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Brugge - Oudenaarde, 259 km.

17 climbs:

1. Oude Kwaremont (km 109)
2. Kortekeer (km 119)
3. Eikenberg (km 127)
4. Wolvenberg (km 130)
5. Molenberg (km 142)
6. Leberg (km 163)
7. Valkenberg (km 171)
8. Laperij (km 181)
9. Kanarieberg (km 189)
10. Oude Kwaremont (km 205)
11. Paterperg (km 208)
12. Koppenberg (km 215)
13. Steenbeekdries (km 220)
14. Taaienberg (km 222)
15. Kruisberg (Oudestraat) (km 233)
16. Oude Kwaremont (km 243)
17. Paterberg (km 246)

The Race: After the Koppenberg, all the remnants of an early break had been swept up. Omega Pharma looked to have four riders in the front group, including Tom Boonen. Fabian Cancellara and Peter Sagan had no teammates. It looked good for Omega Pharma.

The Steenbeekdries caused a split and over the following climb, the Taaienberg, Edvald Boasson Hagen and Dries Devenyns had a slight gap. With 36 kilometers to go they had just 11 seconds over a small group with Boonen, Sagan and Cancellara. And with 34 km to go, the pair were caught and the lead group was 13 riders strong.

Greg van Avermaet took off before the Kruisberg and was marked by Stijn Vandenbergh. The pair went over the hill with a half-minute gap. Peter Sagan looked comfortable leading the chase partway up the climb.

With 25 km to go Van Avermaet and Vandenbergh still had 30 seconds with Van Avermaert doing all the work.

With 20 km to go a good-sized chasing group bridged up to the Boonen/Cancellara group. At the beginning of the Oude Kwaremont Van Avermaet and Vandenbergh still led, now with a 23-second gap.

Bam! Cancellera went with Sep Vanmarcke on his wheel while Boonen was going backwards. Then came the Paterberg, De Ronde's final ascent. Van Avermaet dropped Vandenbergh, who was caught by Cancellara and Vanmarcke. Just after the Paterberg, Van Avermaet was just 8 seconds ahead of the Cancellara trio.

Eleven kilometers to go it was four in front: Cancellara, Van Avermaet, Vanmarcke and Vandenbergh (not doing any work) with an unknown, but substantial lead over the Boonen/Sagan chasers. In between were Niki Terpstra and Alexander Kristoff, a half-minute behind the Cancellara group.

After the usual go-slow tactical final couple of kilometers, Cancellara overpowered the other three to win his third Ronde van Vlaandeen.

Complete Results:

