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Thursday, April 3: Stage 3a, De Panne - De Panne, 109.7 km

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The Race: Sacha Modolo got his second DePanne win in a row, narrowly beating his compatriot Andrea Guardini (the photo above show how close it was). That makes six wins this year for Modolo, tying him with André Greipel and Alejandro Valverde.

The day's racing was aggressive with five-man break going clear early on. But the sprinters were going to rule and it was basically gruppo compatto for the finish. A late crash made a mess of things (hence the odd times in the results below).

Gert Steegmans remains the leader, but he is unsure of his chances going into the afternoons stage 3b time trial. He hasn't ridden against the clock this season.

With an eye on the Ronde van Vlaanderen this Sunday, Oscar Gatto and Luca Paolini were among the riders who who did not start the morning's stage.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 46.244 km/hr

1	Sacha Modolo	Lampre-Merida	2hr 22min 20sec
2	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	@ same time
3	Kenny Robert Van Hummel	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
4	Kenneth Van Bilsen	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
5	Ralf Matzka	Team NetApp-Endura
6	Michael Van Staeyen	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
7	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF
8	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha Team
9	Francesco Chicchi	Neri Sottoli
10	Youcef Reguigui	MTN - Qhubeka
11	Frederique Robert	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
12	Blaz Jarc	Team NetApp-Endura
13	Ruslan Tleubayev	Astana Pro Team
14	David Boucher	FDJ.fr
15	Danilo Napolitano	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
16	Giorgio Brambila	Veranclassic - Doltcini
17	John Murphy	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
18	Timothy Stevens	Team 3M
19	Morgan Lamoisson	Team Europcar
20	Tim De Troyer	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
21	Emiel Vermeulen	Team 3M
22	Kevin Peeters	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
23	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team
24	Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
25	Ken Hanson	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
26	Valentin Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team
27	Yves Lampaert	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
28	Wouter Mol	Veranclassic - Doltcini
29	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
30	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar
31	Luke Durbridge	Orica GreenEDGE
32	Rob Ruijgh	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
33	Mauro Finetto	Neri Sottoli
34	Sam Lennertz	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
35	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
36	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEDGE
37	Alessandro Bazzana	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
38	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.fr
39	Rafael Andriato	Neri Sottoli
40	Daniel Summerhill	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
41	Pim Ligthart	Lotto-Belisol Team
42	Roberto De Patre	Neri Sottoli
43	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
44	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
45	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
46	Jan Barta	Team NetApp-Endura
47	Egidijus Juodvalkis	Team 3M
48	Davide Cimolai	Lampre-Merida
49	Antonino Parrinello	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
50	Vegard Breen	Lotto-Belisol Team
51	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Shimano
52	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale
53	Robert Förster	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
54	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano
55	Marco Canola	Bardiani CSF
56	Scott Thwaites	Team NetApp-Endura
57	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Pro Team
58	Edward Theuns	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
59	Sander Cordeel	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
60	Sebastiaan Pot	Team 3M
61	Michael Vingerling	Team 3M
62	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
63	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN - Qhubeka
64	Daniele Colli	Neri Sottoli
65	James Van Landschoot	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
66	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale
67	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr
68	Jonas Ahlstrand	Team Giant-Shimano
69	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr
70	Jérôme Cousin	Team Europcar
71	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
72	Jelle Wallays	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
73	Daniil Fominykh	Astana Pro Team
74	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano
75	Rüdiger Selig	Katusha Team
76	Marco Haller	Katusha Team
77	Jarl Salomein	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
78	Viacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha Team
79	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
80	Jens Mouris	Orica GreenEDGE
81	Maximiliano Richeze	Lampre-Merida
82	Javier Francisco Aramendia	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
83	Bert De Backer	Team Giant-Shimano
84	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano
85	Omar Fraile	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
86	Jim Sogenzo	MTN - Qhubeka
87	Arman Kamyshev	Astana Pro Team
88	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka
89	Edward King	Cannondale
90	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
91	Andreas Schillinger	Team NetApp-Endura
92	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale
93	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano
94	Jonas Van Genechten	Lotto-Belisol Team
95	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto-Belisol Team
96	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol Team
97	Andrea Palini	Lampre-Merida
98	Martin Reimer	MTN - Qhubeka
99	Stijn Steels	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
100	Antoine Duchesne	Team Europcar
101	Alexander Rybakov	Katusha Team
102	Luca Dodi	Lampre-Merida
103	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
104	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale
105	Svein Tuft	Orica GreenEDGE
106	Christopher Jones	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
107	Jan Ghyselinck	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
108	Gorik Gardeyn	Veranclassic - Doltcini
109	Jaap De Man	Team 3M
110	Aidis Kruopis	Orica GreenEDGE
111	Bradley Potgieter	MTN - Qhubeka
112	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar
113	Tom Goovaerts	Veranclassic - Doltcini
114	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF
115	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
116	Yohann Gené	Team Europcar
117	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF
118	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida
119	Sea Keong Loh	Team Giant-Shimano
120	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Belisol Team
121	Joren Segers	Team 3M
122	Mattia Pozzo	Neri Sottoli
123	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
124	Niccolo Bonifazio	Lampre-Merida	0:04:27
125	Sascha Weber	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:04:27
126	Luke Keough	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	@ 0sec
127	Ruben Fernandez Andujar	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
128	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF
129	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF
130	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani CSF
131	Kurt Geysen	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:06:44
132	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale
133	Davide Vigano	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	@ 0sec
134	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0:09:54
135	Nick Wynants	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
136	Mikhail Ignatyev	Katusha Team
137	Sébastien Rosseler	Veranclassic - Doltcini
138	Andrea Dal Col	Neri Sottoli
139	Ferekalsi Debesay	MTN - Qhubeka
140	Kevin Van Melsen	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
141	Ramon Carretero	Neri Sottoli
142	Johann Van Zyl	MTN - Qhubeka
143	Murillo Antonio Fischer	FDJ.fr
144	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
145	Fernando Grijalba	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
146	Dmitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team	0:09:05

