Posted by Editoress on 03/31/11
Results from the first of 2 stages today of the KBC - Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde
(3 Days of De Panne) in Belgium
Jacopo Guarnieri sprints to victory in De Panne. First win of the season for the Liquigas-Cannondale sprinter
Jacopo Guarnieri has picked up where he left off in Belgium. The Liquigas-Cannondale sprinter took charge of the group to secure his first win of the season in this morning’s first half-stage on the third day of the KBC De Panne (111 kilometres on a city circuit around De Panne). After two wins in the Tour de Pologne (2009 and 2010) and the Circuit Franco-Belge (which concluded the 2010 season), the 23-year-old has now sealed his fourth career win and brought the Liquigas-Cannondale total for this season up to eight.
"I’m really pleased because I’ve been chasing this win since the start of the season. "said Guarnieri, "I knew I’d worked hard over the winter but unfortunately for one reason or another I’ve not been able to perform to my best over the past few months. I suffered a lot in the Gent-Wevelgem, and also during the first two stages here in De Panne but that suffering proved to be useful. It’s also thanks to that difficulty that I succeeded in racing how I wanted with the type of powerful finish I like, plus it’s in Belgium where I really love to race. I’ve broken the ice now so I hope this is just the start. "
According to the race report it was a short but tough race that was conditioned by strong winds right from the start. "Strong gusts buffeted against us for most of the race, particularly at the end. Riders started to scatter as soon as we set off and there were only about forty of us left at the front. When it came down to the final battle I tried keep myself as well covered as possible in fifth position and then I followed the train of Skil-Shimano and went from 300 metres from the finish. It was a long hard sprint because I was riding into a headwind and Galimzyanov was counterattacking: the desire to win was too strong to let anybody get past me though. "
Guarnieri will wrap up his trip to Belgium with the Tour of Flanders on Sunday. "I’ll be supporting Daniel Oss and Peter Sagan, that type of race definitely suits them much better than me. I’ve got my eye on the Paris-Roubaix: it’s a race that fascinates me and I’ll be giving it my best shot, "concluded Guarnieri.
Liquigas-Cannondale press release
Stage 3: De poanne to Depanne, 111 km | |
1 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | 2:32:11 |
2 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
3 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
4 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing Team | |
6 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
7 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team RadioShack | |
8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana | |
9 Jake Keough (USA) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | |
10 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | |
12 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Sky Procycling | |
13 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
14 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp | |
15 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC - Highroad | |
16 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
17 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet | |
18 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
19 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma - Lotto | |
20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
21 Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC - Highroad | |
22 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil - Shimano | |
23 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana | |
25 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack | |
26 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
27 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
28 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | |
29 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | |
30 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | |
31 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana | |
32 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team | |
33 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
34 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
35 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack | |
36 Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
37 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
38 David Boucher (Fra) Omega Pharma - Lotto | |
39 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
40 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
41 Michael Barry (Can) Sky Procycling | |
42 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) FDJ | |
43 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team | all s.t. |
44 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:08 |
45 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto | 0:09 |
46 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | |
47 Chris Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling | both s.t. |
48 Roger Kluge (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 0:11 |
49 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Esp) Omega Pharma - Lotto | 0:18 |
50 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | 0:20 |
51 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto | 0:21 |
52 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:23 |
53 Matt Brammeier (Irl) HTC - Highroad | 0:43 |
54 John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC - Highroad | 1:05 |
55 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil - Shimano | 1:31 |
56 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 3:18 |
OTL Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | |
OTL Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | |
OTL Pim Lighthart (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | |
OTL Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | |
OTL Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
OTL Danny Pate (USA) HTC - Highroad | |
OTL Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) HTC - Highroad | |
OTL Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC - Highroad | |
OTL Alex Rasmussen (Den) HTC - Highroad | |
OTL Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto | |
OTL Adam Hansen (Aus) Omega Pharma - Lotto | |
OTL Maarten Neyens (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto | |
OTL Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | |
OTL Dmytro Kryvtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
OTL Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
OTL Balint Szeghalmi (Hun) Lampre - ISD | |
OTL Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team | |
OTL Nicolay Trusov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
OTL Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Katusha Team | |
OTL Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
OTL Russel Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
OTL Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
OTL Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling | |
OTL Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
OTL Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
OTL Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
OTL Edward King (USA) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
OTL Nelson Oliveira (Esp) Team RadioShack | |
OTL Gregory Rast (Sui) Team RadioShack | |
OTL Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
OTL Allan Davis (Aus) Pro Team Astana | |
OTL Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
OTL Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
OTL Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
OTL Simon Zahner (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
OTL Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
OTL Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
OTL Kevin Ista (Bel) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | |
OTL Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | |
OTL Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | |
OTL Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ | |
OTL Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ | |
OTL William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ | |
OTL Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ | |
OTL Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
OTL Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
OTL Jean-Lou Paiani (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
OTL Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
OTL Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
OTL Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
OTL Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
OTL Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
OTL Manuele Caddeo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
OTL Mathieu Claude (Fra) Team Europcar | |
OTL Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar | |
OTL David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar | |
OTL Dominique Cornu (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
OTL Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
OTL Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
OTL Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
OTL Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
OTL Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
OTL Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
OTL Jempy Drucker (Lux) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
OTL Grégory Habeaux (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
OTL Bram Schmitz (Ned) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
OTL Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Landbouwkrediet | |
OTL Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet | |
OTL Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
OTL Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet | |
OTL Hilton Clarke (Aus) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | |
OTL Karl Menzies (Aus) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | |
OTL Andrew Pinfold (Can) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | |
OTL Scott Zwizanski (USA) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | |
OTL Eric Baumann (Ger) Team NetApp | |
OTL Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp | |
OTL Robert Retschke (Ger) Team NetApp | |
DNF Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
DNF Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
DNF Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD | |
DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack | |
DNF Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
DNF Frederique Robert (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
DNF Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | |
DNF Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | |
DNF Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
DNF Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
DNF Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar | |
DNF Yohann Gené (Fra) Team Europcar | |
DNF Said Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar | |
DNF Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar | |
DNF Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
DNF Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
DNF Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
DNF Steven Cozza (USA) Team NetApp | |
DNF Jesus Del Nero (Esp) Team NetApp | |
DNF Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp | |
DNS Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | |
DNS Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha Team | |
DNS Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | |
DNS Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
DNS Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
DNS Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
DNS Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
DNS Matti Helminen (Fin) Landbouwkrediet |
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