200 starters, 98 abandons, 102 classified finishers

Winner's average speed: 41.407 km/hr

1	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	6hr 15min 18sec
2	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	@ same time
3	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
4	Stijn Vandenbergh	OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP
5	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	@ 8 seconds
6	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP	0:00:18
7	Tom Boonen	OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP	0:00:35
8	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	0:00:37
9	Bjorn Leukemans	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	0:00:41
10	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN SHARP	0:00:43
11	Vincent Jerome	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:01:12
12	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM
13	Nicki Sörensen	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:01:15
14	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:01:19
15	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:01:25
16	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
17	Filippo Pozzato	LAMPRE-MERIDA
18	Zdenek Stybar	OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP
19	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING
20	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
21	Yoann Offredo	FDJ.fr
22	Edvald Boasson Hagen	TEAM SKY
23	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO BELISOL
24	Laurens De Vreese	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	0:01:35
25	Oscar Gatto	CANNONDALE	0:01:41
26	Iljo Keisse	OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP	0:01:43
27	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R LA MONDIALE
28	Steve Chainel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
29	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN - QHUBEKA
30	Bram Tankink	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
31	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
32	Bradley Wiggins	TEAM SKY
33	Andrey Amador Bakkazakova	MOVISTAR TEAM
34	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
35	Zico Waeytens	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
36	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	0:03:52
37	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GreenEDGE	0:03:52
38	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	0:03:52
39	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
40	Taylor Phinney	BMC RACING TEAM	0:04:12
41	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
42	Stig Broeckx	LOTTO BELISOL
43	Jos Van Emden	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
44	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP
45	Mirko Selvaggi	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
46	Silvan Dillier	BMC RACING TEAM
47	Tyler Farrar	GARMIN SHARP
48	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
49	Borut Bozic	ASTANA PRO TEAM
50	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R LA MONDIALE
51	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GreenEDGE
52	Daryl Impey	ORICA GreenEDGE
53	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
54	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
55	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
56	Manuel Quinziato	BMC RACING TEAM
57	Paolo Longo Borghini	CANNONDALE
58	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP
59	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:07:41
60	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
61	Jasper Stuyven	TREK FACTORY RACING
62	Luke Rowe	TEAM SKY
63	William Bonnet	FDJ.fr
64	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
65	Salvatore Puccio	TEAM SKY
66	Ytting Bak Lars	LOTTO BELISOL	0:08:17
67	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
68	Preben Van Hecke	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
69	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.fr
70	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM
71	Tom Van Asbroeck	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
72	Kenneth Vanbilsen	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
73	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
74	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
75	Yannick Martinez	TEAM EUROPCAR
76	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING
77	Vladimir Gusev	TEAM KATUSHA
78	Scott Thwaites	TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA	0:09:49
79	Markel Irizar Aranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
80	Maarten Tjallingii	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
81	Jack Bauer	GARMIN SHARP
82	Alexey Tsatevitch	TEAM KATUSHA
83	Alan Marangoni	CANNONDALE
84	Christopher Juul Jensen	TINKOFF-SAXO
85	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
86	Stijn Devolder	TREK FACTORY RACING
87	Marco Bandiera	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI - VENEZUELA
88	Ramon Sinkeldam	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
89	Dylan Van Baarle	GARMIN SHARP
90	Thor Hushovd	BMC RACING TEAM
91	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE-MERIDA
92	Gert Joeaar	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
93	Lars Boom	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
94	Jerome Cousin	TEAM EUROPCAR
95	Christian Knees	TEAM SKY
96	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	0:12:25
97	Mitchell Docker	ORICA GreenEDGE	0:12:38
98	Michael Hepburn	ORICA GreenEDGE
99	Robert Thomson Jay	MTN - QHUBEKA
100	Aliaksandr Kuchynski	TEAM KATUSHA
101	James Vanlandschoot	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
102	Karsten Kroon	TINKOFF-SAXO

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Race Day photos:

The start in Brugge

Tom Boonen puts on the pressure on the Molenberg.

Wesley Kreder

Rising star Kenneth Vanbilsen

Gerald Ciolek

Edward King

Tom Leezer ascends the Molenberg.

Bradley Wiggins

Edvald Boasson Hagen on the Taaienberg

Tom Boonen

John Degenkolb climbs the Kruisberg

The fans wait on the Oude Kwaremont

Fabian Cancellara attacks on the Oude Kwaremont with Sep Vanmarcke on his wheel.

Sylvain Chavanel on the Oude Kwaremont

Taylor Phinney was part of an early break

Lars Boom

Guillaume van Keirsbulck

Thor Hushovd

Greg van Avermaet on the Paterberg

Niki Terpstra on the Paterberg

Bjorn Leukemans chased the Cancellara break alone for many kilometers.

Geraint Thomas

Alexandre Pichot doesn't seem to be enjoying the Paterberg.

Michael Schar

Arnaud Demare

What a rider! Stijn Devolder crashed at least three times and kept fighting his way back. He finished 86th.

Peter Sagan

Fabian Cancellara did everything right.

Make way... Cancellara right after the race.

Fabian Cancellara looks as happy as any gent who has won his third Ronde.

Second-place Greg van Avermaet

Sep Vanmarcke was third.