DNF:

Martijn Maaskant	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	Abandon
Mickaël Delage	FDJ.fr	Abandon
Mathew Hayman	Orica GreenEDGE	Abandon
Joeri Stallaert	Veranclassic - Doltcini	Abandon
Andrew Fenn	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	Abandon
Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	Did not start
Johnny Hoogerland	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	Did not start
Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	Did not start
Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	Did not start
Laurens De Vreese	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	Did not start

Complete GC after Stage 3a:

1	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	11hr 20min 5sec
2	Kenneth Van Bilsen	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	@ 3 seconds
3	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:05
4	Mauro Finetto	Neri Sottoli	0:00:09
5	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar
6	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:09
7	Luke Durbridge	Orica GreenEDGE	0:00:20
8	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha Team	0:00:24
9	Sacha Modolo	Lampre-Merida	0:00:25
10	Yves Lampaert	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:00:26
11	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:27
12	Ruslan Tleubayev	Astana Pro Team	0:00:28
13	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team
14	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Shimano
15	Alessandro Bazzana	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
16	Davide Cimolai	Lampre-Merida
17	Rob Ruijgh	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
18	Daniele Colli	Neri Sottoli
19	James Van Landschoot	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
20	Antonino Parrinello	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
21	Vegard Breen	Lotto-Belisol Team
22	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.fr
23	Marco Canola	Bardiani CSF
24	Maximiliano Richeze	Lampre-Merida
25	Jelle Wallays	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
26	Sander Cordeel	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:03:26
27	Stijn Steels	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
28	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	0:03:41
29	Jaap De Man	Team 3M	0:03:43
30	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale	0:03:44
31	Michael Van Staeyen	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:03:45
32	Youcef Reguigui	MTN - Qhubeka
33	Timothy Stevens	Team 3M
34	Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
35	Rafael Andriato	Neri Sottoli
36	Valentin Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team
37	John Murphy	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
38	Jan Barta	Team NetApp-Endura
39	David Boucher	FDJ.fr
40	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto-Belisol Team
41	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale
42	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Pro Team
43	Viacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha Team
44	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
45	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr
46	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
47	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano
48	Sebastiaan Pot	Team 3M
49	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
50	Jonas Ahlstrand	Team Giant-Shimano
51	Jarl Salomein	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
52	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF
53	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano
54	Martin Reimer	MTN - Qhubeka
55	Pim Ligthart	Lotto-Belisol Team
56	Jonas Van Genechten	Lotto-Belisol Team
57	Jan Ghyselinck	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
58	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani CSF
59	Jérôme Cousin	Team Europcar
60	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka
61	Davide Vigano	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
62	Christopher Jones	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
63	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale
64	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
65	Marco Haller	Katusha Team
66	Antoine Duchesne	Team Europcar
67	Rüdiger Selig	Katusha Team
68	Ruben Fernandez Andujar	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
69	Svein Tuft	Orica GreenEDGE
70	Yohann Gené	Team Europcar
71	Edward King	Cannondale	0:04:26
72	Jens Mouris	Orica GreenEDGE	0:05:21
