News: 1-2 for Quickstep in West Flanders

Michal Kwiatkowski and Julien Vermote show the way in the opening 7 kilometre time trial in the Three Days of West Flanders

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Michal Kwiatkowski set a blazing time trial time of 8’00” in the prologue of Three Days of West Flanders (Driedaagse Van West-Vlaanderen), four seconds quicker than his teammate Vermote.

Kwiatkowski left a lot of well known names in time trialling in his wake and his victory, the 14th road win for Omega Pharma – Quick-Step in 2012, certainly did no favours for Team Sky who went into the race with five British riders. They were Alex Dowsett, Ben Swift, Peter Kennaugh, Luke Rowe and Jeremy Hunt.
It was Sky’s former triple World Champion in the time trial though, Michael Rogers from Australia, who was the highest placed Sky rider in 8th place.

One of the early riders out on the course, British Time Trial champion and winner of the Time Trial in the Tour of Britain, Alex Dowsett, held the lead for a long period after putting in a strong time of 8:19 over the out-and-back course.

That was eventually good enough for only 12th and tweeted afterwards: “Well that hurt! Haven’t ever blown with 500m to go in a TT before, safe to say I got everything out.”

With the top 20 riders all sitting within 22 seconds of the lead, the GC remains wide open heading into Saturday’s 181.5km test from Brugge to Bellegem.

