50th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - 1.HC

Belgium, March 31, 2007

Photography

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Paolo Bettini (QuickStep) interviewed at the start by Michel Wuyts.
Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) looking pretty svelte in the Dutch champion's kit.
A rider's view of racing in Flanders.
Tom Boonen (QuickStep) and Gianni Meersman (Discovery Channel).
Paolo Bettini (QuickStep) gets some technical assistance early on.
Bettini shows how to make the best use of your team car.
Gianni Meersman (Discovery Channel) feeling the burn.
The Belgian cycling fanatics were out in force today.
Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) keeps off the Paterberg cobbles.
Paolo Bettini climbing the Paterberg.
Peter Van Petegem (QuickStep) looking trim on the Paterberg.
Jimmy Casper (Unibet) on the Paterberg.
Wim De Vocht (Predictor-Lotto) battles up the Paterberg.
Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) making use of the gutter.
Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) finished in the second group.
Oscar Freire (Rabobank) gave it everything but missed the final selection.
Bettini climbing the Oude Kwaremont.
Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) follows Bettini on the Kwaremont.
Tom Boonen (QuickStep) leads Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) on the Tiegemberg.
Boonen drives the final escape.
Boonen wearing number one after his E3 win last year.
The leading group of four descending towards the finish.
Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) wins his fourth E3.
A happy Boonen wins.
Boonen takes the sprint of four.
Tom Boonen salutes his adoring Belgian public.
Four Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) is the first to win four E3s in a row.
Cancellara and Boonen finished in the top two places.
Cancellara and Boonen let the bubbly flow.

Images by DCP/Bert Geerts

Leif Hoste (Predictor-Lotto) is popular in these parts.
Tom Boonen (QuickStep) looking cool as usual
Complete concentration from Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC).
Aart Vierhouten (Skil-Shimano) breathing hard.
Erik Zabel (Milram) finished over four minutes down on the winner today.
Gerben Löwik (Rabobank) on the pavé.
Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) the Hungarian national champion.
Leon Van Bon (Rabobank) already has a win this season in the Nokere Koerse.
Belgian champion Nico 'Rambo' Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques) pounds the pavé.
Oscar Freire (Rabobank) keeps will hidden in the peloton.
Steven De Jongh (QuickStep) is better suited to flatter races.
Gert Steegmans (QuickStep) working for Tom Boonen.

Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews

Gabriele Balducci (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) De Rosa.
Campagnolo cranks on Balducci's bike.
Ballan's bike waits to be used.
Ballan finished 2nd in 2006.
Bennati's machine before E3
Place your bet
The odds for the E3
Power for Campagnolo's electric shifting.
The electric front derailleur on a Liquigas bike
The control panel for Campagnolo's electric shifting.
DFL-Cyclngnews team car.
DFL-Cyclngnews car ready for E3.
Race food but not for the riders.
Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas) at the start.
Gasparotto's Cannondale at the start.
The Navigators' Colnagos
Colnagos all lined up before the start.
Boonen talks to the press after the race.
Boonen listens to the questions after taking his fourth E3.
Cancellara explains finale.
Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) after finishing second in E3.
Cancellara sends reporter to sleep after a hard day of work.

Start

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Eric Van Lancker is the Flemish TD for the Navigators team.
Eric Vanderaerden at the team car , hoping to get Nico Mattan in a good position today.
Nico Mattan is looking forward to these races
Scott Sunderland explained to Cyclingnews that Cancellara should hide his good form a bit more
Former MTB world champion Filip Meirhaeghe is in good form these days.
Philippe Gilbert is expected in the front today
Fuchsia colours and a banner for T-Mobile's Marcus Burghardt
Steven Cummings is the domestique for the Discovery team although he hopes for more on Flemish roads.
Jimmy Casper had a good start of the season in 2007
Stuart O'Grady and Nico Mattan are getting ready for the start
Stuart O'Grady is enjoying his good form , he hopes it will pay off during the classics next week.
Fabian Wegmann gets ready for his first meeting with cobblestones as a professional rider
Tom Boonen wasn't easy to spot this morning but there he is!
Belgian champion Niko Eeckhout and his colleagues get away.
Liquigas ends the long stretch of riders who took the start in Harelbeke.