Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 2010: Results

First-year professional Leigh Howard (HTC-Columbia) sprinted to victory in the Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen one-day race in Koolskamp, Belgium. The 20-year-old Australian outkicked Aidis Kruopis (Palmans-Cras) and Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) to earn his second victory of the season.

"It was a pretty straightforward sprint with some great help from my teammates," said Howard. "Bernie [Bernhard Eisel] and Marcel [Sieberg] gave me the lead-out I needed and even though I went for it a bit too early myself, I was able to put my arms in the air to celebrate with 20 or 30 metres to go."

A four-rider breakaway was pulled back in the closing kilometres of the race, making a bunch sprint a virtual certainty. "We'd done a few laps through there and I'd had a good look at the finish," Howard said. "I had felt a bit hesitant beforehand because my last race didn't go so well. But when it got to the last few kilometres I was feeling good and ready to go for it. There were a couple of opportunities in the middle of the season I missed, but this time around it all worked out fine."

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Full Results
1	Leigh Howard (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia	4:09:00
2	Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Palmans - Cras	Row 1 - Cell 2
4	Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	Row 2 - Cell 2
6	Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank	Row 3 - Cell 2
8	Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Radioshack	Row 4 - Cell 2
10	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht	Row 5 - Cell 2
12	Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet	Row 6 - Cell 2
14	Francois Jurgen (Bel) Palmans - Cras	Row 7 - Cell 2
16	Frederique Robert (Bel) Quick Step	Row 8 - Cell 2
18	Steven Caethoven (Bel) Landbouwkrediet	Row 9 - Cell 2
20	Maxim De Busschere (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly	Row 10 - Cell 2
22	Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Quick Step	Row 11 - Cell 2
24	Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Verandas Willems	Row 12 - Cell 2
26	Tom Van Becelaere (Bel) Palmans - Cras	Row 13 - Cell 2
28	Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Netapp	Row 14 - Cell 2
30	Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha	Row 15 - Cell 2
32	Rune Van Der Meijden (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof	Row 16 - Cell 2
34	Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step	Row 17 - Cell 2
36	Alexander Mironov (Rus) Itera-Katusha	Row 18 - Cell 2
38	Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet	Row 19 - Cell 2
40	Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team	Row 20 - Cell 2
42	Bob Schoonbroodt (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof	Row 21 - Cell 2
44	Sander Oostlander (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof	Row 22 - Cell 2
46	Sjoerd Kouwenhoven (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof	Row 23 - Cell 2
48	Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	Row 24 - Cell 2
50	Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp	Row 25 - Cell 2
52	Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	Row 26 - Cell 2
54	Andy Cappelle (Bel) Verandas Willems	Row 27 - Cell 2
56	Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Radioshack	Row 28 - Cell 2
58	Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha	Row 29 - Cell 2
60	Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha	Row 30 - Cell 2
62	Jonathan Dufrasne (Bel) Qin Cycling Team	Row 31 - Cell 2
64	Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step	Row 32 - Cell 2
66	Gerben Löwik (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto	Row 33 - Cell 2
68	Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia	Row 34 - Cell 2
70	James Spragg (GBr) Qin Cycling Team	Row 35 - Cell 2
72	Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team Radioshack	Row 36 - Cell 2
74	Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	Row 37 - Cell 2
76	Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans - Cras	Row 38 - Cell 2
78	Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	Row 39 - Cell 2
80	Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil - Shimano	Row 40 - Cell 2
82	Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	Row 41 - Cell 2
84	Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step	Row 42 - Cell 2
86	Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step	Row 43 - Cell 2
88	Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank	Row 44 - Cell 2
90	Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank	0:00:28
91	Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank	Row 46 - Cell 2
93	Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	Row 47 - Cell 2
95	Gert Dockx (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia	Row 48 - Cell 2
97	Gil Suray (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly	Row 49 - Cell 2
99	Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step	Row 50 - Cell 2
101	Tom Stubbe (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	Row 51 - Cell 2
103	Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	Row 52 - Cell 2
105	Kim Borry (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly	Row 53 - Cell 2
107	Stijn Steels (Bel) Qin Cycling Team	Row 54 - Cell 2
109	Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Verandas Willems	0:00:45
110	Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Verandas Willems	Row 56 - Cell 2
112	Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank	0:01:10
113	Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec	0:01:32
114	Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Team HTC - Columbia	0:01:40
115	Jonathan Bertrand (Bel) Landbouwkrediet	0:01:50
116	Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp	Row 61 - Cell 2
118	Glenn Vandemaele (Bel) Team Worldofbike.gr	Row 62 - Cell 2
120	Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team	Row 63 - Cell 2
122	Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team	0:02:45
123	Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet	Row 65 - Cell 2