Team Sky's British contingent put on a good show in Wednesday Le Samyn in Belgium, with Luke Rowe playing an active role in the day's key escape group and Geraint Thomas and Ian Stannard make a run for it in a late breakaway.
Despite Sky's best efforts, however, the race came back together in the final two kilometres. Russian Alexei Tsatevich (Katusha) chose his moment to launch an attack with Sebastien Chavanel (Europcar) in the last kilometre. As Chavanel faded, Tsatevich kept up the momentum to come home safely ahead of Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil-DCM) and Adrien Petit (Cofidis). It's 23-year-old Tsatevich's first major victory.
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