Driedaagse De Panne (2016) Photos Mar 29 - 31

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BMC during the teams presentation before Stage 1	Marcel Kittel at the start line in De Panne	A moment of silence to remember Sunday's tragedies: Antoine Demoitie who died from injuries at Gent Wevelgam and Daan Myngheer who suffered a heart attack during Criterium International and later died in hospital on Monday
Earlier action on the wet cobbles
Lieuwe WESTRA (ASTANA) attack on Muur van Geraardsbergen
		It was two Astanas versus Kristoff and it was no match
Alexander KRISTOFF (KATUSHA) wins Stage 1 in Zottegem		2nd Alexey LUTSENKO (ASTANA) and 3rd Lieuwe WESTRA (ASTANA) didn't work well as a team in the final stretch
4th Mads PEDERSEN (ST�LTING SERVICE GROUP) + 29s and 5th Luke ROWE (SKY)		The field sprint for 6th was taken by 6th Pim LIGTHART (LOTTO SOUDAL) + 36s
Your Stage 1 winner, Alexander KRISTOFF (KATUSHA) said he didn't feel good today but if he was good enough to win then he must be ready for Tour of Flanders this Sunday	and first race leader

Stage 2:  Zottegem → Koksijde, 211 km  Full Results and Report

Marcel Kittel (Etixx - Quick Step) rolling into Zottegem for Stage 2	Filippo Pozzato (Southeast - Venezuela) signing in	Early break on the Kemmelberg
Kemmelberg	Pim Lighthart (Lotto Soudal) leading the break	Chasing peloton is 2 minutes back
Unsuccessful solo attack by Pim Lighthart (Lotto Soudal) from the break	Mass sprint as expected in Koksijde	It's down to Viviani, Kittel and Kristoff
Two man dig to the line, but Kittel is running out of steam		Etixx - Quick Step dominated the finish but it benefited the wrong rider, 1st Elia VIVIANI (SKY), 2nd Marcel KITTEL (ETIXX - QUICK STEP), 3rd Alexander KRISTOFF (KATUSHA)
	Your Stage 2 winner, Elia VIVIANI (SKY)	Race leader Alexander KRISTOFF (KATUSHA) was third today to extend his overall lead to 5s

Stage 3:  De Panne 112 km RR and 14.2 TT  Full Results and Report

The ill-fated Stage 3a break on the De Panne finishing circuits	Marcel Kittel, Andrea Guardini and the rest of the peloton	Sprint finish as expected
Sprint finish in full flight	Marcel Kittel gets it right today	Marcel Kittel wins Stage 3a
	Your Stage 3a winner Marcel Kittel
Alexander Kristoff took the race leader's jersey into the afternoon TT...	Maciej Bodnar (Tinkoff) set an early best time of 17:39 on the 14.2 km TT course	Maciej Bodnar (Tinkoff) had to wait around over 1.5 hours to find out if it time would hold up
3rd Tom BOHLI (BMC RACING) only a split second back	With 1st and 2nd less than a second apart, Tony Martin managed to squeeze in-between	10 Luke DURBRIDGE (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 31s, top English-speaking rider
4th Lieuwe WESTRA (ASTANA) + 3s, to give him the overall by 13s	7th Alexey LUTSENKO (ASTANA) + 24s, for 3rd overall	Tony Martin missed the win by the a fraction of a second
8th Alexander KRISTOFF (KATUSHA) + 28s, not enough for a wire-to-wire win	Your Stage 3b TT winner, Maciej Bodnar (Tinkoff)	Mister consistent all week gives Lieuwe WESTRA (ASTANA) the overall win
Lieuwe WESTRA (ASTANA) wins the overall by 13s	2016 GC podium: 2nd Alexander KRISTOFF (KATUSHA) + 13s, 1st Lieuwe WESTRA (ASTANA), 3rd Alexey LUTSENKO (ASTANA) +16s	Now on to Tour of Flanders this Sunday