Three Days of De Panne 2008

The Three Days of De Panne held over April 1/3 along the Belgium coast.

The race, a Minor classic, is seen by many as final preparation for the following Sunday's Tour of Flanders. Alessandro Ballan heads the entry after winning both the Three Days of De Panne and the Tour of Flanders in 2007.

The Three Days of De Panne covers four stages over three days in Western Flanders. Stage one is relatively straight forward, but stage two brings with it the climb and descent of the scary Kemmelberg.

On the final day the action is split into two stages A and B. The first starts and finish at the sea side town of De Panne (Long sandy beaches) whilst in the afternoon they ride a time trial that takes in Koksijde, well known as the venue of the World Cup Cross race so popular with the British fans.

UK riders set to start are Roger Hammond, Ian Stannard and Mark Cavendish

The stages
01.04. 1st Stage: Middelkerke - Zottegem (192 km)
02.04. 2nd Stage: Zottegem - Koksijde (228 km)
03.04. 3rd Stage: De Panne - De Panne (119 km)
03.04. 4th Stage: De Panne - Koksijde - De Panne (EZF, 13,7 km)

Entry (Team Profiles)

LAMPRE
1 BALLAN Alessandro
2 BALDATO Fabio
3 NAPOLITANO Danilo
4 FORNACIARI Paolo
5 BANDIERA Marco
6 MORI Massimiliano
7 MURRO Christian
8 SPILAK Simon

QUICK STEP
11 DEVOLDER Stijn
12 BOONEN Tom
14 DE JONGH Steven
15 HULSMANS Kevin
16 ROSSELER Sébastien
17 GRABOVSKYY Dmytro
18 WEYLANDT Wouter
19 STEEGMANS Gert

ASTANA
21 IVANOV Serguei
22 VAITKUS Tomas
23 GUSEV Vladimir
24 MURAVYEV Dmitriy
25 HASELBACHER René
26 KEMPS Aaron
27 RAST Grégory
28 SCHÄR Michael

SAUNIER DUVAL-SCOTT
31 BELOHVOSCIKS Raivis
32 ALARCON GARCIA
33 PASSERON Aurélien
34 PAGLIARINI BRA19780418
35 CAPELLI Ermanno
36 DEL NERO MONTES
37 FLAHAUT Denis
38 GOMEZ GOMEZ Angel

SILENCE-LOTTO
41 HOSTE Leif
42 MCEWEN Robbie
43 DE VOCHT Wim
44 ROELANDTS Jurgen
45 VAN AVERMAET Greg
46 GARDEYN Gorik
47 SENTJENS Roy
48 TJALLINGII Maarten

RABOBANK
51 TANKINK Bram
52 BOVEN Jan
53 POSTHUMA Joost
54 FLENS Rick
55 BROWN Graeme
56 KOZONTCHUK Dmitry
57 ELIJZEN Michiel

HIGH ROAD
61 HINCAPIE George
62 KLIER Andreas
63 CAVENDISH Mark
64 KNAVEN Servais
65 GRABSCH Bert
66 EISEL Bernhard
67 HAMMOND Roger
68 SIEBERG Marcel

BOUYGUES TELECOM
71 GENE Yohann
72 LABBE Arnaud
73 MARTIAS Rony
74 PÜTSEP Erki
75 RENIER Franck
76 BELGY Julien
77 TURGOT Sébastien
78 CLAUDE Mathieu

LIQUIGAS
81 FRANZOI Enrico
82 QUINZIATO Manuel
83 WILLEMS Frederik
84 BODNAR Maciej
85 CHICCHI Francesco
86 CORIONI Claudio
87 CURTOLO Alberto
88 DA DALTO Mauro

FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
91 CHAVANEL Sébastien
92 MEERSMAN Gianni
93 GUDSELL Timothy
94 HUTAROVICH Yauheni
95 LADAGNOUS Matthieu
96 MENGIN Christophe
97 OFFREDO Yoann

TEAM MILRAM
101 VELITS Martin
102 GRABSCH Ralf
103 EICHLER Markus
104 GAJEK Artur
105 LANCASTER Brett
106 KUX Christian
107 POITSCHKE Enrico
108 TERPSTRA Niki

ELK HAUS - SIMPLON
111 RUCKER Stefan
112 SUMMER Jochen
113 LAUSCHA Robert
114 MURER Wolfgang
115 THURAU Bjorn
117 RADOCHLA Steffen
118 STARZENGRUBER

TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS
121 IGNATIEV Mikhail
122 CHERNETSKIY Ilya
123 ESKOV Nikita
124 GOTTFRIED Alexander
125 RICCIO Bernardo
126 BRUTT Pavel
127 TRUSOV Nikolay

BARLOWORLD
131 COOKE Baden
132 HUNTER Robert
133 GASPAROTTO Enrico
134 CACCIA Diego
135 CALCAGNI Patrick
136 IMPEY Daryl
137 LONGO BORGHINI
138 SCOGNAMIGLIO Carlo

CYCLE COLLSTROP
141 WESEMANN Steffen
142 LAGUTIN Sergey
143 BOZIC Borut
144 GILING Bastiaan
145 GOLAS Michal
146 KOLESNIKOV Sergey
147 KOPP David
148 MARCATO Marco

SLIPSTREAM CHIPOTLE PRESENTED BY H30
151 BACKSTEDT Magnus
152 COZZA Steven
153 HUUB Duyn
154 FARRAR Tyler
155 FRIEDMAN Michael
156 FRISCHKORN William
157 SUTTON Christopher
158 MAASKANT Martijn

PSK WHIRLPOOL - AUTHOR
161 ANDRLE René
162 BECKA Radek
163 SCHULZE André
164 BUCHACEK Tomas
165 KELLER Patrick
166 KLOUCEK Frantisek
167 DLOUHY Vojtech
168 KOZUBEK Stanislav

MITSUBISHI-JARTAZI
171 VANLANDSCHOOT
172 DAVIS Allan
173 MIKHAILOV Guennadi
174 MOURIS Jens
175 OMLOOP Geert
176 TOMBAK Janek
177 VAN DIJK Stefan
178 VERHEYEN Geert

TEAM VOLKSBANK
181 HUNGERBÜHLER
182 LUDESCHER Philipp
183 MUSIOL Daniel
184 POLLACK Olaf
185 PRESSLAUER Peter
186 WEISSINGER René
187 BENETSEDER Josef

LANDBOUWKREDIET - TONISSTEINER
191 AMORISON Frédéric
192 MEIRHAEGHE Filip
193 BOUCHER David
194 CAPPELLE Andy
195 KUYCKX Jan
196 NEIRYNCK Kevin
197 STANNARD Ian
198 STEELS Tom

TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN
201 DE HAES Kenny
202 GODDAERT Kristof
203 VAN HECKE Preben
204 EECKHOUT Niko
205 COENEN Johan
206 HOVELYNCK Kurt
207 VANHEULE Bart
208 VANSPEYBROOCK

SKIL-SHIMANO
211 WAGNER Robert
212 CURVERS Roy
213 DEN BAKKER Maarten
214 DEROO David
215 JIN Long
216 SIEDLER Sebastian
217 VAN HUMMEL Kenny
218 VEELERS Tom

ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO
221 PAOLINI Luca
222 ANDRIOTTO Dario
223 DONATI Alessandro
224 KUNITSKI Andrei
225 MASCIARELLI Andrea
226 MASCIARELLI Simone
227 MILAN JIMINEZ Diego
228 PALUMBO Giuseppe