Already winner of the Tour of Flanders in 2010, Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara has offered another victory on Sunday the classic cyclist. "Spartacus" has emerged with a minute ahead of Slovak Peter Sagan.
By Dispatch (text)
Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack) won Sunday for the second time the Tour of Flanders, the classic cyclist raced on Sunday 256 kilometers between Bruges and Oudenaarde. Already a winner in 2010, Cancellara has become a recluse, with nearly a minute and a half ahead of Slovakian Peter Sagan and Belgian Jurgen Roelandts. The fourth place went to Norwegian Alexander Kristoff, the head of the first platoon, before the French Matthieu Ladagnous. Sagan and Cancellara, the two favorites for this 97th edition, have delivered a fierce duel in the last two climbs of the race, then the Old Kwaremont Paterberg. The Slovak took the wheel of Switzerland in the Kwaremont but let go of the percentages of Paterberg steep (up to 20% slope), 13 kilometers from the finish. Launched in a race against the clock, Cancellara joined arrival unabated to remove, at the age of 32 years, a great classic for the fifth time in his career. Last year, "Spartacus" was dropped in the second refueling and had to abandon the Tour of Flanders (quadruple fracture of the clavicle). The race, contested in cold weather, was deprived from his start of the outgoing winner, Belgian Tom Boonen, who suffered a fall in the 19th kilometer. Three times winner of the "Round" and co-owner of the record of victories, Antwerp was treated at the hospital in Roeselare (bruised elbow and left hip, right knee) practiced where radios found no fracture. A breakaway group, party far more than 120 kilometers from the finish (Kwiatkowski, Tjallingii) or closer to the final (Selvaggi and Offredo, Hinault, Roelandts and Turgot), was presented with thirty seconds in advance at the foot of the third and final climb of Old Kwaremont where Cancellara tried his coup. The eventual winner, accompanied by Sagan, joined shortly after the Belgian Jurgen Roelandts, 16 kilometers from the finish, before the rise decisive Paterberg. Cancellara signed the 83rd win of his career, his second of the season in a race the world calendar (WorldTour) after the GP E3 last week. Are you a cyclist and want to buy cycling clothing ,please go to our website www.cycling-wear.com.our web offer all kind of team cycling jersey and brand cycling clothes. Backlinks of us : cycling jersey sets bicycle t shirts bib cycling shorts
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