Races Road Kristoff wins De Panne opener By Stephen Farrand published 29 March 2016 Katusha rider out-smarts Astana duo from breakaway Comments Race Home Stages Stage 1 198.2km | De Panne - Zottegem Stage 2 211.1km | Zottegem - Koksijde Stage 3a 111.5km | De Panne - De Panne Stage 3b 14.2km | De Panne - De Panne (ITT) View all Stages Race history Start list Image 1 of 85Sam Bewley grinding up the Muur van Geraardsbergen(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Magnus Cort (Orica-GreenEdge)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Chun Kai Feng (Lampre - Merida)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Marc Fournier (FDJ)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Jasper De Buyst (Lotto Soudal)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Filippo Pozzato (Southeast-Venezuela) on the Muur(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Andy Fenn riding the Muur(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Svein Tuft (Orica-GreenEdge)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Cresting the Muur van Geraardsbergen is Yohann Gene (Direct Energie)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) after winning the opening stage of Three Days of De Panne(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Steele von Hoff (ONE Pro Cycling)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Marcel Kittel and Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick Step)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)A minute of silence on the startline(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEdge)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Christian Knees (Team Sky)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Taylor Phinney (BMC)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Alexey Lutsenko and Lieuwe Westra after the Astana duo missed the win(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Pim Ligthart (Lotto Soudal) wins the bunch sprint(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Danny van Poppel (Team Sky)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Danny van Poppel (Team Sky) in the Sprint classification jersey(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Antoine Duchesne (Direct Energie)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Jakob Fuglsang (Astana)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Mitch Docker (Orica-GreenEdge)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Loïc Vliegen (BMC) leads the Mountains classification(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Luke Rowe (Sky) chases after a puncture(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Lieuwe Westra (Astana) got annoyed with the pace and surged(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Lieuwe Westra (Astana) tries to get the pace going(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) in the breakaway(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Lieuwe Westra (Astana) leads the breakaway(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Luke Rowe (Sky) and Lieuwe Westra (Astana) power the four-man move(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Tom Bohli (BMC) in the breakaway(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Lieuwe Westra (Astana) has his lips zipped against the wet (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Loic Vliegen tries to thaw out his hands(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Etixx-Quickstep)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Tony Martin (Etixx-Quickstep)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Floris Gerts (BMC)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Lieuwe Westra (Astana) was no match for Alexander Kristoff (Katusha)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Lieuwe Westra (Astana) was no match for Alexander Kristoff (Katusha)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Michael Morkov (Katusha) on the Muur van Geraardsbergen(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Mads Pedersen (Stölting Service Group) finishes fourth ahead of Luke Roew(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Maximiliano Richeze (Etixx-Quick-Step)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quick Step) with some characters in dress up(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Alexander Kristoff celebrates with Katusha teammate Michael Morkov(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Alexander Kristoff and Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Katusha)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) mugs it for the camera(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) pulls on the green jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Race leader Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) on the podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) is escorted to the podium after winning the stage(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) pulls on the leader's jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Stage 1 winner Alexander Kristoff (Katusha)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Tony Martin (Etixx-Quickstep)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Alexander Kristoff (Katusha)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Taylor Phinney (BMC) helps to drive the pace(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Loic Vliegen (BMC)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) wins over Alexey Lutsenko and Lieuwe Westra (Astana)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Danny van Poppel (Sky)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Luke Rowe (Sky)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Luke Rowe (Sky) had to chase on the Muur after puncturing at the base(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Lieuwe Westra (Astana)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Loïc Vliegen (BMC) in the KOM jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) leads Alexey Lutsenko and Lieuwe Westra (Astana)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) leads Alexey Lutsenko and Lieuwe Westra (Astana)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) wins the stage(Image credit: Bettini Photo)The peloton broke into echelons on a windy opening to Three Days of De Panne(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Lieuwe Westra (Astana)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Alexander Porsev (Katusha)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The peloton broke into echelons on a windy opening to Three Days of De Panne(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The peloton broke into echelons on a windy opening to Three Days of De Panne(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Three Days of De Panne(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Black bands for the recently departed(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Riders observed a minute of silence at Three Days of De Panne(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The view we all miss from Tour of Flanders of the Muur van Gerardsbergen(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) wins the first stage of Three Days of De Panne(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) takes the win at Three Days of De Panne(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Tony Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) at Three Days of De Panne(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) in the move at Three Days of De Panne(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep) during the first stage of Three Days of De Panne(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
