Sacha Modolo won stage 2 of this year’s VDK-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, in a sprint finish against riders from the FDJ.fr and Omega Pharma-Quick Step team – after a well-timed lead out by his Lampre-Merida squad.
Meanwhile, Arnaud Demare finished in second place, with tis year’s Milan – San Remo winner Alexander Kristoff in third.
Yesterday’s stage winner Peter Sagan finished in the main field – more than three minutes back.
After today’s stage results, Gert Steegmans took over the race lead, followed by Oscar Gatto in second place at three seconds behind.
The VDK-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde wraps-up tomorrow with a 109 kilometer stage, followed by 14.3 kilometer time trial later in the day.
Top 10 Finishers
1 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 4:28:15 2 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team 4 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 6 Daniele Colli (Ita) Neri Sottoli 7 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 8 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 9 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 10 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani-CSF
General classification after stage 2
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 8:57:45 2 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:01 3 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:03 4 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:00:05 5 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Neri Sottoli 0:00:09 6 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 7 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 8 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 0:00:14 9 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:20 10 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team 0:00:24
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