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Pre-Race photos:

The Koppenberg

The Koppenberg from a distance. It looks really, really hard.

Koppenberg cobbles

Peter Sagan climbs the Koppenberg

Oscar Gatto

Luca Paolini

Sacha Modolo tests his legs on the Koppenberg

More Lampre riders ascend the Koppenberg

Another view of the Koppenberg

Niki Sorensen and Manuele Boaro

Karsten Kroon

Francesco Gavazzi on the Koppenberg

Stefano Zanini

Federico Borselli

The Old Kwaremont

The Paterberg

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Tour of Flanders map and Profile

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Start list with backnumbers: April 5, 2014

200 riders entered

TREK FACTORY RACING
Director: Dirk Demol
1. Fabian Cancellara
2. Stijn Devolder
3. Markel Irizar Aranburu
4. Yaroslav Popovych
5. Grégory Rast
6. Hayden Roulston
7. Jesse Sergent
8. Jasper Stuyven

CANNONDALE
Director: Mario Scirea
11. Peter Sagan
12. Fabio Sabatini
13. Maciej Bodnar
14. Oscar Gatto
15. Edward King
16. Kristijan Koren
17. Paolo Longo Borghini
18. Alan Marangoni

LOTTO-BELISOL
Director: Herman Frison
21. Kris Boeckmans
22. Stig Broeckx
23. Kenny Dehaes
24. Pim Ligthart
25. Jurgen Roelandts
26. Lars Ytting Bak
27. Jens Debusschere
28. Tony Gallopin

OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK-STEP
Director: Wilfried Peeters
31. Tom Boonen
32. Iljo Keisse
33. Nikolas Maes
34. Zdenek Stybar
35. Niki Terpstra
36. Matteo Trentin
37. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
38. Stijn Vandenbergh

AG2R-LA MONDIALE
Director: Julien Jurdie
41. Davide Appollonio
42. Gediminas Bagdonas
43. Steve Chainel
44. Damien Gaudin
45. Hugo Houle
46. Sébastien Minard
47. Lloyd Mondory
48. Sébastien Turgot

ASTANA PRO TEAM
Director: Stefano Zanini
51. Borut Bozic
52. Francesco Gavazzi
53. Andriy Grivko
54. Dmitriy Gruzdev
55. Andrea Guardini
56. Valentin Iglinskiy
57. Arman Kamyshev
58. Dmitriy Muravyev

BELKIN
Director: Jan Boven
61. Lars Boom
62. Thomas Leezer
63. Bram Tankink
64. Maarten Tjallingii
65. Jos Van Emden
66. Sep Vanmarcke
67. Robert Wagner
68. Maarten Wynants

BMC RACING TEAM
Director: Fabio Baldato
71. Marcus Burghardt
72. Silvan Dillier
73. Thor Hushovd
74. Klaas Lodewyck
75. Taylor Phinney
76. Manuel Quinziato
77. Michael Schär
78. Greg Van Avermaet

FDJ.fr
Director: Marc Madiot
81. William Bonnet
82. David Boucher
83. Mickael Delage
84. Arnaud Demare
85. Antonio Fischer Murilo
86. Matthieu Ladagnous
87. Johan Le Bon
88. Yoann Offredo

GARMIN-SHARP
Director: Geert Van Bondt
91. Jack Bauer
92. Tyler Farrar
93. Raymond Kreder
94. Sebastian Langeveld
95. David Millar
96. Nick Nuyens
97. Dylan Van Baarle
98. Johan Vansummeren

LAMPRE-MERIDA
Director: Orlando Maini
101 Niccolo Bonifazio
102 Davide Cimolai
103 Elia Favilli
104 Sacha Modolo
105 Andrea Palini
106 Filippo Pozzato
107 Maximiliano Richeze
108 Luca Wackermann

