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COXYDE, Belgium, March 28, 2012 (AFP) - German rider Marcel Kittel won the second stage of the Three Days of La Panne, a 216.1km ride from Zottegem here on Wednesday for his sixth victory of the season. The 22-year-old edged out Norway's Alexander Kristoff and Boy van Poppel of the Netherlands in a sprint finish. Kristoff had the consolation of taking the overall leader's jersey … [Read more...]
AUDENAERDE, Belgium, March 27, 2012 (AFP) - Slovakian Peter Sagan of the Liquigas team won the first stage in the Three Days of La Panne after outsprinting Italians Jacopo Guarnieri and Fabio Sabatini on Tuesday. Sagan, one of several contenders for victory in the Tour of Flanders -- the second major classic of the season on Sunday -- will wear the leader's jersey in the 216.1km second … [Read more...]
LA PANNE, Belgium, April 2, 2009 (AFP) - Frederik Willems of Belgium, riding for Liquigas, won the Trois Jours de la Panne race on Thursday following the race-concluding 15.3km time trial which was won by Briton Bradley Wiggins of Garmin. Willems nipped in ahead of Dutch racers Joost Posthuma and Tom Leezer for his third career success in seven years as a pro. Wiggins won the time … [Read more...]
LA PANNE, Belgium, April 2, 2009 (AFP) - Isle of Man sprinter Mark Cavendish continued his sprint dominance at the Trois Jours de la Panne Thursday with his second consecutive victory over Australian Robbie McEwen. Columbia sprinter Cavendish had tested his legs ahead of next week's Ghent-Wevelgem one-day race by beating McEwen in a speedy sprint finish on Wednesday. On Thursday … [Read more...]
Britain's Mark Cavendish, riding for Columbia, won the second stage of the 'Trois Jours de La Panne' cycle race on Wednesday. Cavendish saw off Australia's Robbie McEwen and Italy's Francesco Chicchi in a sprint finish. Italy's Katusha racer Filippo Pozzato, who won the opening stage, retained the overall lead following the 219km run from Zottegem to Coxyde. "It was a long day … [Read more...]
ZOTTEGEM, Belgium, March 31, 2009 (AFP) - Italy's Filippo Pozzato took the first stage of the 'Trois Jours de La Panne' cycle race here on Tuesday. The Katusha team rider prevailed in a sprint finish to overhaul local hope Frederik Willems. This pair had split from the peloton which came in 57sec adrift with another Belgian, Greg Van Avermaet, finishing third. Wednesday's second … [Read more...]