The two-part third stage of the VDK-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde can be summarized 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, which he won in a peloton sprint, just like the day before. … read more
The second stage of the VDK-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde wasn't just a sprinters' affair on paper. But hardly anyone would have expected Sacha Modolo (Lampre-Merida) to be the one celebrating at the end. The Italian won after strong preparatory work from his teammates, ahead of Arnaud Démare (FDJ.fr) and Alexander Kristoff (Katusha). Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) was on... read more
Peter Sagan (Cannondale) won the 201-kilometer opening stage of the VDK Three-Day Race De Panne-Koksijde—against his will, as it turned out. The Slovakian actually wanted to let his teammate Oscar Gatto take the lead, but miscalculated. Sagan brought about the decisive victory on the penultimate climb. At the Eikenmolen... read more
