Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
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1 | Tuesday, March 29 | 198 km | ||||||||||
De Panne → Zottegem | ||||||||||||
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2 | Wednesday, March 30 | 211 km | ||||||||||
Zottegem → Koksijde | ||||||||||||
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3a | Thursday, March 31 | 112 km | ||||||||||
De Panne → De Panne | ||||||||||||
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3b | Thursday, March 31 | 14.2 km | ||||||||||
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Total Distance | 535 km | |||||||||||
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News and Updates for Driedaagse De Panne 2016
Live Sunday, 2016 Tour of Flanders Live (1.UWT BEL): race info, startlist, live coverage, previewsStage 3b Post-Race Coverage 

24 Big Photos from the Stage 3a RR, 3b TT — sirotti
Stage 3b Results 1 BODNAR, Maciej (TNK) 17:39 2 MARTIN, Tony (EQS) 3 BOHLI, Tom (BMC) 4 WESTRA, Lieuwe (AST) + 3 5 LE BON, Johan (FDJ) + 19 6 CHAVANEL, Sylvain (DEN) + 22 7 LUTSENKO, Alexey (AST) + 24 8 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) + 28 9 KUENG, Stefan (BMC) + 29 10 DURBRIDGE, Luke (OGE) + 31 11 BARTA, Jan (BOA) + 38 12 WISNIOWSKI, Lukasz (EQS) + 40 13 POLITT, Nils (KAT) + 42 14 PORSEV, Alexander (KAT) + 43 15 BIALOBLOCKI, Marcin (ONE) + 44 16 VAN KEIRSBULCK, Guillaume (EQS) + 47 17 PEDERSEN, Mads (SSG) + 49 18 GRUZDEV, Dmitriy (AST) + 50 19 DE VRIES, Berden (ROP) 20 BAUER, Jack (CPT) + 52 21 ZABEL, Rick (BMC) + 59 22 DE VREESE, Laurens (AST) + 1:01 23 KIRSCH, Alex (SSG) + 1:03 24 PÖSTLBERGER, Lukas (BOA) 25 BRUTT, Pavel (TNK) + 1:04 26 VAN HOECKE, Gijs (TSV) + 1:05 27 COLBRELLI, Sonny (BAR) + 1:06 28 HOELGAARD, Daniel (FDJ) + 1:09 29 GERTS, Floris (BMC) + 1:10 30 TUFT, Svein (OGE) 31 VAN POPPEL, Danny (SKY) + 1:12 32 MARTINELLI, Davide (EQS) 33 MORKOV, Michael (KAT) + 1:13 34 VIVIANI, Elia (SKY) 35 FRISON, Frederik (LTS) + 1:14 36 GREIPEL, André (LTS) 37 JOEAAR, Gert (COF) 38 FILOSI, Iuri (NIP) + 1:15 39 TRUSOV, Nikolay (TNK) + 1:16 40 BETTIOL, Alberto (CPT) + 1:21 Final General Classification 1 WESTRA, Lieuwe (AST) 12:08:19 2 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) + 13 3 LUTSENKO, Alexey (AST) + 16 4 MARTIN, Tony (EQS) + 35 5 CHAVANEL, Sylvain (DEN) + 59 6 DURBRIDGE, Luke (OGE) + 1:04 7 KUENG, Stefan (BMC) + 1:06 8 PEDERSEN, Mads (SSG) + 1:19 9 POLITT, Nils (KAT) 10 LE BON, Johan (FDJ) 11 GRUZDEV, Dmitriy (AST) + 1:27 12 DE VRIES, Berden (ROP) 13 ZABEL, Rick (BMC) + 1:34 14 DE VREESE, Laurens (AST) + 1:38 15 KIRSCH, Alex (SSG) + 1:40 16 VAN HOECKE, Gijs (TSV) + 1:42 17 COLBRELLI, Sonny (BAR) + 1:43 18 MORKOV, Michael (KAT) + 1:49 19 FILOSI, Iuri (NIP) + 1:52 20 TRUSOV, Nikolay (TNK) + 1:53Westra wins Three Days of De Panne — cyclingnews
Westra downplays Tour of Flanders prospects — cyclingnews
Maciej Bodnar warming up before his winning Stage 3b TT ride (00:30 Ambient) — @tinkoff_team
Maciej Bodnar races to a narrow victory at De Panne time trial — tinkoffteam
Alexander Kristoff Post Stage 3b Interview (00:59 English) — CyclingProNet
Final Stage 3b ITT Riders (15:48 English) — eurosport
Overall GC Podium Ceremony (00:16 Ambient Noise) — @AstanaTeam
Overall Winner's Interview after Stage 3b (01:34 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Overall Winner's Interview after Stage 3b (00:52 Dutch) — focus-wtv
24 Big Photos from the Stage 3a RR, 3b TT — sirotti
Stage 3b preview: De Panne, 14.2 km (TT)
March 30 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 3b profile, map and timetable.
