Włoch Sacha Modolo (Lampre-Merida) triumfował na trasie pierwszej części trzeciego etapu wyścigu, wyprzedzając rodaka Andrea Guardiniego (Astana) oraz Holendra Kenny van Hummela (Androni Giocattoli).
62. przyjechał Karol Domagalski (Caja Rural), a 92. Maciej Bodnar (Cannondale).
Liderem pozostał Belg Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma-Quick Step).
Ucieczka przedpołudnia zawiązała się około 20 km. Przewagę zdobyli wówczas Joren Segers (Team 3M), Jaap De Man (Team 3M), Stijn Steels (TopSport Vlaanderen), Jay Robert Thomson (MTN-Qhubeka) i Martijn Maaskant (Unitedhealthcare).
Peleton odpuścił piątkę na ponad 2 minuty, z czego 19 km przed metą pozostało 1:19. Do masowego sprintu dążyły ekipy Katusha, Lampre-Merida i Giant-Shimano. Najdłużej bronili się Thomson i Segers, wchłonięci niespełna 5 km przed finiszową prostą.
Jeszcze przed decydującym sprintem doszło do kraksy, która nie przeszkodziła jednak kolarzom Lampre-Merida. Wyprowadzony Modolo nie zaprzepaścił szansy, sięgając po drugi kolejny etap wyścigu.
Po południu zostanie przeprowadzony ostatni odcinek, jazda indywidualna na dystansie 14,3 km.
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Wyniki etapu 3a. Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde (2.HC), De Panne – De Panne (109,7 km):
1 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2:22:20 2 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 4 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 5 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura 6 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 7 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 8 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team 9 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Neri Sottoli 10 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN-Qhubeka 11 Frederique Robert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 12 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team NetApp-Endura 13 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 14 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ 15 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 16 Giorgio Brambila (Ita) Veranclassic - Doltcini 17 John Murphy (USA) Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis 18 Timothy Stevens (Bel) Team 3M 19 Morgan Lamoisson (Fra) Team Europcar 20 Tim De Troyer (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 21 Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Team 3M 22 Kevin Peeters (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team 23 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha Team 24 Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 25 Ken Hanson (USA) Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis 26 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 27 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 28 Wouter Mol (Ned) Veranclassic - Doltcini 29 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 30 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 31 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 32 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team 33 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Neri Sottoli 34 Sam Lennertz (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team 35 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 36 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 37 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 38 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 39 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Neri Sottoli 40 Daniel Summerhill (USA) Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis 41 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto-Belisol Team 42 Roberto De Patre (Ita) Neri Sottoli 43 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 44 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 45 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 46 Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura 47 Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Team 3M 48 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 49 Antonino Parrinello (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 50 Vegard Breen (Nor) Lotto-Belisol Team 51 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 52 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling 53 Robert Förster (Ger) Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis 54 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Shimano 55 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 56 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura 57 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 58 Edward Theuns (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 59 Sander Cordeel (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team 60 Sebastiaan Pot (Ned) Team 3M 61 Michael Vingerling (Ned) Team 3M 62 Karol Domagalski (Pol) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 63 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 64 Daniele Colli (Ita) Neri Sottoli 65 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 66 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale Pro Cycling 67 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 68 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Team Giant-Shimano 69 Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ 70 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 71 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma Quick Step 72 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 73 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 74 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 75 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team 76 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha Team 77 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 78 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha 79 Patrick Facchini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 80 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 81 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 82 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 83 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano 84 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 85 Omar Fraile Matarranza (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 86 Sogenzo Jim (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 87 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 88 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 89 Edward King (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 90 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 91 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura 92 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling 93 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 94 Jonas van Genechten (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team 95 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 96 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team 97 Andrea Palini (Ita) Lampre-Merida 98 Martin Reimer (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka 99 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 100 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Team Europcar 101 Alexander Rybakov (Rus) Katusha Team 102 Luca Dodi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 103 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 104 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 105 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 106 Christopher Jones (USA) Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis 107 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 108 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Veranclassic - Doltcini 109 Jaap De Man (Ned) Team 3M 110 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica-GreenEdge 111 Bradley Potgieter (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 112 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar 113 Tom Goovaerts (Bel) Veranclassic - Doltcini 114 Paolo Colonna (Ita) Bardiani CSF 115 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 116 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 117 Marco Coledan (Ita) Bardiani CSF 118 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 02:56 119 Sea Keong Loh (Kor) Team Giant-Shimano 120 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team 121 Joren Segers (Bel) Team 3M 122 Mattia Pozzo (Ita) Neri Sottoli 123 Nicola Testi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 124 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida 04:27 125 Sascha Weber (Ger) Veranclassic - Doltcini 126 Luke Keough (USA) Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis 127 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 128 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 129 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 130 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 131 Kurt Geysen (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continenta 06:44 132 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 133 Davide Vigano (Ita) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 134 Andrea Zordan (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 09:54 135 Nick Wynants (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team 136 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 137 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Veranclassic - Doltcini 138 Andrea Dal Col (Ita) Neri Sottoli 139 Ferekalsi Debesay (Eri) MTN-Qhubeka 140 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 141 Ramon Carretero (Pan) Neri Sottoli 142 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 143 Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ 144 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 