For the British riders, see the ones in red below for their placings

Result
1 Michal Kwiatkowski Omega Pharma – Quickstep 0:08:00
2 Julien Vermote Omega Pharma – Quickstep 0:04
3 Robert Wagner RadioShack – Nissan 0:09
4 Alex Rasmussen Team Garmin – Barracuda 0:10
5 Jesse Sergent RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
6 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
7 Mikhail Ignatyev Team Katusha 0:13
8 Michael Rogers Sky Procycling @ same time
9 Jack Bauer Team Garmin – Barracuda 0:14
10 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin – Barracuda 0:15
11 Ryan Roth Spider Tech Powered By C10 0:17
12 Alex Dowsett Sky Procycling 0:18
13 Luke Roberts Team Saxo Bank @ same time
14 Matthieu Ladagnous Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat 0:19
15 Victor Manakov Team Rusvelo @ same time
16 Dominique Cornu Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 0:20
17 Gediminas Bagdonas An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S. .. 0:21
18 Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
19 Dylan Van Baarle Rabobank Continental Team 0:22
20 Nikolay Trusov Team Rusvelo @ same time
21 Jérôme Cousin Europcar @ same time
22 Jelle Wallays Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 0:23
23 Luke Rowe Sky Procycling 0:24
24 Hugo Houle Spider Tech Powered By C10 @ same time
25 Peter Kennaugh Sky Procycling 0:26
26 Jenning Huizenga Rabobank Continental Team 0:27
27 Geoffrey Soupe Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat 0:28
28 Sander Cordeel Lotto – Belisol Team 0:29
29 Martin Mortensen Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:30
30 Adrien Petit Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne 0:31
31 Maxime Vantomme Team Katusha @ same time
32 Yuri Hawk Cycling Team The Rich @ same time
33 Marco Haller Team Katusha @ same time
34 Dirk Bellemakers Agricole – Euphony @ same time
35 Nikolay Zhurkin Team Rusvelo 0:32
36 Zach Bell Spider Tech Powered By C10 @ same time
37 Christoph Pfingsten Cycling Team The Rich @ same time
38 Sebastien Turgot Europcar @ same time
39 Andrew Fenn Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
40 Rory Sutherland United Healthcare Presented By Maxxis @ same time
41 David Boucher Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat 0:33
42 David Veilleux Europcar @ same time
43 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya Sky Procycling @ same time
44 Guillaume Boivin Spider Tech Powered By C10 @ same time
45 Ivar Swallow Rabobank Continental Team 0:34
46 Mehdi Sohrabi Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
47 Benjamin King RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
48 Salvatore Puccio Sky Procycling 0:35
49 Edwin Wilson Team CykelCity.se @ same time
50 Johan Le Bon Brittany Schuller 0:36
51 Jakob Fuglsang RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
52 Jonas From Genechten Lotto – Belisol Team 0:37
53 Arnaud Demare Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat @ same time
54 Jimmy Casper AG2R – La Mondiale @ same time
55 Mickaël Delage Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat @ same time
56 Sebastien Rosseler Team Garmin – Barracuda @ same time
57 Igor Romero Etxebarria Caja Rural 0:38
58 Wouter Mol Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team @ same time
59 Christopher Juul-Jensen Team Saxo Bank @ same time
60 Leif Hoste Accent.jobs – Verandas Willems @ same time
61 Stefan Van Dijk Accent.jobs – Verandas Willems 0:39
62 Ryan Anderson Spider Tech Powered By C10 @ same time
63 Jeremy Hunt Sky Procycling @ same time
64 Gregor Gazvoda AG2R – La Mondiale 0:40
65 Jasper Upper House Rabobank Continental Team @ same time
66 Niko Eeckhout An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S. .. @ same time
67 Ruben Zepuntke Rabobank Continental Team @ same time
68 Ben Swift Sky Procycling @ same time
69 Dion Beukeboom Cycling Team The Rich 0:41
70 Jacob Rathe Team Garmin – Barracuda @ same time
71 Denis Galimzyanov Team Katusha @ same time
72 Kenny Van Hummel Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team @ same time
73 Jean-Pierre Drucker Accent.jobs – Verandas Willems 0:42
74 Troels Ronning Vinther Team Saxo Bank 0:43
75 Philip Lindau Team CykelCity.se @ same time
76 Matti Helminen Agricole – Euphony @ same time
77 Jesper Dahlstrom Team CykelCity.se @ same time
78 Stijn Neirynck Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator @ same time
79 Brian Bulgac Lotto – Belisol Team 0:44
80 Lucas Sebastian Haedo Team Saxo Bank @ same time
81 Marc De Maar United Healthcare Presented By Maxxis @ same time
82 Egoitz García Etxegibel Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne @ same time
83 Matthew Busche RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
84 Bass Stamsnijder Cycling Team The Rich @ same time
85 Julien Fouchard Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne @ same time
86 Are Gastauer AG2R – La Mondiale 0:45
87 Marc Goos Rabobank Continental Team @ same time
88 Domagalski Karol Caja Rural @ same time
89 Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges Team Rusvelo @ same time
90 Sven Vandousselaere Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator @ same time
91 Bobbie Traksel Agricole – Euphony @ same time
92 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso Caja Rural 0:46
93 Huub Duyn Cycling Team The Rich @ same time
94 Benjamin Day United Healthcare Presented By Maxxis 0:47
95 Rob Goris Accent.jobs – Verandas Willems @ same time
96 Giacomo Nizzolo RadioShack – Nissan 0:48
97 Saïd Haddou Europcar @ same time
98 Ivan Savitskiy Team Rusvelo @ same time
99 Marco Bandiera Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
