André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto) otworzył wyścig KBC-Driedaagse De Panne. Niemiecki super sprinter pokonał Lieuwe`a Westrę (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) oraz Dmitriya Muravyeva (Team RadioShack). Aktywny był Michał Kwiatkowski (RadioShack).
Początkowo na czele znalazła się grupka w składzie: Jens Debusschere (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Laurens De Vreese and Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator), Bert De Backer (Skil-Shimano), Mickaël Delage (FDJ), Sébastien Turgot (Europcar), Aleksejs Saramotins (Cofidis) oraz Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM). Ucieczka zyskała trzy minuty przewagi, jednak za jej kasowanie zabrała się drużyna Rabobank.
W połowie etapu do czołówki postanowiła dołączyć kolejna grupka, w której jechał m.in. Kwiatkowski i Greipel. Plany młodego Polaka się powiodły i wkrótce znalazł się w pierwszej grupce. Szybkie tempo kruszyło czołówkę, w której na finiszu ze znikomą przewagą zostali Greipel, Vladimir Gusiev (Team Katusha), Murayev oraz Westra. Czwórka cudem wybroniła się przed peletonem i to właśnie ona walczyła o zwycięstwo.
Bezapelacyjnie najszybszy był Greipel, który w generalce ma 3 sekundy przewagi nad Bertem De Backer (Skil – Shimano) oraz 5 sekund nad Westrą. Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas-Cannondale) jest 53. a Kwiatkowski 97.
Zobacz końcówkę etapu:
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| 1 | André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 4:22:33 | |
| 2 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 3 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack | ||
| 4 | Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team | ||
| 5 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 6 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 7 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD | ||
| 8 | Allan Davis (Aus) Pro Team Astana | ||
| 9 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad | ||
| 10 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ | ||
| 11 | John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad | ||
| 12 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | ||
| 13 | James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Veranda’s Willems – Accent | ||
| 14 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 15 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 16 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 17 | Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 18 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator | ||
| 19 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Katusha Team | ||
| 20 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 21 | Kevin Ista (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 22 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling | ||
| 23 | Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator | ||
| 24 | Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
| 25 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team | ||
| 26 | Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet | ||
| 27 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack | ||
| 28 | Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet | ||
| 29 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 30 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur – Sojasun | ||
| 31 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team | ||
| 32 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
| 33 | Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 34 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 35 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
| 36 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 37 | Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 38 | Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 39 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur – Sojasun | ||
| 40 | Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Skil – Shimano | ||
| 41 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad | ||
| 42 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team | ||
| 43 | Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | ||
| 44 | Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 45 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | ||
| 46 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Team RadioShack | ||
| 47 | Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | ||
| 48 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha Team | ||
| 49 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
| 50 | William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ | ||
| 51 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 52 | Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 53 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 54 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Veranda’s Willems – Accent | ||
| 55 | Nelson Oliveira (Spa) Team RadioShack | ||
| 56 | Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 57 | Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
| 58 | Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) HTC-Highroad | ||
| 59 | Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Netapp | ||
| 60 | Mathieu Claude (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 61 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
| 62 | Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Veranda’s Willems – Accent | ||
| 63 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | ||
| 64 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana | ||
| 65 | Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD | ||
| 66 | Dominique Cornu (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator | ||
| 67 | Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | ||
| 68 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre – ISD | ||
| 69 | Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ | ||
| 70 | Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ | ||
| 71 | Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana | ||
| 72 | Timon Seubert (Ger) Team Netapp | ||
| 73 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 74 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | ||
| 75 | Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 76 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 77 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil – Shimano | ||
| 78 | Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | ||
| 79 | Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 80 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
| 81 | Michael Barry (Can) Sky Procycling | ||
| 82 | Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Veranda’s Willems – Accent | ||
| 83 | Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 84 | Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Team Netapp | ||
| 85 | Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator | ||
| 86 | Maarten Neyens (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
| 87 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp | ||
| 88 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana | ||
| 89 | Jean-Lou Paiani (Fra) Saur – Sojasun | ||
| 90 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
| 91 | Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
| 92 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil – Shimano | ||
| 93 | Matti Helminen (Fin) Landbouwkrediet | ||
| 94 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 95 | Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ | ||
| 96 | Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 97 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team RadioShack | ||
| 98 | Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad | ||
| 99 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator | ||
| 100 | Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Team Netapp | ||
| 101 | Alex Rasmussen (Den) HTC-Highroad | ||
| 102 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Veranda’s Willems – Accent | ||
| 103 | Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Procycling | ||
| 104 | Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator | ||
| 105 | Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 106 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | ||
| 107 | Angelo Pagani (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | ||
| 108 | Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | ||
| 109 | Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator | ||
| 110 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | ||
| 111 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | ||
| 112 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 113 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil – Shimano | 0:00:38 | |
| 114 | Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:00:41 | |
| 115 | Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Landbouwkrediet | 0:00:59 | |
| 116 | Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet | ||
| 117 | John Murphy (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 118 | Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre – ISD | 0:01:05 | |
| 119 | Scott Zwizanski (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:01:13 | |
| 120 | David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar | ||
| 121 | Steven Caethoven (Bel) Veranda’s Willems – Accent | 0:01:17 | |
| 122 | Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:01:48 | |
| 123 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ | ||
| 124 | Bram Schmitz (Ned) Veranda’s Willems – Accent | ||
| 125 | Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad | 0:02:55 | |
| 126 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 127 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp | 0:03:07 | |
| 128 | Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator | 0:03:30 | |
| 129 | Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Netapp | 0:04:47 | |
| 130 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Skil – Shimano | ||
| 131 | Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:05:49 | |
| 132 | Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | ||
| 133 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
| 134 | Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack | 0:06:48 | |
| 135 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
| 136 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) FDJ | ||
| 137 | Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur – Sojasun | ||
| 138 | Grégory Habeaux (Bel) Veranda’s Willems – Accent | ||
| 139 | Simon Zahner (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:07:12 | |
| 140 | Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre – ISD | ||
| 141 | Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team | ||
| 142 | Matthew Brammeier (Irl) HTC-Highroad | ||
| 143 | Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:07:14 | |
| 144 | David Boucher (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:10:55 | |
| 145 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:12:03 | |
| 146 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 147 | Omar Lombardi (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | ||
| 148 | Steven Cozza (USA) Team Netapp | ||
| 149 | Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team | ||
| 150 | Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
| 151 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 152 | Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun | ||
| 153 | Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil – Shimano | ||
| 154 | Rony Martias (Fra) Saur – Sojasun | ||
| 155 | Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Skil – Shimano | ||
| 156 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur – Sojasun | ||
| 157 | Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | ||
| 158 | Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur – Sojasun | 0:12:32 | |
| 159 | Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) Lampre – ISD | ||
| 160 | Jesse Sergent (NZl) Team RadioShack | ||
| 161 | Sam Bewley (NZl) Team RadioShack | ||
| 162 | Manuele Caddeo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | ||
| 163 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling | ||
| 164 | Boy Van Poppel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | ||
| 165 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
| 166 | Jake Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | ||
| 167 | Frédérique Robert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | ||
| 168 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | ||
| 169 | Balint Szeghalmi (Hun) Lampre – ISD | ||
| 170 | Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 171 | Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 172 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 173 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
| 174 | Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:15:22 | |
| 175 | Hilton Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | ||
| 176 | Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | ||
| 177 | Feng Han (Chn) Skil – Shimano | ||
| DNF | Adrian Hegevary (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | ||
| DNF | Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
| DNF | Leif Hoste (Bel) Katusha Team | ||
| DNF | Paolo Locatelli (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox |
