2015 E3 Harelbeke
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The 2015 E3 Harelbeke was the 58th edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycling race, which took place on 27 March and was the sixth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The defending champion was Peter Sagan (Tinkoff–Saxo), who won the 2014 edition in a four-man sprint. The race, while important in its own right as part of the spring classics season, was seen as an important part of riders' preparation for the 2015 Tour of Flanders, one of the cycling monuments that took place on many of the same roads the following week.
Route of the 2015 E3 Harelbeke
Tinkoff–Saxo's Peter Sagan (pictured at the 2015 Tour de France) was a leading contender to win the race.
Peter Sagan, Geraint Thomas and Zdeněk Štybar led the race from the Oude Kwaremont climb until Thomas' attack 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) from the finish.
Zdeněk Štybar (2nd), Geraint Thomas (1st) and Matteo Trentin (3rd)
2015 Tour of Flanders
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The 2015 Tour of Flanders was the 99th edition of the Tour of Flanders one-day cycling race. It took place on 5 April and was the eighth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The race was one of the cobbled classics and was the second of the cycling monuments on the 2015 calendar. The 2014 champion was Fabian Cancellara; he was not able to defend his title after breaking two vertebrae in a crash at E3 Harelbeke.
Alexander Kristoff became the first Norwegian winner
Bradley Wiggins leads a small group at Oude Kwaremont.
The peloton during the race