2012 Three Days of De Panne

The 2012 Three Days of De Panne (Dutch: KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde 2012) is the 36th edition of the Three Days of De Panne, an annual bicycle race. Taking part in and around the De Panne region of West Flanders, it began in Middelkerke on 27 March and will finish in De Panne two days later. The 544.5 km long stage race contains four stages, with two held on the final day. It is part of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour and is rated as a 2.HC event.

2012 Three Days of De Panne

2012 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	27–29 March
Stages	4
Distance	544.5 km (338.3 mi)
Results
Winner  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step)   Second  Lieuwe Westra (NED) (Vacansoleil–DCM)   Third  Maciej Bodnar (POL) (Liquigas–Cannondale)   Points  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) (Team Katusha)   Mountains  Tosh Van Der Sande (BEL) (Lotto–Belisol)
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Teams

24 teams were invited to participate in the tour: 10 UCI ProTeams and 14 UCI Professional Continental Teams.^[1]

UCI ProTeams RadioShack–Nissan Lotto–Belisol Omega Pharma–Quick-Step GreenEDGE Vacansoleil–DCM Team Katusha Lampre–ISD Astana FDJ–BigMat Liquigas–Cannondale

UCI Professional Continental Teams Project 1t4i Team Type 1–Sanofi Colnago–CSF Bardiani Farnese Vini–Selle Italia Team NetApp Acqua & Sapone Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's Landbouwkrediet–Euphony Team Europcar UnitedHealthcare RusVelo SpiderTech–C10 Champion System

Stages

Stage 1

27 March 2011 – Middelkerke to Oudenaarde, 201.6 km (125.3 mi)

Stage 1 Result Rider Team Time 1  Peter Sagan (SVK) Liquigas–Cannondale 4h 33' 41" 2  Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) Astana s.t. 3  Fabio Sabatini (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale s.t. 4  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha s.t. 5  Elia Favilli (ITA) Farnese Vini–Selle Italia s.t. 6  Marcel Sieberg (GER) Lotto–Belisol s.t. 7  Baptiste Planckaert (BEL) Landbouwkrediet–Euphony s.t. 8  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator s.t. 9  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) FDJ–BigMat s.t. 10  Sébastien Turgot (FRA) Team Europcar s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1  Peter Sagan (SVK) Liquigas–Cannondale 4h 33' 31" 2  Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) Astana + 4" 3  Fabio Sabatini (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale + 6" 4  Maciej Bodnar (POL) Liquigas–Cannondale + 7" 5  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha + 10" 6  Elia Favilli (ITA) Farnese Vini–Selle Italia + 10" 7  Marcel Sieberg (GER) Lotto–Belisol + 10" 8  Baptiste Planckaert (BEL) Landbouwkrediet–Euphony + 10" 9  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator + 10" 10  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) FDJ–BigMat + 10"

Stage 2

28 March 2012 – Zottegem to Koksijde, 216.1 km (134.3 mi)

Stage 2 Result Rider Team Time 1  Marcel Kittel (GER) Project 1t4i 4h 51' 16" 2  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha s.t. 3  Boy van Poppel (NED) UnitedHealthcare s.t. 4  Kenny van Hummel (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 5  André Greipel (GER) Lotto–Belisol s.t. 6  Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) Astana s.t. 7  Sébastien Turgot (FRA) Team Europcar s.t. 8  André Schulze (GER) Team NetApp s.t. 9  Saïd Haddou (FRA) Team Europcar s.t. 10  Alexander Serebryakov (RUS) Team Type 1–Sanofi s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha 9h 24' 51" 2  Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) Astana s.t. 3  Maciej Bodnar (POL) Liquigas–Cannondale + 1" 4  Fabio Sabatini (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale + 2" 5  Steve Chainel (FRA) FDJ–BigMat + 4" 6  Sébastien Turgot (FRA) Team Europcar + 6" 7  Elia Favilli (ITA) Farnese Vini–Selle Italia + 6" 8  Baptiste Planckaert (BEL) Landbouwkrediet–Euphony + 6" 9  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator + 6" 10  Egidijus Juodvalkis (LTU) Landbouwkrediet–Euphony + 6"

Stage 3a

29 March 2012 – De Panne to De Panne, 112.1 km (69.7 mi)

Stage 3a Result Rider Team Time 1  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha 2h 22' 58" 2  André Schulze (GER) Team NetApp s.t. 3  Kenny van Hummel (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 4  Francesco Chicchi (ITA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t. 5  Daniele Colli (ITA) Team Type 1–Sanofi s.t. 6  Davide Cimolai (ITA) Lampre–ISD s.t. 7  Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) Astana s.t. 8  Michael Van Staeyen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator s.t. 9  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) FDJ–BigMat s.t. 10  Saïd Haddou (FRA) Team Europcar s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3a Rider Team Time 1  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha 11h 47' 43" 2  Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) Astana + 6" 3  Maciej Bodnar (POL) Liquigas–Cannondale + 7" 4  Steve Chainel (FRA) FDJ–BigMat + 10" 5  Elia Favilli (ITA) Farnese Vini–Selle Italia + 12" 6  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) FDJ–BigMat + 12" 7  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator + 12" 8  Sébastien Turgot (FRA) Team Europcar + 12" 9  Egidijus Juodvalkis (LTU) Landbouwkrediet–Euphony + 12" 10  Valentin Iglinsky (KAZ) Astana + 12"