73	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano	0:06:02
74	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida	0:06:41
75	Edward Theuns	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:07:04
76	Danilo Napolitano	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:07:35
77	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	0:07:40
78	Daniel Summerhill	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
79	Andrea Palini	Lampre-Merida	0:08:44
80	Roberto De Patre	Neri Sottoli	0:08:53
81	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF
82	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	0:10:29
83	Ken Hanson	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	0:10:52
84	Robert Förster	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	0:10:52
85	Egidijus Juodvalkis	Team 3M
86	Aidis Kruopis	Orica GreenEDGE
87	Javier Francisco Aramendia	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
88	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
89	Tim De Troyer	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:12:18
90	Luke Keough	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
91	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano
92	Kevin Peeters	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:12:19
93	Emiel Vermeulen	Team 3M	0:14:02
94	Francesco Chicchi	Neri Sottoli
95	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr
96	Gorik Gardeyn	Veranclassic - Doltcini
97	Andreas Schillinger	Team NetApp-Endura
98	Mattia Pozzo	Neri Sottoli
99	Dmitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team	0:14:24
100	Kenny Robert Van Hummel	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0:16:34
101	Frederique Robert	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:16:36
102	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEDGE
103	Ralf Matzka	Team NetApp-Endura
104	Scott Thwaites	Team NetApp-Endura
105	Daniil Fominykh	Astana Pro Team
106	Omar Fraile	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
107	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale
108	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
109	Arman Kamyshev	Astana Pro Team
110	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN - Qhubeka
111	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF
112	Bert De Backer	Team Giant-Shimano
113	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar
114	Wouter Mol	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:18:06
115	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
116	Sam Lennertz	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:18:12
117	Sébastien Rosseler	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:20:24
118	Alexander Rybakov	Katusha Team	0:20:31
119	Murillo Antonio Fischer	FDJ.fr	0:20:46
120	Morgan Lamoisson	Team Europcar	0:23:43
121	Michael Vingerling	Team 3M
122	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
123	Jim Sogenzo	MTN - Qhubeka
124	Joren Segers	Team 3M
125	Sea Keong Loh	Team Giant-Shimano
126	Giorgio Brambila	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:25:09
127	Luca Dodi	Lampre-Merida
128	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:25:12
129	Fernando Grijalba	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:26:30
130	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
131	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0:26:43
132	Blaz Jarc	Team NetApp-Endura	0:26:53
133	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol Team
134	Tom Goovaerts	Veranclassic - Doltcini
135	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF
136	Bradley Potgieter	MTN - Qhubeka
137	Niccolo Bonifazio	Lampre-Merida	0:28:10
138	Kurt Geysen	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:30:27
139	Sascha Weber	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:31:20
140	Johann Van Zyl	MTN - Qhubeka	0:33:37
141	Kevin Van Melsen	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:35:03
142	Andrea Dal Col	Neri Sottoli	0:36:45
143	Ramon Carretero	Neri Sottoli
144	Nick Wynants	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
145	Mikhail Ignatyev	Katusha Team
146	Ferekalsi Debesay	MTN - Qhubeka	0:36:47

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Photos from stage 3a:

Sacha Modolo gets his second stage win in the Three Days of De Panne.

Sacha Modolo right after the stage signalling his second De Panne stage win.

GC leader Gert Steegmans

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Stage 3a map and profile:

Stage 3a map

Stage 3a profile