Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen March 4th-6th

[joy118118]

Another win for Degenkolb!

 

[jens_attacks]

hooray for him!future big star this guy.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

My CQ team celebrates

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

My CQ team celebrates

+1


Pushes him nicely in to the top 10 for GC points as well - much chance of a selection tomorrow?

 

[Grzdylu]

2. Wagner
3. Keukeleire

 

[Ryaguas]

Top 8

1. John Degenkolb (HTC)
2. Robert Wagner (Leopard)
3. Jens Keukeleire (Cofidis)
4. Maxime Vantomme (Katusha)
5. Alexander Porsev (Katusha)
6. Evgeni Hutarovich (FDJ)
7. Francesco Chicchi (Quick Step)
8. Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil)

 

[craig1985]

if they can't do anything else then it's pretty bad unless you are as fast as cavendish or such guys there's nothing to win other than the odd (short) itt or ttt

I think that's because these guys are the result of the track programs that NZ run. Guys like Henderson, Roulston, Gudsell (formerly of FDJ), Brewley, Sergent etc. have all come from the track program. Similar to Great Britain as well, a guy like Dan Martin switched to Ireland (despite being born in Birmingham) because there wasn't a lot that British cycling could do for him since he's not a trackie. Also because NZ isn't like Colombia for example where it has a lot more depth and the terrain (ie high altitude) suits climbers a lot more.

 

[joy118118]

photo-finish......


and Nico Eeckhout wins

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Lol, first 2 day young guns Sergent and Degenkolb win. And now the extremely old Eeckhout.

A tour of extremes

 

[joy118118]

Top 5 de la troisième étape :

1. Nico Eeckhout (An-Post Sean Kelly)
2. Jimmy Casper (Saur-Sojasun)
3. Dominique Rollin (FDJ)
4. Sébastien Chavanel (Europcar)
5. Klaas Lodewijck (Omega Pharma)

Top 3 des 3 Jours de West-Vlaanderen

1. Jesse Sergent (Radioshack)
2. Sébastien Rosseler (Radioshack)
3. Michal Kwiatkowski (Radioshack)

 

[Mellow Velo]

Top 5 de la troisième étape :

1. Nico Eeckhout (An-Post Sean Kelly)
2. Jimmy Casper (Saur-Sojasun)
3. Dominique Rollin (FDJ)
4. Sébastien Chavanel (Europcar)
5. Klaas Lodewijck (Omega Pharma)

Top 3 des 3 Jours de West-Vlaanderen

1. Jesse Sergent (Radioshack)
2. Sébastien Rosseler (Radioshack)
3. Michal Kwiatkowski (Radioshack)

Wow. What a well balanced race.
Maybe they could re-name this edition as the 8 minutes of West-Vlaanderen?

 

[jens_attacks]

bravo to bruyneel and the shack!

 

[El Pistolero]

Sporza showing the race now

 

[The Hitch]

How on earth did Kwiatkowski come 3rd. He was only 7th in the tt

Move over Peter Sagan

 

[Libertine Seguros]

5th in the TT actually, but Bewley and Tuft were behind a split in the péloton at the line.

One of Radioshack's youngsters was 7th too, but that was Nelson Oliveira.

 

[Raupi7]

5th in the TT actually, but Bewley and Tuft were behind a split in the péloton at the line.

One of Radioshack's youngsters was 7th too, but that was Nelson Oliveira.

There was no split at the finish line.Radio Shack split the field at the beginning of the stage 21 riders got away and the bunch tried to come back a long time and gave up when the race hit the finishing circuits...