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Tuesday, April 1: Stage 1, De Panne - Zottegem, 201.0 km

More stage 1 photos posted below results | Stage 1 map and profile |

Climbs

• Km 94.3: Edelare, 1.525 km @ 4.2% average gradient, 7.0% max gradient
• Km 102.3: Leberg, .95 km @ 4.2% average, 13.8% max
• Km 108.0: Langendries, 1.275 km @ 5.1% average, 9.0 max
• Km 132.3: Leberg, .95 km @ 4.2% average, 13.8% max
• Km 138.0: Langendries, 1.275 km @ 5.1% average, 9.0% max
• Km 146.0: Ten Bosse, .45 km @ 6.9% average, 8.7% max
• Km 149.8: Eikenmolen, .45 km@ 6.9% average, 8.7% max
• Km 153.9: Klemhoutstraat
• Km 174.1: Leberg, .95 km @ 4.2% average, 13.8% max
• Km 179.7: Langendries, 1.275 km @ 5.1% average, 9.0% max
• Km 187.8: Ten Bosse, .45 km @ 6.9% average, 8.7% max
• Km 191.5: Eikenmolen, .45 km@ 6.9% average, 8.7% max
• Km 195.9: Klemhoutstraat
  

Winner's average speed: 44.725 km/hr

The Race: On the last haul up the Eikmolen (km 191, 10 km to go), Cannondale riders Peter Sagan and Oscar Gatto successfully took off to bridge to a earlier break of seven. They were later joined by Niki Terpstra and Gert Steemans.

It was Sagan's plan to lead out Gatto for the stage win, but Kenneth Vanbilsen was moving too fast for Sagan to slow to let Gatto win. At the last moment Sagan tapped his brakes, but the stage was still Sagan's.

This is Sagan's fourth victory of 2014, coming after a stage wins at the Tour of Oman and Tirenno-Adriatico as well as the GP E3. It's also Sagan's third consecutive stage one win at Three Days of De Panne. He looks good for the big northern European stuff coming up (l'Equipe called the stage a "mini Tour of Flanders"). The Ronde van Vlaanderen is this Sunday.

Complete Results:

