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Driedaagse De Panne Photos; Stage 2: Oudenaarde → Koksijde, 210 km

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The Ronde van Vlaanderen Museum in Oudenaarde (today's start host) with Velo Eddy Merckx parked out frontshare this photo

A motorhome convention or the stage 2 staging area?share this photo

The Belgian National Champ, Vacansoleil's Stijn Devolder has signed in and is ready to rollshare this photo

An early solo break by an optimistic Landbouwkrediet ridershare this photo

The peloton coming through the forestshare this photo

The break that got away on the first climb of the day (km 20: Tiegemberg). Left to right: Mickaël Delage (FDJ), Mikhail Ignatiev (Katusha), Rony Martias (Saur-Sojasun), Steven Caethoven (Veranda’s Willems) and Howard Leigh (HTC-Highroad)share this photo

Later, after the climbs and the winds of the North Sea, these riders formed a break on the finishing circuits in Koksijdeshare this photo

HTC-Highroad working to bring the race back together for either Mark Renshaw or John Degenkolbshare this photo

The sprint finish with 50m to go with 4th place finisher Tomas Vaitkus (Astana) at the front in a headwindshare this photo

Katusha's Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) has moved into the leadshare this photo

1st Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team, 2nd John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad and 3rd Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondaleshare this photo

After numerous close calls earlier in the year, Denis Galimzyanov gets to celebrate a winshare this photo

Pre-race favorite, Bradley Wiggins (Sky), in addition to race leader Andre Greipel were dropped when the peloton split on the hills and then crosswinds of the North Sea. He finished over 5 minutes back.share this photo

The winner on his way to the winner's circleshare this photo

In fact, today was Denis Galimzyanov's first pro winshare this photo

The new race leader, Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, has a slim lead heading into the final day with a road stage in the morning and an individual time trial in the afternoonshare this photo

Driedaagse De Panne Photos; Stage 2: Oudenaarde → Koksijde, 210 km

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