2013 E3 Harelbeke

The 2013 E3 Harelbeke was the 56th running of the E3 Harelbeke single-day cycling race. It was held on 22 March 2013, over a distance of 211 kilometres (131.1 miles) and was the sixth race of the 2013 UCI World Tour season.

2013 E3 Harelbeke

2013 UCI World Tour, race 6 of 28
Race details
Dates	22 March 2013
Stages	1
Distance	211 km (131.1 mi)
Winning time	5h 08' 28"
Results
Winner  Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) (RadioShack–Leopard)   Second  Peter Sagan (Slovakia) (Cannondale)   Third  Daniel Oss (Italy) (BMC Racing Team)
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The race was won for the third time by RadioShack–Leopard rider Fabian Cancellara,^[1] after he made a solo attack with around 35 km (21.7 mi) remaining of the race.^[2] Second place went to Peter Sagan of the Cannondale team, while third place went to the BMC Racing Team's Daniel Oss; both of those riders finished 64 seconds behind Cancellara.

Teams

As E3 Harelbeke was a UCI World Tour event, all UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Originally, eighteen ProTeams were invited to the race, with six other squads given wildcard places, and as such, would have formed the event's 24-team peloton. Team Katusha subsequently regained their ProTour status after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.^[3][4] With Team Katusha not originally invited to the race, race organisers announced their inclusion to the race, bringing the total number of teams competing to twenty-five. Each of the 25 teams entered eight riders to the race, making up a starting peloton of 200 riders.

The 25 teams that competed in the race were:^[5]

Accent Jobs–Wanty Ag2r–La Mondiale Argos–Shimano Astana Blanco Pro Cycling BMC Racing Team Cannondale Cofidis Crelan–Euphony Team Europcar Euskaltel–Euskadi FDJ

Garmin–Sharp IAM Cycling Team Katusha Lampre–Merida Lotto–Belisol Movistar Team Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Orica–GreenEDGE RadioShack–Leopard Saxo–Tinkoff Team Sky Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise Vacansoleil–DCM

Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	RadioShack–Leopard	5h 08' 28"
2	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Cannondale	+ 1' 04"
3	Daniel Oss (ITA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 1' 04"
4	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Team Sky	+ 1' 04"
5	Sebastian Langeveld (NED)	Orica–GreenEDGE	+ 1' 08"
6	Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	+ 1' 08"
7	Tom Boonen (BEL)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	+ 2' 15"
8	Luca Paolini (ITA)	Team Katusha	+ 2' 15"
9	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Team Sky	+ 2' 15"
10	Sébastien Turgot (FRA)	Team Europcar	+ 2' 15"