2010 Tempo Team Ronde van Belgie - Stage 3
Saur-Sojasun's big day in Belgium. Jimmy
Casper takes the sprint and gives himself a nice birthday present. Phillipe
Gilbert stays in overall lead. Massive crash in final three kilometers shook
up the race.
Saur-Sojasun's Jimmy Casper has won the third stage in the Ronde van Belgie
from Knokke-Heist to Mechelen over 192,2 km. In the sprint Casper was the fastest
over Danilo Napolitano and Gert Steegmans. Phillipe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
retains the overall lead with Martias and Vaitkus still second and third.
Just a few kilometers into the stage Sven Renders (Verandas Willems), Pieter
Vanspeybroeck (Topsport Vlaanderen), Jan Kuyckx (Qin Cycling Team) and Stijn
Vandenbergh (Katusha) broke clear from the bunch. The maximum gap of the four
was five minutes.
From that moment Omega Pharma-Lotto and An Post-Sean Kelly started the chase
in the bunch and with 50 km to go the break was chased down. From that moment
lots of riders attacked including Sven Nys, Matt Brammeier and even race leader
Phillipe Gilbert attacked with Rabobank rider Joost Posthuma. But they all had
no luck. The next attack from Frederic Amorison (Landbouwkrediet), Anthony Delaplace
(Saur-Sojasun), Christophe Premont (Lotto-Bodysol) and Matt Brammeier (An Post)
had more luck but also there luck was over 10 kilometers ahead.
In the remaining of the stage the bunch had control over the race and another
bunchsprint was unavoidable. Gert Steegmans started the sprint too early but
couldn't maintain his effort. Jimmy Casper was the fastest and gave himself
a nice present on his birthday. With 3 km to go there was a massive crash in
the bunch with Wilfried Cretskens and Bert DeWaele as most important victims.
Cretskens broke his collarbone while DeWaele broke his left knee.
Result
1 Jimmy Casper Saur - Sojasun 4.20'15
2 Danilo Napolitano Team Katusha 4.20'15
3 Gert Steegmans Team RadioShack 4.20'15
4 Stefan Van Dijk Verandas Willems 4.20'15
5 Denis Galimzyanov Team Katusha 4.20'15
6 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano 4.20'15
7 Enrique Mata Footon - Servetto 4.20'15
8 Timothy Dupont Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht 4.20'15
9 Kevin Pauwels Telenet Fidea Cycling Team 4.20'15
10 Baptiste Planckaert Landbouwkrediet 4.20'15
11 Benjamin Verraes Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht 4.20'15
12 Michael Van Staeyen Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 4.20'15
13 Rafai Chtioui Acqua & Sapone 4.20'15
14 James Vanlandschoot Verandas Willems 4.20'15
15 Thomas Vernaeckt Sunweb-Pro Job Cycling Team 4.20'15
16 Greg Van Avermaet Omega Pharma-Lotto 4.20'15
17 Iljo Keisse Quick Step 4.20'15
18 Kevin Verwaest Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht 4.20'15
19 Joeri Calleeuw Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht 4.20'15
20 Sven Nys Landbouwkrediet 4.20'15
21 Sven Vanthourenhout Sunweb-Pro Job Cycling Team 4.20'15
22 Tom Meeusen Telenet Fidea Cycling Team 4.20'15
23 Roy Curvers Skil - Shimano 4.20'15
24 Koen De Kort Skil - Shimano 4.20'15
25 Borut Bozic Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 4.20'15
26 Oscar Freire Gomez Rabobank 4.20'15
27 Johnnie Walker Footon - Servetto 4.20'15
28 Sjef De Wilde Verandas Willems 4.20'15
29 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun 4.20'15
30 Tom Veelers Skil - Shimano 4.20'15
Full
result
Ranking
1 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma-Lotto 11.50'10"
2 Rony Martias Saur - Sojasun 10"
3 Tomas Vaitkus Team RadioShack 10"
4 James Vanlandschoot Verandas Willems 14"
5 David Boucher Landbouwkrediet 14"
6 Jimmy Casper Saur - Sojasun 19"
7 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano 23"
8 Niko Eeckhout An Post - Sean Kelly 25"
9 Borut Bozic Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 27"
10 Danilo Napolitano Team Katusha 27"
11 Sven Renders Verandas Willems 28"
12 Pieter Vanspeybrouck Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 28"
13 Gert Steegmans Team RadioShack 29"
14 Stefan Van Dijk Verandas Willems 30"
15 Matt Brammeier An Post - Sean Kelly 30"
16 Tom Veelers Skil - Shimano 31"
17 Anthony Delaplace Saur - Sojasun 31"
18 Jan Kuyckx Qin Cycling Team 31"
19 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet 32"
20 Radomir Simunek BKCP-Powerplus 32"
21 Denis Galimzyanov Team Katusha 33"
22 Rafai Chtioui Acqua & Sapone 33"
23 Timothy Dupont Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht 33"
24 Michael Van Staeyen Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 33"
25 Thomas Vernaeckt Sunweb-Pro Job Cycling Team 33"
26 Sven Vanthourenhout Sunweb-Pro Job Cycling Team 33"
27 Enrique Mata Footon - Servetto 33"
28 Iljo Keisse Quick Step 33"
29 Benjamin Verraes Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht 33"
30 Vidal Celis Zabala Footon - Servetto 33"
Full
ranking
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