100 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya Sky Procycling @ same time
101 Alexander Porsev Team Katusha @ same time
102 Kenny Dehaes Lotto – Belisol Team 0:49
103 Jeff Louder United Healthcare Presented By Maxxis @ same time
104 Florian Vachon Brittany Schuller @ same time
105 Bert-Jan Lindeman Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team @ same time
106 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural 0:50
107 Arthur Vanoverberghe Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator @ same time
108 Tosh Van Der Sande Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
109 Kevin Van Impe Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team @ same time
110 David De La Cruz Caja Rural 0:51
111 Thomas Rohregger RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
112 Julien Berard AG2R – La Mondiale @ same time
113 Michel Kreder Team Garmin – Barracuda @ same time
114 Nikita Eskov Team Rusvelo @ same time
115 Rüdiger Selig Team Katusha @ same time
116 Michael Olsson Team CykelCity.se 0:52
117 Bert De Waele Agricole – Euphony @ same time
118 Johan Bergstrom Country Team CykelCity.se @ same time
119 Matthew Brammeier Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
120 Laurent Pichon Brittany Schuller @ same time
121 Perrig Quemeneur Europcar 0:54
122 Baptiste Planckaert Agricole – Euphony @ same time
123 Oscar Beek Riese Rabobank Continental Team @ same time
124 Andy Cappelle Accent.jobs – Verandas Willems 0:55
125 Alexey Tsatevitch Team Katusha 0:56
126 Egidijus Juodvalkis Agricole – Euphony @ same time
127 Franck Bouyer Europcar @ same time
128 Romain Zingle Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne @ same time
129 Romain Lemarchand AG2R – La Mondiale @ same time
130 Mark Christian An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S. .. @ same time
131 Robert Polder Team CykelCity.se @ same time
132 Bradley White United Healthcare Presented By Maxxis 0:57
133 Edwig Cammaerts Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne @ same time
134 Joren Segers An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S. .. @ same time
135 Koen Barbe Agricole – Euphony 0:58
136 Niels Wytinck An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S. .. @ same time
137 S̩bastien Delfosse Agricole РEuphony @ same time
138 Pim Ligthart Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:59
139 Clinton Avery Champion System @ same time
140 Eliot Lietaer Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator @ same time
141 Mark Barry Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team @ same time
142 Sébastien Duret Brittany Schuller @ same time
143 Marcello Pavarin Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:00
144 Arnaud Courteille Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat @ same time
145 Boris Shpilevsky AG2R – La Mondiale @ same time
146 Jonas Ahlstrand Team CykelCity.se 1:01
147 Chris Jones United Healthcare Presented By Maxxis @ same time
148 Steve Chainel Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat @ same time
149 Pieter Vanspeybrouck Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 1:02
150 Jean Luc Delpech Brittany Schuller @ same time
151 Kevyn Ista Accent.jobs – Verandas Willems @ same time
152 Mark Mcnally An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S. .. @ same time
153 Leonardo Fabio Duque Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne @ same time
154 Jason Mccartney United Healthcare Presented By Maxxis @ same time
155 Alexander Ryabkin Caja Rural @ same time
156 Jonathan Cantwell Team Saxo Bank 1:03
157 Francesco Chicchi Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
158 Mathieu Hall Guen Brittany Schuller @ same time
159 Keven Lacombe Spider Tech Powered By C10 1:04
160 Remco Te Brake Cycling Team The Rich @ same time
161 Kun Jiang Champion System @ same time
162 Dennis Vanendert Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
163 Nacer Bouhanni Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat 1:05
164 Björn Thurau Europcar @ same time
165 Renaud Dion Brittany Schuller @ same time
166 Francisco Javier Aramendia Lorente Caja Rural @ same time
167 Florent Barle Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne @ same time
168 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez Team Saxo Bank 1:06
169 Petr Ignatenko Team Katusha 1:07
170 Wesley Kreder Rabobank Continental Team 1:08
171 Oliver Zaugg RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
172 Martin Gilbert Spider Tech Powered By C10 @ same time
173 Aitor Galdos Alonso Caja Rural 1:09
174 Mats Boeve Cycling Team The Rich 1:10
175 Angelo Tulik Europcar @ same time
176 Nico Sijmens Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne @ same time
177 Amir Zargari AG2R – La Mondiale 1:11
178 Sjoerd Kouwenhoven Cycling Team The Rich 1:13
179 Gery Gardeyn Champion System @ same time
180 Simon Lambert-Lemay Spider Tech Powered By C10 @ same time
181 Frederique Robert Lotto – Belisol Team 1:14
182 Stijn Ennekens An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S. .. 1:15
183 Matvey Zubov Team Rusvelo @ same time
184 Alexander Mironov Team Rusvelo 1:16
185 Pieter Ghyllebert An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S. .. 1:18
186 Michael Van Staeyen Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 1:19
187 James Vanlandschoot Accent.jobs – Verandas Willems 1:20
188 Evert Verbist Accent.jobs – Verandas Willems 1:24
189 Takashi Miyazawa Team Saxo Bank 1:27
190 Joris Boillat Champion System 1:28
191 Ran Margaliot Team Saxo Bank 1:29
192 Guillaume Blot Brittany Schuller @ same time

 

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