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The peloton (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Lars Boom (Blanco) at the team car (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Fans made their allegiances clear (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Marcel Sieberg, Robert Wagner and Kris Boeckmans (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Marcel Sieberg, Robert Wagner, Tom Boonen, and Kris Boeckmans (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Michael Matthews back in action after crashing (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Nick Nuyens (Image credit: Photopress.be)
The peloton (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Zdenek Stybar (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Frederic Amorison (Crelan Euphony) after a crash (Image credit: Photopress.be)
The peloton (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Sep Vanmarcke and Tom Boonen (Image credit: Photopress.be)
The peloton on winding roads (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) gets the kisses (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Sylvain Chavanel (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Bubbly time for Luca Paolini (Katusha) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) on the podium (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) wins the race (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) triumphs (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) wins (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) at the front (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto-Belisol) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Greg Van Avermaet (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Sep Vanmarcke and Tom Boonen (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Sven Vandousselaere, Greg Van Avermaet, and Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Niki Terpstra (Image credit: Photopress.be)
The peloton on the cobbles (Image credit: Photopress.be)
The peloton all tightly packed up on the climb (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Fans of Greg van Avermaet were on hand. (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Michael Matthews (Orica Greenedge) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Retired pro Peter Van Petegem (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) on the podium (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Stijn Vandenbergh on the podium (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) celebrates (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) wins (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Sven Vandousselaere (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Stijn Vandenbergh leads Luca Paolini (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Sep Vanmarcke and Tom Boonen (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Sylvain Chavanel (OPQS) all bundled up (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Tom Boonen (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Tom Boonen leads the bunch (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Matteo Trentin (OPQS) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Matt Brammeier (Champion System) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Racers on the cobbles (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Belgian champ Tom Boonen (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Fini Fatini at work (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Marcel Sieberg, Robert Wagner, and Kris Boeckmans / (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Preben Van Hecke and Gatis Smukulis (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Lars Boom (Blanco) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
The peloton (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Elite men's podium: Stijn Vandenbergh, Luca Paolini, Sven Vandousselaere (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Stijn Vandenbergh leads Luca Paolini (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) pushes the pace (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma - Quick Step) sets the pace (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Egoitz Garcia (Cofidis) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Sylvain Chavanel (OPQS) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Sylvain Chavanel (Image credit: Photopress.be)
The peloton (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma - Quick Step) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Zdenek Stybar (Image credit: Photopress.be)
The peloton climbs (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil-DCM) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
The peloton (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Nico Sijmens, William Clarke and Cyril Lemoine (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Tom Boonen in the bunch (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Albert Timmer and Jan Ghyselinck (Image credit: Photopress.be)
The peloton rolls along (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Stijn Vandenbergh and Luca Paolini open champagne (Image credit: Photopress.be)
The sprint for third place (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto-Belisol) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Geraint Thomas and Greg Van Avermaet (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Stijn Vandenbergh and Luca Paolini on the cobbles (Image credit: Photopress.be)
The peloton passes a windmill (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Racers pass by fans who came out despite the cold (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Luca Paolini flies up the cobbles (Image credit: Photopress.be)
A tired and cold Paolini realises he's won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Paolini takes spot on the podium (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The chasers were unable to catch Paolini and Vandenbergh (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) leads the break (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Maarten Wijnants (Blanco Team) gives it a turn on the front (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Vadenbergh and Paolini shared the work equally (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The Omloop podium: Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), Luca Paolini (Katusha) and Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) wins Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Image credit: AFP)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) celebrates his first big of 2013 (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Sven Vandousselaere (Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise) wins the sprint for third place (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) celebrates victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Luca Paolini (Katusha) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The break of the race: Luca Paolini (Katusha) and Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) (Image credit: AFP)
Luca Paolini (Team Katusha) won the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad by beating his breakaway companion Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team) in a two-up sprint. Maarten Wijnants (Team Blanco) won the sprint for third among those in the chase group.