1	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	4hr 29min 39sec
2	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale
3	Kenneth Van Bilsen	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
4	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
5	Laurens De Vreese	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
6	Mauro Finetto	Neri Sottoli
7	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar
8	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
9	Jérome Baugnies	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
10	Sander Cordeel	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
11	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	@ 3 seconds
12	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	0:00:11
13	Luke Durbridge	Orica GreenEDGE
14	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Shimano	0:00:19
15	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha Team
16	Davide Cimolai	Lampre-Merida
17	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto-Belisol Team
18	Kenny Robert Van Hummel	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
19	Davide Vigano	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
20	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team
21	Andrew Fenn	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
22	Frederique Robert	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
23	Joeri Stallaert	Veranclassic - Doltcini
24	Rafael Andriato	Neri Sottoli
25	Michael Van Staeyen	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
26	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team
27	Daniele Colli	Neri Sottoli
28	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale
29	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF
30	Alessandro Bazzana	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
31	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
32	Ruslan Tleubayev	Astana Pro Team
33	James Van Landschoot	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
34	Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
35	Youcef Reguigui	MTN - Qhubeka
36	Martin Reimer	MTN - Qhubeka
37	Rob Ruijgh	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
38	Jan Barta	Team NetApp-Endura
39	Timothy Stevens	Team 3M
40	Jonas Ahlstrand	Team Giant-Shimano
41	Jaap De Man	Team 3M
42	Scott Thwaites	Team NetApp-Endura
43	Kevin Hulsmans	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
44	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr
45	Yves Lampaert	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
46	Viacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha Team
47	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Pro Team
48	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano
49	Valentin Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team
50	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani CSF
51	Jan Ghyselinck	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
52	Johnny Hoogerland	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
53	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
54	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
55	Omar Fraile	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
56	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEDGE
57	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
58	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale
59	Antonino Parrinello	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
60	Jarl Salomein	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
61	Stijn Steels	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
62	Fernando Grijalba	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
63	Zakkari Dempster	Team NetApp-Endura
64	Maximiliano Richeze	Lampre-Merida
65	Christopher Jones	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
66	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano
67	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida
68	John Murphy	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
69	Ruben Fernandez Andujar	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
70	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
71	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale
72	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
73	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
74	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale
75	Jonas Van Genechten	Lotto-Belisol Team
76	David Boucher	FDJ.fr
77	Daniil Fominykh	Astana Pro Team
78	Jelle Wallays	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
79	Ralf Matzka	Team NetApp-Endura
80	Jérôme Cousin	Team Europcar
81	Yohann Gené	Team Europcar
82	Antoine Duchesne	Team Europcar
83	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale
84	Sebastiaan Pot	Team 3M
85	Vegard Breen	Lotto-Belisol Team
86	Pim Ligthart	Lotto-Belisol Team
87	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.fr
88	Marco Canola	Bardiani CSF
89	Arman Kamyshev	Astana Pro Team
90	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka
91	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF
92	Marco Haller	Katusha Team
93	Svein Tuft	Orica GreenEDGE
94	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar
95	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN - Qhubeka
96	Bert De Backer	Team Giant-Shimano
97	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano
98	Rüdiger Selig	Katusha Team
99	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0:00:32
100	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team
101	Sacha Modolo	Lampre-Merida
102	Dmitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team	0:01:00
103	Mathew Hayman	Orica GreenEDGE
104	Edward King	Cannondale
105	Wouter Mol	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:01:49
106	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
107	Jens Mouris	Orica GreenEDGE	0:01:55
108	Sam Lennertz	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
109	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.fr	0:02:11
110	Edward Theuns	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:03:38
111	Daniel Summerhill	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	0:04:14
112	Martijn Maaskant	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	0:04:14
113	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF
114	Alexander Rybakov	Katusha Team
115	Andrea Palini	Lampre-Merida	0:05:18
116	Roberto De Patre	Neri Sottoli	0:05:27
117	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF
118	Kurt Geysen	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:07:26
119	Joren Segers	Team 3M
120	Aidis Kruopis	Orica GreenEDGE
121	Egidijus Juodvalkis	Team 3M
122	Johann Van Zyl	MTN - Qhubeka
123	Michael Vingerling	Team 3M
124	Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEDGE
125	Morgan Lamoisson	Team Europcar
126	Danilo Napolitano	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
127	Niccolo Bonifazio	Lampre-Merida
128	Murillo Antonio Fischer	FDJ.fr
129	William Bonnet	FDJ.fr
130	Ken Hanson	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
131	Robert Förster	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
132	Jim Sogenzo	MTN - Qhubeka
133	Sea Keong Loh	Team Giant-Shimano
134	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
135	Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
136	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
137	Sébastien Rosseler	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:08:52
138	Kevin Van Melsen	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
139	Luca Dodi	Lampre-Merida
140	Luke Keough	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
141	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano
142	Tim De Troyer	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
143	Giorgio Brambila	Veranclassic - Doltcini
144	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:08:55
145	Kevin Peeters	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
146	Andrea Dal Col	Neri Sottoli	0:10:34
147	Mikhail Ignatyev	Katusha Team
148	Ramon Carretero	Neri Sottoli
149	Nick Wynants	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
150	Francesco Chicchi	Neri Sottoli	0:10:36
151	Mattia Pozzo	Neri Sottoli
152	Ferekalsi Debesay	MTN - Qhubeka
153	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team
154	Alphonse Vermote	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
155	Gorik Gardeyn	Veranclassic - Doltcini
156	Emiel Vermeulen	Team 3M
157	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol Team
158	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF
159	Blaz Jarc	Team NetApp-Endura
160	Andreas Schillinger	Team NetApp-Endura
161	Tom Goovaerts	Veranclassic - Doltcini
162	Tom Devriendt	Team 3M
163	Sascha Weber	Veranclassic - Doltcini
164	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr
165	Bradley Potgieter	MTN - Qhubeka

Complete GC after Stage 1:

1	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	4hr 29min 29sec
2	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	0:00:04
3	Kenneth Van Bilsen	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:00:06
4	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:07
5	Laurens De Vreese	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00:10
6	Mauro Finetto	Neri Sottoli	0:00:10
7	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar	0:00:10
8	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:10
9	Jérome Baugnies	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00:10
10	Sander Cordeel	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:00:10
11	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:13
12	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	0:00:21
13	Luke Durbridge	Orica GreenEDGE	0:00:21
14	Stijn Steels	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:00:23
15	Yves Lampaert	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:00:27
16	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale	0:00:28
17	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Shimano	0:00:29
18	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha Team	0:00:29
19	Davide Cimolai	Lampre-Merida	0:00:29
20	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:00:29
21	Kenny Robert Van Hummel	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0:00:29
22	Davide Vigano	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:00:29
23	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	0:00:29
24	Andrew Fenn	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:29
25	Frederique Robert	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00:29
26	Joeri Stallaert	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:00:29
27	Rafael Andriato	Neri Sottoli	0:00:29
28	Michael Van Staeyen	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:00:29
29	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team	0:00:29
30	Daniele Colli	Neri Sottoli	0:00:29
31	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale	0:00:29
32	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF	0:00:29
33	Alessandro Bazzana	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	0:00:29
34	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:29
35	Ruslan Tleubayev	Astana Pro Team	0:00:29
36	James Van Landschoot	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00:29
37	Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:00:29
38	Youcef Reguigui	MTN - Qhubeka	0:00:29
39	Martin Reimer	MTN - Qhubeka	0:00:29
40	Rob Ruijgh	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:00:29
41	Jan Barta	Team NetApp-Endura	0:00:29
42	Timothy Stevens	Team 3M	0:00:29
43	Jonas Ahlstrand	Team Giant-Shimano	0:00:29
44	Jaap De Man	Team 3M	0:00:29
45	Scott Thwaites	Team NetApp-Endura	0:00:29
46	Kevin Hulsmans	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:00:29
47	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	0:00:29
48	Viacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha Team	0:00:29
49	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Pro Team	0:00:29
50	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano	0:00:29
51	Valentin Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team	0:00:29
52	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani CSF	0:00:29
53	Jan Ghyselinck	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00:29
54	Johnny Hoogerland	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0:00:29
55	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:29
56	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:29
57	Omar Fraile	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:00:29
58	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEDGE	0:00:29
59	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0:00:29
60	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale	0:00:29
61	Antonino Parrinello	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0:00:29
62	Jarl Salomein	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:00:29
63	Fernando Grijalba	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:00:29
64	Zakkari Dempster	Team NetApp-Endura	0:00:29
65	Maximiliano Richeze	Lampre-Merida	0:00:29
66	Christopher Jones	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	0:00:29
67	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano	0:00:29
68	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida	0:00:29
69	John Murphy	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	0:00:29
70	Ruben Fernandez Andujar	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:00:29
71	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:00:29
72	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	0:00:29
73	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0:00:29
74	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0:00:29
75	Jonas Van Genechten	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:00:29
76	David Boucher	FDJ.fr	0:00:29
77	Daniil Fominykh	Astana Pro Team	0:00:29
78	Jelle Wallays	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:00:29
79	Ralf Matzka	Team NetApp-Endura	0:00:29
80	Jérôme Cousin	Team Europcar	0:00:29
81	Yohann Gené	Team Europcar	0:00:29
82	Antoine Duchesne	Team Europcar	0:00:29
83	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale	0:00:29
84	Sebastiaan Pot	Team 3M	0:00:29
85	Vegard Breen	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:00:29