Stage 3b start time: Thursday 14:30 CET (12:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for De Panne, Belgium
Earliest live video: 14:45 CET (12:45:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:50 CET (2:50:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for De Panne, Belgium
Stage 3a Post-Race Coverage 

24 Big Photos from the Stage 3a RR, 3b TT — sirotti
Stage 3a Results 1 KITTEL, Marcel (EQS) 2:27:03 2 BAUHAUS, Phil (BOA) 3 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) 4 CAPIOT, Amaury (TSV) 5 MEZGEC, Luka (OGE) 6 SARREAU, Marc (FDJ) 7 VAN STAEYEN, Michael (COF) 8 BASKA, Erik (TNK) 9 KREDER, Raymond (ROP) 10 KUMP, Marko (LAM) 11 GROSU, Eduard Michael (NIP) 12 GUARDINI, Andrea (AST) 13 VAN POPPEL, Danny (SKY) 14 NIELSEN, Magnus Cort (OGE) 15 CHAVANEL, Sylvain (DEN) 16 SIMION, Paolo (BAR) 17 VAN LERBERGHE, Bert (TSV) 18 GUARNIERI, Jacopo (KAT) 19 SENECHAL, Florian (COF) 20 BETTIOL, Alberto (CPT) General Classification after Stage 3a 1 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) 11:50:25 2 LUTSENKO, Alexey (AST) + 7 3 WESTRA, Lieuwe (AST) + 12 4 PEDERSEN, Mads (SSG) + 45 5 VAN LERBERGHE, Bert (TSV) + 47 6 DURBRIDGE, Luke (OGE) + 48 7 ZABEL, Rick (BMC) + 50 8 MARTIN, Tony (EQS) 9 MORKOV, Michael (KAT) + 51 10 CAPIOT, Amaury (TSV) + 52Kittel wins stage 3a sprint — cyclingnews
Last 15 Km of Stage 3a (18:44 English) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 3a (01:14 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Marcel Kittel Post Stage 3a Winner's Interview (02:18 English) — CyclingProNet
24 Big Photos from the Stage 3a RR, 3b TT — sirotti
Stage 3a preview: De Panne → De Panne, 112 km (rolling)
March 30 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 3a profile, map and timetable.
Stage 3a start time: Thursday 9:25 CET (7:25:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for De Panne, Belgium
Earliest live video: 10:30 CET (8:30:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 12:00 CET (10:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for De Panne, Belgium
Stage 2 Post-Race Coverage 

15 Big Photos from Stage 2 — sirotti
Stage 2 Results 1 VIVIANI, Elia (SKY) 5:01:04 2 KITTEL, Marcel (EQS) 3 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) 4 CAPIOT, Amaury (TSV) 5 PETIT, Adrien (DEN) 6 KREDER, Raymond (ROP) 7 SIMION, Paolo (BAR) 8 SARREAU, Marc (FDJ) 9 BASKA, Erik (TNK) 10 SAVITSKIY, Ivan (GAZ) 11 KUMP, Marko (LAM) 12 GROSU, Eduard Michael (NIP) 13 GREIPEL, André (LTS) 14 MEZGEC, Luka (OGE) 15 SENECHAL, Florian (COF) 16 RICKAERT, Jonas (TSV) 17 KIRSCH, Alex (SSG) 18 VAN STAEYEN, Michael (COF) 19 BAUER, Jack (CPT) 20 DE VRIES, Berden (ROP) General Classification after Stage 2 1 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) 9:23:24 2 LUTSENKO, Alexey (AST) + 5 3 WESTRA, Lieuwe (AST) + 10 4 PEDERSEN, Mads (SSG) + 43 5 VAN LERBERGHE, Bert (TSV) + 45 6 DURBRIDGE, Luke (OGE) + 46 7 ZABEL, Rick (BMC) + 48 8 MARTIN, Tony (EQS) 9 MORKOV, Michael (KAT) + 49Viviani wins stage 2 in Koksijde — cyclingnews
Viviani spoils Etixx party — velonews
Pim Ligthart Post Stage 2 Interview (00:27 English) — CyclingProNet
Kittel takes confidence despite defeat at Three Days of De Panne — cyclingnews
Viviani shakes off Track Worlds disappointment with Three Days of De Panne win — cyclingnews
No fine for Kuznetsov in De Panne fight — cyclingnews
Greipel not back to 100 per cent yet after broken ribs — cyclingnews
Last 13 Km of Stage 2 (15:52 English) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 2 (01:42 English) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 2 (03:07 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 2 (2:28 Dutch, restricted to Belgium) — sporza
Finish line camera, Stage 2 (00:12 Ambient Noise) — @tinkoff_team
Winner's Interview from Stage 2 (01:05 Italian) — CyclingProNet
Mass Stage 2 crash leaves Jack Bauer in ditch (02:34 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
One-Minute Highlights from Stage 2 (00:50 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
15 Big Photos from Stage 2 — sirotti
Verslag: Stage 2 Highlights (02:17 Dutch) — focus-wtv
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov punches Direct Energie rider during Stage 2 (00:14 English) — eurosport
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov punches Direct Energie rider during Stage 2 (01:37 Dutch) — sporza
34 km to go: Van Lerberghe wins the intermediate sprint (00:49 Dutch) — sporza
