Nick Nuyens riding for Saxo Bank-SunGard, since Fabian Cancellara left the team for rivals Trek-Leopard, has won this year’s edition of the Tour of Flanders with a thrilling three way sprint finish that saw Sylvain Chavanel of Quick Step in second and the pre-race Flander’s favourite and defending champion Cancellara third. Nuyens’ home turf victory also made him the first man to twice win both the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix in the same season, making it a double blow for Cancellara who was chasing the same dream… Nuyens tackled the 256k course with its rolling hills and notorious cobblestoned sections in 6:01:20. Team RadioShack’s Sébastien Rosseler who won the Three Days De Panne event last Thursday (always something of a prelude to Flanders) was a regrettable DNF on the day.
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