86	Pim Ligthart	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:00:29
87	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.fr	0:00:29
88	Marco Canola	Bardiani CSF	0:00:29
89	Arman Kamyshev	Astana Pro Team	0:00:29
90	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	0:00:29
91	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF	0:00:29
92	Marco Haller	Katusha Team	0:00:29
93	Svein Tuft	Orica GreenEDGE	0:00:29
94	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	0:00:29
95	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN - Qhubeka	0:00:29
96	Bert De Backer	Team Giant-Shimano	0:00:29
97	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano	0:00:29
98	Rüdiger Selig	Katusha Team	0:00:29
99	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0:00:42
100	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	0:00:42
101	Sacha Modolo	Lampre-Merida	0:00:42
102	Dmitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team	0:01:10
103	Mathew Hayman	Orica GreenEDGE	0:01:10
104	Edward King	Cannondale	0:01:10
105	Wouter Mol	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:01:59
106	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0:01:59
107	Jens Mouris	Orica GreenEDGE	0:02:05
108	Sam Lennertz	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:02:05
109	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.fr	0:02:21
110	Edward Theuns	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:03:48
111	Daniel Summerhill	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	0:04:24
112	Martijn Maaskant	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	0:04:24
113	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	0:04:24
114	Alexander Rybakov	Katusha Team	0:04:24
115	Andrea Palini	Lampre-Merida	0:05:28
116	Roberto De Patre	Neri Sottoli	0:05:37
117	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF	0:05:37
118	Kurt Geysen	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:07:36
119	Joren Segers	Team 3M	0:07:36
120	Aidis Kruopis	Orica GreenEDGE	0:07:36
121	Egidijus Juodvalkis	Team 3M	0:07:36
122	Johann Van Zyl	MTN - Qhubeka	0:07:36
123	Michael Vingerling	Team 3M	0:07:36
124	Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEDGE	0:07:36
125	Morgan Lamoisson	Team Europcar	0:07:36
126	Danilo Napolitano	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:07:36
127	Niccolo Bonifazio	Lampre-Merida	0:07:36
128	Murillo Antonio Fischer	FDJ.fr	0:07:36
129	William Bonnet	FDJ.fr	0:07:36
130	Ken Hanson	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	0:07:36
131	Robert Förster	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	0:07:36
132	Jim Sogenzo	MTN - Qhubeka	0:07:36
133	Sea Keong Loh	Team Giant-Shimano	0:07:36
134	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:07:36
135	Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:07:36
136	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:07:36
137	Sébastien Rosseler	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:09:02
138	Kevin Van Melsen	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:09:02
139	Luca Dodi	Lampre-Merida	0:09:02
140	Luke Keough	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	0:09:02
141	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano	0:09:02
142	Tim De Troyer	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:09:02
143	Giorgio Brambila	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:09:02
144	Kevin Peeters	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:09:03
145	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:09:05
146	Tom Devriendt	Team 3M	0:10:42
147	Andrea Dal Col	Neri Sottoli	0:10:44
148	Mikhail Ignatyev	Katusha Team	0:10:44
149	Ramon Carretero	Neri Sottoli	0:10:44
150	Nick Wynants	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:10:44
151	Francesco Chicchi	Neri Sottoli	0:10:46
152	Mattia Pozzo	Neri Sottoli	0:10:46
153	Ferekalsi Debesay	MTN - Qhubeka	0:10:46
154	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	0:10:46
155	Alphonse Vermote	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:10:46
156	Gorik Gardeyn	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:10:46
157	Emiel Vermeulen	Team 3M	0:10:46
158	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:10:46
159	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF	0:10:46
160	Blaz Jarc	Team NetApp-Endura	0:10:46
161	Andreas Schillinger	Team NetApp-Endura	0:10:46
162	Tom Goovaerts	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:10:46
163	Sascha Weber	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:10:46
164	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr	0:10:46
165	Bradley Potgieter	MTN - Qhubeka	0:10:46

Stage 1 photos:

Alexander Kristoff at the start

Johnny Hoogerland and Kenny Robert van Hummel

Ready to race

Luca Paolini on the Leberg

Gert Steegmans (in dark Omega Pharma kit)

Cannondale rider Alan Marangoni

Svein Tuft

FDJ riders lead near Haaghoek

Jay Robert Thomson

Stijn Steels

Peter Sagan (Cannondale rider on the left) clearly hits the brakes before the line.

Peter Sagan, the reluctant winner of stage one. He tried to slow to let Cannondale teammate Oscar Gatto (who has mistakenly raised his arm) take the stage, but Sagan was moving too fast.

Oscar Gatto and Peter Sagan after the stage.

Peter Sagan, stage winner and GC leader.

Stage 1 map and profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile. The top profile is for the entire stage, the bottom is of the final three kilometers.