MOVISTAR TEAM
Director: José-Luis Jaimerena
111. Andrey Amador
112. Alex Dowsett
113. Imanol Erviti Ollo
114. José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios
115. Juan José Lobato Del Valle
116. Dayer Uberney Quintana
117. Jasha Sütterlin
118. Francisco José Ventoso

ORICA-GreenEdge
Director: Laurenzo Lapage
121. Mitchell Docker
122. Luke Durbridge
123. Mathew Hayman
124. Michael Hepburn
125. Daryl Impey
126. Jens Keukeleire
127. Jens Mouris
128. Svein Tuft

EUROPCAR
Director: Dominique Arnould
131. Jerome Cousin
132. Antoine Duchesne
133. Jimmy Engoulvent
134. Yohann Gene
135. Tony Hurel
136. Vincent Jerome
137. Yannick Martinez
138. Alexandre Pichot

GIANT-SHIMANO
Director: Marc Reef
141. Nikias Arndt
142. Roy Curvers
143. Koen De Kort
144. John Degenkolb
145. Dries Devenyns
146. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
147. Ramon Sinkeldam
148. Albert Timmer

KATUSHA
Director: Guennadi Mikhailov
151. Vladimir Gusev
152. Vladimir Isaichev
153. Alexander Kristoff
154. Aliaksandr Kuchynski
155. Viacheslav Kuznetsov
156. Luca Paolini
157. Gatis Smukulis
158. Alexey Tsatevitch

SKY
Director: Servaes Knaven
161. Edvald Boasson Hagen
162. Bernhard Eisel
163. Christian Knees
164. Salvatore Puccio
165. Gabriel Rasch
166. Luke Rowe
167. Geraint Thomas
168. Bradley Wiggins

TINKOFF-SAXO
Director: Steven De Jongh
171. Daniele Bennati
172. Manuele Boaro
173. Matti Breschel
174. Christopher Juul Jensen
175. Michal Kolár
176. Karsten Kroon
177. Nicki Sörensen
178. Nikolay Trusov

ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-VENEZUELA
Director: Giovanni Ellena
181. Marco Bandiera
182. Omar Bertazzo
183. Patrick Facchini
184. Johnny Hoogerland
185. Antonio Parrinello
186. Jackson Rodriguez
187. Nicola Testi
188. Andrea Zordan

COFIDIS
Director: Alain Deloeuil
191. Edwig Cammaerts
192. Julien Fouchard
193. Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel
194. Gert Joeaar
195. Cyril Lemoine
196. Adrien Petit
197. Florian Senechal
198. Romain Zingle

IAM CYCLING
Director: Eddy Seigneur
201. Sylvain Chavanel
202. Martin Elmiger
203. Kevyn Ista
204. Sébastien Hinault
205. Dominic Klemme
206. Roger Kluge
207. Jérôme Pineau
208. Aleksejs Saramotins

MTN-QHUBEKA
Director: Jens Zemke
211. Gerald Ciolek
212. Linus Gerdemann
213. Ignatas Konovalovas
214. Martin Reimer
215. Kristian Sbaragli
216. Andreas Stauff
217. Jay Robert Thomson
218. Jaco Venter

TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
Director: Enrico Poitschke
221. Jan Barta
222. Sam Bennett
223. Zakkari Dempster
224. Blaz Jarc
225. Ralf Matzka
226. Andreas Schillinger
227. Michael Schwarzmann
228. Scott Thwaites

TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
Director: Walter Planckaert
231. Tim Declercq
232. Yves Lampaert
233. Edward Theuns
234. Tom Van Asbroeck
235. Preben Van Hecke
236. Kenneth Vanbilsen
237. Zico Waeytens
238. Jelle Wallays

WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT
Director: Hilaire Van Der Schueren
241. Laurens De Vreese
242. Jean-Pierre Drucker
243. Jan Ghyselinck
244. Wesley Kreder
245. Bjorn Leukemans
246. Mirko Selvaggi
247. James Vanlandschoot
248. Frederik Veuchelen

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