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Wednesday, April 2: Stage 2, Zottegem - Koksijde, 206 km

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Climbs:

• Km 108: Monteberg, 1.0 km long @ 7.3% average gradient, 13% max gradient
• Km 110: Kemmelberg, .7 km @ 7.8% gradient, 17% max
• Km 115.3: Rodeberg, 1.7 km @ 4.8%, 13% max
• Km 116.4: Vidaigneberg, .175 km, 4.6%, 10% max

The Race: Sacha Modolo won his fifth race of the 2014 season today. He had two Lampre teammates (Ariel Richeze and Davide Cimolai) with him in the front group and that firepower did no go to waste. Richeze dropped Modolo off with a quarter-kilometer to go and the Italian sprinter had the legs to beat accomplished sprinters Arnaud Demare and Alexander Kristoff.

With a little more than 20 kilometers to go, a formidable trio broke away (Niki Terpstra, Oscar Gatto and Guillume van Kiersbulck,) but was caught in the final kilometers. That set things up for a big sprint, which Lampre-Merida handled perfectly.

Peter Sagan rode half of the stage and abandoned, surely thinking about the Ronde van Vlaanderen on Sunday.

Complete Results:

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

DNF:

Peter Sagan	Cannondale	Abandon
William Bonnet	FDJ.fr	Abandon
Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	Abandon
Jérome Baugnies	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	Abandon
Tom Devriendt	Team 3M	Abandon
Alphonse Vermote	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	Abandon
Kevin Hulsmans	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	Did not start
Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEDGE	Did not start
Zakkari Dempster	Team NetApp-Endura	Did not start

Complete GC after Stage 2:

1	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	8hr 57min 45sec
2	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	@ 1 second
3	Kenneth Van Bilsen	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:00:03
4	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:05
5	Mauro Finetto	Neri Sottoli	0:00:09
6	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar
7	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
8	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	0:00:14
9	Luke Durbridge	Orica GreenEDGE	0:00:20
10	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha Team	0:00:24
11	Yves Lampaert	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:00:26
12	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:27
13	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Shimano	0:00:28
14	Daniele Colli	Neri Sottoli
15	Ruslan Tleubayev	Astana Pro Team
16	Alessandro Bazzana	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
17	Davide Cimolai	Lampre-Merida
18	James Van Landschoot	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
19	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team
20	Rob Ruijgh	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
21	Antonino Parrinello	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
22	Maximiliano Richeze	Lampre-Merida
23	Marco Canola	Bardiani CSF
24	Vegard Breen	Lotto-Belisol Team
25	Jelle Wallays	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
26	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.fr
27	Sacha Modolo	Lampre-Merida	0:00:31
28	Andrew Fenn	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:33
29	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	0:01:58
30	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.fr	0:02:43
31	Sander Cordeel	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:03:26
32	Laurens De Vreese	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
33	Stijn Steels	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:03:39
34	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale	0:03:44
35	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:03:45
36	Joeri Stallaert	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:03:45
37	Michael Van Staeyen	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:03:45
38	Rafael Andriato	Neri Sottoli
39	Timothy Stevens	Team 3M
40	Youcef Reguigui	MTN - Qhubeka
41	Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
42	Viacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha Team
43	Marco Coledan	Bardiani CSF
44	Jan Barta	Team NetApp-Endura
45	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale
46	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
47	Valentin Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team
48	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
49	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Pro Team
50	Jaap De Man	Team 3M
51	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr
52	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani CSF
53	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team
54	John Murphy	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
55	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano
56	Jarl Salomein	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
57	Martin Reimer	MTN - Qhubeka
58	David Boucher	FDJ.fr
59	Davide Vigano	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
60	Jonas Ahlstrand	Team Giant-Shimano
61	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale
62	Sebastiaan Pot	Team 3M
63	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
64	Jan Ghyselinck	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
65	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida
66	Jonas Van Genechten	Lotto-Belisol Team
67	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano
68	Ruben Fernandez Andujar	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
69	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka
70	Christopher Jones	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
71	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale
72	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
73	Jérôme Cousin	Team Europcar
74	Antoine Duchesne	Team Europcar
75	Svein Tuft	Orica GreenEDGE
76	Pim Ligthart	Lotto-Belisol Team
77	Yohann Gené	Team Europcar
78	Marco Haller	Katusha Team
79	Rüdiger Selig	Katusha Team
80	Edward King	Cannondale	0:04:26
81	Dmitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team
82	Mathew Hayman	Orica GreenEDGE
83	Jens Mouris	Orica GreenEDGE	0:05:21
84	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano	0:06:02
85	Edward Theuns	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:07:04
86	Danilo Napolitano	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:07:35
87	Daniel Summerhill	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	0:07:40
88	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF
89	Andrea Palini	Lampre-Merida	0:08:44
90	Roberto De Patre	Neri Sottoli	0:08:53
91	Filippo Fortin	Bardiani CSF	0:08:53
92	Sébastien Rosseler	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:10:30
93	Robert Förster	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	0:10:52
94	Ken Hanson	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
95	Aidis Kruopis	Orica GreenEDGE
96	Egidijus Juodvalkis	Team 3M
97	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
98	Murillo Antonio Fischer	FDJ.fr
99	Javier Francisco Aramendia	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
100	Luke Keough	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis	0:12:18
101	Tim De Troyer	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
102	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano
103	Kevin Peeters	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:12:19
104	Emiel Vermeulen	Team 3M	0:14:02
105	Gorik Gardeyn	Veranclassic - Doltcini
106	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr
107	Francesco Chicchi	Neri Sottoli
108	Mattia Pozzo	Neri Sottoli
109	Andreas Schillinger	Team NetApp-Endura
110	Frederique Robert	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:16:36
111	Kenny Robert Van Hummel	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
112	Scott Thwaites	Team NetApp-Endura
113	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEDGE
114	Omar Fraile	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
115	Fernando Grijalba	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
116	Daniil Fominykh	Astana Pro Team
117	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
118	Arman Kamyshev	Astana Pro Team
119	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale
120	Johnny Hoogerland	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
121	Paolo Colonna	Bardiani CSF
122	Patrick Facchini	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
123	Ralf Matzka	Team NetApp-Endura
124	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN - Qhubeka
125	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar
126	Bert De Backer	Team Giant-Shimano
127	Andrea Zordan	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0:16:49
128	Nicola Testi	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0:18:06
129	Wouter Mol	Veranclassic - Doltcini	0:18:06
130	Sam Lennertz	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:18:12
131	Alexander Rybakov	Katusha Team	0:20:31
132	Martijn Maaskant	Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis
133	Kurt Geysen	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace	0:23:43
134	Morgan Lamoisson	Team Europcar
135	Joren Segers	Team 3M
136	Niccolo Bonifazio	Lampre-Merida
137	Michael Vingerling	Team 3M
138	Johann Van Zyl	MTN - Qhubeka
139	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
140	Sea Keong Loh	Team Giant-Shimano
141	Jim Sogenzo	MTN - Qhubeka
142	Luca Dodi	Lampre-Merida	0:25:09
143	Kevin Van Melsen	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
144	Giorgio Brambila	Veranclassic - Doltcini
145	Kris Boeckmans	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:25:12
146	Ramon Carretero	Neri Sottoli	0:26:51
147	Andrea Dal Col	Neri Sottoli
148	Nick Wynants	Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace
149	Mikhail Ignatyev	Katusha Team
150	Ferekalsi Debesay	MTN - Qhubeka	0:26:53
151	Tom Goovaerts	Veranclassic - Doltcini
152	Sascha Weber	Veranclassic - Doltcini
153	Nicola Boem	Bardiani CSF
154	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol Team
155	Bradley Potgieter	MTN - Qhubeka
156	Blaz Jarc	Team NetApp-Endura

Stage 2 photos:

Peter Sagan chooses his weapon.

Mark Renshaw at the start

Niki Terpstra and Gert Steegmans on the Kemmelberg

Oscar Gatto

Arnaud Demare

Sponny Colbrelli

Francesco Gavazzi

The break that almost could: Guillaume van Keirsbulck, Oscar Gatto and Niki Terpstra. they were cuaght with about three kilometers to go.

Danilo Napolitano

As they drive for the line Sacha Modolo has got the stage about won and his teammate further back knows it.

Stage winner Sacha Modolo

GC leader Gert Steegmans

Stage 2 map and profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile