The two-part third stage of the VDK-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde can be summed up by three names: Sacha Modolo (Lampre-Merida), Maciej Bodnar (Cannondale), and Guillaume van Keirsbulck (Omega Pharma-QuickStep). In the morning, the Italian Modolo secured the nearly 100-kilometer half-stage around De Panne, winning it in the peloton sprint, just as he had the day before. … read more
The second stage of the VDK-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde wasn't just on paper a sprinter's race. But hardly anyone expected Sacha Modolo (Lampre-Merida) to emerge victorious. The Italian won after a strong lead-out by his teammates, ahead of Arnaud Démare (FDJ.fr) and Alexander Kristoff (Katusha). Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) was… read more
Peter Sagan (Cannondale) won the 201-kilometer opening stage of the VDK-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde – unintentionally, as it turned out. The Slovakian had actually intended to let his teammate Oscar Gatto take the lead, but miscalculated. Sagan made the decisive move on the penultimate climb. At Eikenmolen… read more