Stage 3b

29 March 2012 – De Panne to Koksijde to De Panne, 14.7 km (9.1 mi) individual time trial (ITT)

Stage 3b Result Rider Team Time 1  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 17' 49" 2  Lieuwe Westra (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 4" 3  Svein Tuft (CAN) GreenEDGE + 17" 4  Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 18" 5  Maciej Bodnar (POL) Liquigas–Cannondale + 19" 6  Jesse Sergent (NZL) RadioShack–Nissan + 22" 7  Tomas Vaitkus (LTU) GreenEDGE + 31" 8  Luke Durbridge (AUS) GreenEDGE + 32" 9  Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 38" 10  Stijn Devolder (BEL) Vacansoleil–DCM + 39"

Final General Classification Rider Team Time 1  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 12h 05' 44" 2  Lieuwe Westra (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 4" 3  Maciej Bodnar (POL) Liquigas–Cannondale + 14" 4  Svein Tuft (CAN) GreenEDGE + 17" 5  Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 18" 6  Jesse Sergent (NZL) RadioShack–Nissan + 22" 7  Luke Durbridge (AUS) GreenEDGE + 32" 8  Stijn Devolder (BEL) Vacansoleil–DCM + 39" 9  Markel Irizar (ESP) RadioShack–Nissan + 51" 10  Sébastien Turgot (FRA) Team Europcar + 55"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Sprints classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1	Peter Sagan	Peter Sagan	Peter Sagan	Tosh Van Der Sande	Steven Van Vooren	Liquigas–Cannondale	Tosh Van Der Sande
2	Marcel Kittel	Alexander Kristoff	Alexander Kristoff		Andy Cappelle	Team Europcar	Andy Cappelle
3a	Alexander Kristoff						Preben Van Hecke
3b	Sylvain Chavanel	Sylvain Chavanel				Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	no award
Final		Sylvain Chavanel	Alexander Kristoff	Tosh Van Der Sande	Andy Cappelle	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	Andy Cappelle

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	12h 05' 44"
2	Lieuwe Westra (NED)	Vacansoleil–DCM	+ 4"
3	Maciej Bodnar (POL)	Liquigas–Cannondale	+ 14"
4	Svein Tuft (CAN)	GreenEDGE	+ 17"
5	Niki Terpstra (NED)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	+ 18"
6	Jesse Sergent (NZL)	RadioShack–Nissan	+ 22"
7	Luke Durbridge (AUS)	GreenEDGE	+ 32"
8	Stijn Devolder (BEL)	Vacansoleil–DCM	+ 39"
9	Markel Irizar (ESP)	RadioShack–Nissan	+ 51"
10	Sébastien Turgot (FRA)	Team Europcar	+ 55"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Team Katusha	42
2	Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA)	Astana	32
3	Kenny van Hummel (NED)	Vacansoleil–DCM	22
4	Marcel Kittel (GER)	Project 1t4i	20
5	Fabio Sabatini (ITA)	Liquigas–Cannondale	16
6	Boy van Poppel (NED)	UnitedHealthcare	16
7	Sébastien Turgot (FRA)	Team Europcar	15
8	Elia Favilli (ITA)	Farnese Vini–Selle Italia	12
9	André Greipel (GER)	Lotto–Belisol	12
10	Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	10

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Tosh Van Der Sande (BEL)	Lotto–Belisol	31
2	Brian Vandborg (DEN)	SpiderTech–C10	21
3	Andy Capelle (BEL)	Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's	17
4	Ronan van Zandbeek (NED)	Project 1t4i	16
5	Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	5
6	Lieuwe Westra (NED)	Vacansoleil–DCM	5
7	Stijn Devolder (BEL)	Vacansoleil–DCM	3
8	Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA)	Astana	3

Rushes classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Andy Capelle (BEL)	Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's	9
2	Maciej Bodnar (POL)	Liquigas–Cannondale	5
3	Andrea Di Corrado (ITA)	Colnago–CSF Bardiani	3
4	Tosh Van Der Sande (BEL)	Lotto–Belisol	3
5	Steve Chainel (FRA)	FDJ–BigMat	2
6	Ronan van Zandbeek (NED)	Project 1t4i	2
7	Kenny van Hummel (NED)	Vacansoleil–DCM	2
8	Alexei Tsatevich (RUS)	Team Katusha	1
9	Clinton Avery (NZL)	Champion System	1
10	Brian Vandborg (DEN)	SpiderTech–C10	1

Team classification

Pos.	Team	Time
1	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	36h 18' 08"
2	GreenEDGE	+ 24"
3	RadioShack–Nissan	+ 1' 01"
4	Team Katusha	+ 2' 28"
5	Team Europcar	+ 2' 49"
6	Liquigas–Cannondale	+ 3' 00"
7	Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator	+ 3' 25"
8	Landbouwkrediet–Euphony	+ 3' 40"
9	Farnese Vini–Selle Italia	+ 3' 57"
10	Astana	+ 5' 14"