2016 Three Days of De Panne

The 2016 Three Days of De Panne (Dutch: Driedaagse De Panne–Koksijde) was the 40th edition of the Three Days of De Panne cycling stage race. The race included four stages, two of which took place on the final day. It was rated as a 2.HC event in the 2016 UCI Europe Tour.

2016 Three Days of De Panne

2016 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	March 29, 2016 (2016-03-29)–March 31, 2016 (2016-03-31)
Stages	4
Distance	535 km (332.4 mi)
Winning time	12hr 08' 19"
Results
Winner  Lieuwe Westra (NED) (Astana)   Second  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) (Team Katusha)   Third  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (Astana) Points  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) (Team Katusha) Mountains  Loïc Vliegen (BEL) (BMC Racing Team) Sprints  Danny van Poppel (NED) (Team Sky)   Team Astana
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Stages

2016 Three Days of De Panne winner Lieuwe Westra (Astana)

The race includes four stages. The first three of these are road stages, while the fourth is an individual time trial.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	29 March	De Panne to Zottegem	198.2 km (123.2 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
2	30 March	Zottegem	211.1 km (131.2 mi)		Hilly stage	Elia Viviani (ITA)
3a	31 March	De Panne	111.5 km (69.3 mi)		Flat stage	Marcel Kittel (GER)
3b		De Panne	14.2 km (9 mi)		Individual time trial	Maciej Bodnar (POL)
Total		535 km (332.4 mi)

Teams

22 teams took part in the 2016 Three Days of De Panne. 11 of these were UCI WorldTeams and the remaining 11 were UCI Professional Continental teams.^[1] Wanty–Groupe Gobert withdrew before the start of the race on Monday 28 March after the death of Antoine Demoitié in Gent–Wevelgem a day earlier.^[2]

UCI WorldTeams

• Astana
• BMC Racing Team
• Etixx–Quick-Step
• FDJ
• Team Katusha
• Lampre–Merida
• Lotto–Soudal
• Team Sky
• Tinkoff
• Cannondale
• Orica–GreenEDGE

UCI Professional Continental Teams

• Bardiani–CSF
• Bora–Argon 18
• Cofidis
• Direct Énergie
• Gazprom–RusVelo
• Nippo–Vini Fantini
• ONE Pro Cycling
• Roompot–Oranje Peloton
• Stölting Service Group
• Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Southeast–Venezuela

Stages

Stage 1

29 March 2016, De Panne to Zottegem, 198.2 km (123.2 mi)

Stage 1 result[3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha 4hr 22' 34" 2  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 0" 3  Lieuwe Westra (NED) Astana + 0" 4  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Stölting Service Group + 29" 5  Luke Rowe (GBR) Team Sky + 29" 6  Pim Ligthart (NED) Lotto–Soudal + 36" 7  Manuel Belletti (ITA) Southeast–Venezuela + 36" 8  Juraj Sagan (SVK) Tinkoff + 36" 9  Sean De Bie (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 36" 10  Marco Haller (AUT) Team Katusha + 36"

General classification after stage 1[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha 4hr 22' 24" 2  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 1" 3  Lieuwe Westra (NED) Astana + 6" 4  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Stölting Service Group + 39" 5  Luke Rowe (GBR) Team Sky + 39" 6  Luke Durbridge (AUS) Orica–GreenEDGE + 42" 7  Tony Martin (GER) Etixx–Quick-Step + 44" 8  Rick Zabel (GER) BMC Racing Team + 44" 9  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Team Katusha + 45" 10  Pim Ligthart (NED) Lotto–Soudal + 46"

Stage 2

30 March 2016, Zottegem to Koksijde, 211.1 km (131.2 mi)

Stage 2 result[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Elia Viviani (ITA) Team Sky 5hr 01' 04" 2  Marcel Kittel (GER) Etixx–Quick-Step + 0" 3  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha + 0" 4  Amaury Capiot (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 5  Adrien Petit (FRA) Direct Énergie + 0" 6  Raymond Kreder (NED) Roompot–Oranje Peloton + 0" 7  Paolo Simion (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 0" 8  Marc Sarreau (FRA) FDJ + 0" 9  Erik Baška (SVK) Tinkoff + 0" 10  Ivan Savitskiy (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 0"

General classification after stage 2[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha 9hr 23' 24" 2  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 5" 3  Lieuwe Westra (NED) Astana + 10" 4  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Stölting Service Group + 43" 5  Bert Van Lerberghe (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 45" 6  Luke Durbridge (AUS) Orica–GreenEDGE + 46" 7  Rick Zabel (GER) BMC Racing Team + 48" 8  Tony Martin (GER) Etixx–Quick-Step + 48" 9  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Team Katusha + 49" 10  Amaury Capiot (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 50"

Stage 3a

31 March 2016, De Panne to De Panne, 111.5 km (69.3 mi)

Stage 3a result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Marcel Kittel (GER) Etixx–Quick-Step 2hr 27' 03" 2  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bora–Argon 18 + 0" 3  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha + 0" 4  Amaury Capiot (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 5  Luka Mezgec (SVN) Orica–GreenEDGE + 0" 6  Marc Sarreau (FRA) FDJ + 0" 7  Michael Van Staeyen (BEL) Bardiani–CSF + 0" 8  Erik Baška (SVK) Tinkoff + 0" 9  Raymond Kreder (NED) Roompot–Oranje Peloton + 0" 10  Marko Kump (SVN) Lampre–Merida + 0"

General classification after stage 3a[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha 11hr 50' 25" 2  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 7" 3  Lieuwe Westra (NED) Astana + 12" 4  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Stölting Service Group + 45" 5  Bert Van Lerberghe (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 47" 6  Luke Durbridge (AUS) Orica–GreenEDGE + 48" 7  Rick Zabel (GER) BMC Racing Team + 50" 8  Tony Martin (GER) Etixx–Quick-Step + 50" 9  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Team Katusha + 51" 10  Amaury Capiot (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 52"

Stage 3b

31 March 2016, De Panne to De Panne, 14.2 km (8.8 mi) (ITT)

Stage 3b result[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Maciej Bodnar (POL) Tinkoff–Saxo 17' 39" 2  Tony Martin (GER) Etixx–Quick-Step + 0" 3  Tom Bohli (SUI) BMC Racing Team + 0" 4  Lieuwe Westra (NED) Astana + 3" 5  Johan Le Bon (FRA) FDJ + 19" 6  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Direct Énergie + 22" 7  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 24" 8  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha + 28" 9  Stefan Küng (SUI) BMC Racing Team + 29" 10  Luke Durbridge (AUS) Orica–GreenEDGE + 31"

Final general classification[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Lieuwe Westra (NED) Astana 12hr 08' 19" 2  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha + 13" 3  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 16" 4  Tony Martin (GER) Etixx–Quick-Step + 35" 5  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Direct Énergie + 59" 6  Luke Durbridge (AUS) Orica–GreenEDGE + 1'04" 7  Stefan Küng (SUI) BMC Racing Team + 1'06" 8  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Stölting Service Group + 1'19" 9  Nils Politt (GER) Team Katusha + 1'19" 10  Johan Le Bon (FRA) FDJ + 1'19"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Sprints classification	Team classification
1	Alexander Kristoff	Alexander Kristoff	Alexander Kristoff	Loïc Vliegen	Danny van Poppel	Astana
2	Elia Viviani
3a	Marcel Kittel
3b	Maciej Bodnar	Lieuwe Westra
Final		Lieuwe Westra	Alexander Kristoff	Loïc Vliegen	Danny van Poppel	Astana