Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

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"Hi mate" - Taylor Phinney greets Tyler Farrar at the start...

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Brr... Luca Paolini is feeling the cold on the anniversary of his greatest-ever win here...

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Cyril Lemoine leads the day's first escape away - they'll gain about four minutes at most...

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Matteo Trentin is chasing for Omega-Pharma, a big day lies ahead for this team...

Christophe Laborie leads the escape on to the first cobblestones after 70-kilometres...

Omega-Pharma are still chasing, but are they doing too much too soon..?

Labories leads the escape on to the Muur at Geraardsbergen...

Omega-Pharma are still in control...

Jack Bauer needs a seat-post-fix...

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Thor Hushovd has crashed in the feed-zone - he tries to re-mount but he's too injured..!

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Hushod has an injured arm, it may be broken...

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The teams of Garmin and Belkin lead the way towards the cruxt of the race at the Leberg...

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Sep Vanmarcke attacks from the peloton on the Taaienberg...

Ian Stannard chases Vanmarcke...

Lemoine leads the escape over the Eikenberg, but they are about to be cuahgt...

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Taylor Phinney is trying to bridge across to Stannard's group on the Eikenberg...

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Roman Zingle falls after the summit of the Eikenberg...

Vanmarcke attacks on the cobblestones of Volkegem...

Tom Boonen reacts to Vanmarcke, but the Omega leader is totally isolated now...

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Edvald Boasson Hagen follows Boonen's move with Egoitz Garcia...

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Tyler Farrar chases Boasson-Hagen, it's all happening now..!

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Phinney launches another move on the Molenberg...

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Boasson-Hagen chases Phinney...

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Vanmarcke chases Boasson-Hagen..!

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Boasson-Hagen is about to drop Niki Terpstra on the penultimate section of cobbles...

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Greg Van Avermaet is chasing Boasson-Hagen now...

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Boasson-Hagen and Terpstra lead the race toewards Ghent by just 25-seconds...

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Boasson-Hagen attacks Terpstra..!

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Vanmarcke is the only ones chasing now..

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Van Avermaet and Stannard have replaced Boasson-Hagen and Terpstra in front...

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Stannard takes his turn at the front, is this Sky's big move..?

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Stannard leads from Van Avermaet, but the gap is closing..!

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Ian Stannard wins the 2014 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad from Van Avermaet..!

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Ian Stannard celebrates his best-ever win with Greg Van Avermaet and Edvald Boason-Hagen..!