15 km to go: Schillinger crashes at the end of Stage 2 (01:12 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Stage 2 preview: Zottegem → Koksijde, 211 km (hilly/rolling)
March 29 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 2 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 2 start time: Wednesday 11:40 CET (9:40:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Zottegem, Belgium
Earliest live video: 14:45 CET (12:45:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:30 CET (2:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Koksijde, Belgium
Stage 1 Post-Race Coverage 

26 Big Photos from Stage 1 — sirotti
Stage 1 Results 1 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) 4:22:34 2 LUTSENKO, Alexey (AST) 3 WESTRA, Lieuwe (AST) 4 PEDERSEN, Mads (SSG) + 29 5 ROWE, Luke (SKY) 6 LIGTHART, Pim (LTS) + 36 7 BELLETTI, Manuel (STH) 8 SAGAN, Juraj (TNK) 9 DE BIE, Sean (LTS) 10 HALLER, Marco (KAT) 11 VANSPEYBROUCK, Pieter (TSV) 12 MARTIN, Tony (EQS) 13 THWAITES, Scott (BOA) 14 BETTIOL, Alberto (CPT) 15 CAPIOT, Amaury (TSV) 16 DE VREESE, Laurens (AST) 17 KIRSCH, Alex (SSG) 18 KREDER, Michel (ROP) 19 DE VRIES, Berden (ROP) 20 SENECHAL, Florian (COF) 21 MODOLO, Sacha (LAM) 22 VAN HOECKE, Gijs (TSV) 23 FILOSI, Iuri (NIP) 24 ZABEL, Rick (BMC) 25 VAN LERBERGHE, Bert (TSV) 26 COLBRELLI, Sonny (BAR) 27 TRUSOV, Nikolay (TNK) 28 DURBRIDGE, Luke (OGE) 29 POLITT, Nils (KAT) 30 CHAVANEL, Sylvain (DEN) 31 KUENG, Stefan (BMC) 32 GRUZDEV, Dmitriy (AST) 33 TEUNS, Dylan (BMC) 34 FEDI, Andrea (STH) 35 VLIEGEN, Loic (BMC) 36 POZZATO, Filippo (STH) 37 KUZNETSOV, Viacheslav (KAT) 38 BOOM, Lars (AST) 39 MORKOV, Michael (KAT) 40 LE BON, Johan (FDJ) + 59 General Classification after Stage 1 1 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) 4:22:24 2 LUTSENKO, Alexey (AST) + 1 3 WESTRA, Lieuwe (AST) + 6 4 PEDERSEN, Mads (SSG) + 39 5 ROWE, Luke (SKY) 6 MARTIN, Tony (EQS) + 44 7 LIGTHART, Pim (LTS) + 46 8 BELLETTI, Manuel (STH) 9 SAGAN, Juraj (TNK) 10 DE BIE, Sean (LTS)Kristoff wins De Panne opener — cyclingnews
Westra plays long game at Three Days of De Panne — cyclingnews
Rowe 'gutted' by untimely puncture in De Panne — cyclingnews
Kristoff: I cannot be that bad when I won the race — cyclingnews
Last 20 Km of Stage 1 (29:16 English) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 1 (2:57 Dutch, restricted to Belgium) — sporza
Last Km of Stage 1 (01:40 English) — eurosport
Riders hold emotional silence after tragic death of Belgian cyclists (01:47 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Somber Stage 1 Start Scene (01:29 Dutch) — focus-wtv
Winner's Post Stage 1 Press Conference (03:09 English) — CyclingProNet
Winner's Interview from Stage 1 (01:27 English) — focus-wtv
Verslag: Stage 1 Report (01:41 Dutch) — sporza
26 Big Photos from Stage 1 — sirotti
The peloton had another close call with a race vehicle (00:07 No Audio)
Stage 1 preview: De Panne → Zottegem, 198 km (hilly)
March 27 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 1 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 1 start time: Tuesday 11:55 CET (9:55:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for De Panne, Belgium
Earliest live video: 14:45 CET (12:45:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:00 CET (3:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Zottegem, Belgium
2016 Driedaagse De Panne Preview 
March 28 update:Official Startlist w/ bib numbers — steephill.tv
Wanty-Groupe Gobert withdraw from Driedaagse De Panne after death of Demoitie — cyclingnews
De Panne organisers focus on safety after death of Demoitie — cyclingnews
Greipel and De Bie lead Lotto Soudal at De Panne — cyclingnews
March 27 update:
Race Preview with Favorites (Dutch) — wielerflits.nl
2016 Driedaagse van de Panne preview — cyclingquotes
March 9 update:
Stage maps, profiles, and timetables are now posted.
February 9 update:
Muur Van Geraardsbergen to feature in 2016 Three Days of De Panne — cyclingnews
Video highlights/archived coverage from previous years
Race History with Past Winners — wikipedia
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Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage 
March 27 update: A work in progress for 2016 Driedaagse De Panne live and delayed coverage. Most live feeds will be country restricted, but unrestricted links will appear in bold. Check back at race time for more links. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video, tv coverage or text updates/tickers as they become known. — Stevemedia source | tv or internet | comments/restrictions | |
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