Mark Cavendish (Sky) at Dwars Door Vlaanderen.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
A relaxed Oscar Freire (Katusha) at the start.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia) signs an autograph b🌳efore the start.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia) begins his Belgian campaig♔n at Dwars Door Vlaanderen.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda) si🥂gns on in Roe🎃selare.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda) shares his thoughts before the start🌱 🐼of Dwars Door Vlaanderen.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Nico Eeckhout (An Post-Sean Kelly) won Dwars ♚Door Vlaanderen in 2001 and 2005.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
For the road. The peloton ready for the start of Dwar🐠s Door Vlaanderen.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Carlos Barredo (Rabobank) samples the a🎶tmosphere in Roeselare.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Grega Bole leads the Lampre-ISD charge.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
The peloton gatheꦰred in Roeselare for the start of Dwars Door Vlaanderen.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Mark Renshaw (🥃Rabobank) is chasing sprint victory.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Mark Renshaw♔ (Rabobank) checks his steed before the sta🦩rt in Roeselare.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
CJ Sutton lines up as part of a six-man Sky team.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Oscar Freire (Katusha) has the q🍸uality to win in Belgium/(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Katusha) at the start in Ro🍰eselare.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-QuickStep).(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Irish champion Matt Brammeier (Omega Phar🧜ma-Quic♋kStep) at Dwars Door Vlaanderen.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Mark Cavendish (Sky) is looking to put his Milan-San Remo disappoin✅tment behind him.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Niki Terpstra (ꦐOmega Pharma-QuickStep)♛ en route to the start.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
S🎉ep Vanmarcke (Garmin-Barracuda) is a popular figure after his win at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia) ri✅des to the start𒁃.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda) reminds himself of ℱthe day's key mome🍌nts.(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Just ten days from the Tour of Flanders, the cobbled classics campaign began in earnest on Wednesday with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Dwars Door Vlaanderen. The 200km race from Roeselare to Waregem features no fewer than 13 hellingen 🌠and is often offers a solid form guide ahead of De Ronde.
Twelve months ago, it was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nick Nuyens who triumphed, and his clever win in Waregem presaged a similar triumph at the Tour of Fl𒁃anders. The Belgian is absent through injury this time ar🍨ound, but there was no shortage of classics contenders on the startline in Roeselare on Wednesday morning.
Sep Vanmarcke (Garmin-Barracuda), Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia), Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM) and Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) should all be in♎ the hunt for major wins in the weeks to come, and they all be looking to draw f❀irst blood on the road to Waregem.
Given that 2012 sees the route of the Tour of Flanders become ever more difficult, ho✃wever, the sprinters know that opportunities are at a premium in Belgium this spring, and they will be hoping that the balance of Dwars Door Vlaanderen’s varied route tips in their favour this year.
The summit of the final climb, the Nokereberg, comes with just under 8km to go, but the flat, fast run-in to Waregem will give the sprinters a chance to get back into the fray. After missing out in Milan-San Remo, Oscar Freire (Katusha), Mark Renshaw (Rabobank), Matt Goss (GreenEdge), Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda) and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mark Cavendish (Sky) should not be lacking in motivation here.
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