni | World Cycling Centre | s.t. | 65 | Chequan Richardson | Azteca - NBCSN | s.t. | 66 | Tijmen Eising | TVM - Beslist.nl | + 27'47 | 67 | Edward Theuns | Generali - AXA | + 28'11 | 68 | Daan Rijntjes | Vivacom - DataMap | + 28'21 | 69 | Christiaan Kriek | Strava | s.t. | 70 | Goran Cerovic | Vivacom - DataMap | s.t. | 71 | Tom Thill | Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx | + 28'29 | 72 | Tim Ariesen | TVM - Beslist.nl | + 29'44 | 73 | Laurens Sweeck | Shimano - Siam Cement | + 29'47 | 74 | Giuseppe Fonzi | Hankook - Ping An Bank | + 31'21 | 75 | Martijn Tusveld | TVM - Beslist.nl | + 31'23 | 76 | German Anibal Orue | Azteca - NBCSN | s.t. | 77 | Maxime Le Montagner | Vivacom - DataMap | + 32'46 | 78 | Nick Nuyens | Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx | + 32'49 | 79 | Maarten Wynants | Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx | s.t. | 80 | Daniel Schorn | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | + 34'23 | 81 | Aleksei Saramotins | Vivacom - DataMap | + 35'11 | 82 | Ahmad Haidar Anuawar | Shimano - Siam Cement | + 35'46 | 83 | Sonny Colbrelli | Hankook - Ping An Bank | s.t. | 84 | Angelo Tulik | Strava | + 36'11 | 85 | Luka Pibernik | Isostar - Adriatic | + 36'22 | 86 | Aleksandr Serebriakov | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | + 36'45 | 87 | Siarhei Papok | Isostar - Adriatic | + 37'45 | 88 | Wout Van Aert | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | s.t. | 89 | Zheng Zhang | Hankook - Ping An Bank | + 38'24 | 90 | Valentin Stoenchev | Podium Ambition | + 38'43 | 91 | Phucong Sai-Udomsin | Shimano - Siam Cement | + 38'53 | 92 | Krister Hagen | Netia - Norske Skog | + 39'32 | 93 | Roope Nurmi | Valio - DeLaval | + 40'12 | 94 | Andrew Tennant | Isostar - Adriatic | + 40'52 | 95 | Ivan Centrone | Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx | + 41'40 | 96 | Mike Aaron Egger | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | + 42'40 | 97 | Ivan Kovalev | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | s.t. | 98 | Gasper Katrasnik | Isostar - Adriatic | + 42'52 | 99 | Tom Schwarmes | Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx | + 42'54 | 100 | Dennis Van Winden | Generali - AXA | s.t. | 101 | Aksel Nommela | Isostar - Adriatic | + 44'50 | 102 | Daniele Ratto | Generali - AXA | + 46'18 | 103 | Denis Kostyuk | Control Team | + 46'24 | 104 | Shane Archbold | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | + 46'33 | 105 | Manuel Belletti | Generali - AXA | + 46'52 | 106 | Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar | Hankook - Ping An Bank | + 49'24 | 107 | Mihran Avetisyan | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | + 50'35 | 108 | Branislav Samoilev | Valio - DeLaval | + 52'19 | 109 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | + 53'32 | 110 | Jingbiao Zhao | Hankook - Ping An Bank | s.t. |
Points:
1 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | 38 | 2 | Danny Summerhill | Azteca - NBCSN | 30 | 3 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | TVM - Beslist.nl | 28 | 4 | Jérôme Baugnies | Strava | 25 | 5 | Ruben Zepuntke | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | 25 |
Young Riders:
1 | Ruben Zepuntke | Wiesenhof - Andrtiz | 12h30'19 | 2 | Lars Van der Haar | TVM - Beslist.nl | + 2'11 | 3 | Mike Teunissen | Generali - AXA | + 3'43 |
Teams:
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