49th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - 1.HC

Belgium, March 25, 2006

Photography

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Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com

• Boonen leads Ballan on the Kwaremont
• Peter Van Petegem (Davitamon-Lotto) was strong on the Kwaremonet
• Juan Antonio Flecha on the Kwaremont
• Sergey Ivanov holding it together
• Kevin Van Impe (Quick.Step) on the rivet
• Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) in some pain
• Fabian Cancellara (CSC) with Steffen Wesemann on his wheel
• Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) wins the E3 Prijs for the third time
• Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) celebrates his victory in the E3 Prijs
• The podium after E3: Alessandro Ballan (2nd), Tom Boonen (1st, Aart Vierhouten (3rd)

Images by Elmar Krings

• That's a lot of bikes
• Cobbles…
• The peloton at km 58
• Hunt, Klier and Cancellara in the lead break
• Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile) had a great race today
• Fabian Cancellara (CSC) on the Eikenberg
• Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) on the front on the Eikenberg
• McEwen leads Boonen on the Eikenberg
• Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) never afraid to show the world champion's jersey at the front
• Chasing on the Eikenberg
• It's not easy on the Eikenberg
• The back of the bunch
• Suffer time in the peloton
• Jurgen Van Loocke (Landbouwkrediet) thinking that this can't be good for you
• Stefan Schreck (T-Mobile) with Jurgen van Loocke

Images by Michael Gernaa /procycling.dk

• Fabian Cancellara (CSC) before the start
• Matt White (Discovery Channel) looking ahead
• Luke Roberts (CSC)
• Marcus Ljungqvist (CSC)
• Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) smiles at the start
• Matt White (Discovery Channel) remembered his gloves
• Julian Dean (Credit Agricole) has doubts
• Erik Zabel (Milram) almost smiles at the start
• Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) discusses the plan
• 40 km to go, got it?'
• Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) wins the E3 Prijs
• Marcus Ljungqvist (CSC) takes sixth
• The podium after E3: Alessandro Ballan (2nd), Tom Boonen (1st, Aart Vierhouten (3rd)

Before the start

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Images by Jeff Jones/Cyclingnews.com

• One of two spare bikes for Tom Boonen
• Stiff but Boonen will get a stiffer frame
• The drive train of Boonen's spare machine
• A World Champion stem - 140mm
• A beefy Time fork for Boonen
• Nice tyres
• 177.5mm cranks for Boonen
• Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) uses alloy cranks
• A World Champ definitely needs an 11 cog
• Peter Van Petegem's Ridley Scandium
• Crowds were concentrated around the team bus area
• Steven de Jongh (Quick.Step) was the winner in 2003
• Chaos at sign on
• Brad Wiggins (Cofidis)
• The legs of the World Champion
• Tom Boonen's Time machine. No changes yet, he told us.
• Just a normal rear triangle for Tom today
• Roger Hammond (Discovery Channel) interviewed by Michel Wuyts
• Aart Vierhouten (Skil-Shimano) after a day of putting out fires
• Gert Steegmans (Davitamon-Lotto) munches on a waffle while journalists look on, with varying degrees of interest
• The start of the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

Images by Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com

• VDB chats on stage with Belgian commentator Michel Wuyts
• Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile) is feeling ok at the start
• a Lampre-Fondital rider is trying to make an impression on his colleagues
• Sergey Ivanov (T-Mobile) looks concentrated
• Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) is ready for Harelbeke
• Wim De Vocht (Davitamon-Lotto) is waiting for the race to get away
• Dimitri De Fauw (Chcolade Jacques) shows his broken little finger
• Niko Eeckhout (Chcolade Jacques) looks like having fun
• Unibet manager Koen Terryn is explaining what happened with Geert Omloop
• Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) gets ready for the start
• World champion Tom Boonen finds his way through the crowd