145 Fernando Grijalba (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 146 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 09:58 DNF Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis DNF Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ DNF Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge DNF Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Veranclassic - Doltcini DNF Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step DNS Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team DNS Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela DNS Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ DNS Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling DNS Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert Klasyfikacja po etapie 3a 1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 11:20:05 2 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 00:03 3 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 00:05 4 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Neri Sottoli 00:09 5 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 6 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 7 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 00:20 8 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team 00:24 9 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 00:25 10 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 00:26 11 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 00:27 12 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:28 13 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha Team 14 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 15 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 16 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 17 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team 18 Daniele Colli (Ita) Neri Sottoli 19 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 20 Antonino Parrinello (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 21 Vegard Breen (Nor) Lotto-Belisol Team 22 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 23 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 24 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 25 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 26 Sander Cordeel (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Contine 03:26 27 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 03:36 28 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 03:41 29 Jaap De Man (Ned) Team 3M 03:43 30 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling 03:44 31 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 03:45 32 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN-Qhubeka 33 Timothy Stevens (Bel) Team 3M 34 Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 35 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Neri Sottoli 36 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 37 John Murphy (USA) Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis 38 Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura 39 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ 40 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 41 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling 42 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 43 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha 44 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma Quick Step 45 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 46 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 47 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Shimano 48 Sebastiaan Pot (Ned) Team 3M 49 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 50 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Team Giant-Shimano 51 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 52 Marco Coledan (Ita) Bardiani CSF 53 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 54 Martin Reimer (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka 55 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto-Belisol Team 56 Jonas van Genechten (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team 57 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 58 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 59 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 60 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 61 Davide Vigano (Ita) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 62 Christopher Jones (USA) Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis 63 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 64 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 65 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha Team 66 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Team Europcar 67 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team 68 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 69 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 70 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 71 Edward King (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 04:26 72 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 05:21 73 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 06:02 74 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 06:41 75 Edward Theuns (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 07:04 76 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 07:35 77 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 07:40 78 Daniel Summerhill (USA) Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis 79 Andrea Palini (Ita) Lampre-Merida 08:44 80 Roberto De Patre (Ita) Neri Sottoli 08:53 81 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 82 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 10:29 83 Ken Hanson (USA) Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis 10:52 84 Robert Förster (Ger) Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis 85 Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Team 3M 86 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica-GreenEdge 87 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 88 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 89 Tim De Troyer (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 12:18 90 Luke Keough (USA) Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis 91 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 92 Kevin Peeters (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continen 12:19 93 Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Team 3M 14:02 94 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Neri Sottoli 95 Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ 96 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Veranclassic - Doltcini 97 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura 98 Mattia Pozzo (Ita) Neri Sottoli 99 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 14:24 100 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 16:34 101 Frederique Robert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 16:36 102 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 103 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura 104 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura 105 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 106 Omar Fraile Matarranza (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 107 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale Pro Cycling 108 Patrick Facchini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 109 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 110 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 111 Paolo Colonna (Ita) Bardiani CSF 112 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano 113 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar 114 Wouter Mol (Ned) Veranclassic - Doltcini 18:06 115 Nicola Testi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 116 Sam Lennertz (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continent 18:12 117 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Veranclassic - Doltcini 20:24 118 Alexander Rybakov (Rus) Katusha Team 20:31 119 Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ 20:46 120 Morgan Lamoisson (Fra) Team Europcar 23:43 121 Michael Vingerling (Ned) Team 3M 122 Karol Domagalski (Pol) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 123 Sogenzo Jim (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 124 Joren Segers (Bel) Team 3M 125 Sea Keong Loh (Kor) Team Giant-Shimano 126 Giorgio Brambila (Ita) Veranclassic - Doltcini 25:09 127 Luca Dodi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 128 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team 25:12 129 Fernando Grijalba (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 26:30 130 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 131 Andrea Zordan (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 26:43 132 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team NetApp-Endura 26:53 133 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team 134 Tom Goovaerts (Bel) Veranclassic - Doltcini 135 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 136 Bradley Potgieter (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 137 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida 28:10 138 Kurt Geysen (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continenta 30:27 139 Sascha Weber (Ger) Veranclassic - Doltcini 31:20 140 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 33:37 141 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 35:03 142 Andrea Dal Col (Ita) Neri Sottoli 36:45 143 Ramon Carretero (Pan) Neri Sottoli 144 Nick Wynants (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team 145 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 146 Ferekalsi Debesay (Eri) MTN-Qhubeka 36:47