Team Sky's Elia Viviani sprints to victory in stage two of Three Days of de Panne

Elia Viviani out-sprinted Marcel Kittel to win stage two of the Three Days of de Panne in Belgium on Wednesday.

Viviani launched off the back wheel of Kittel and held off the Etixx-QuickStep sprinter to claim his second stage win of the season, having also picked up a stage on the Dubai Tour.

Viviani sprints to victory on second day of De Panne

Video credit: TNT Sports

Alexander Kristoff, the Three Days of de Panne leader after day one, finished in third to remain top of the general classification.

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Having overcome five tough climbs in the middle of the stage, the peloton chased down the breakaway, snuffing out the threat of Pim Ligthart to set up the bunch sprint.

Viviani’s Team Sky team-mate Luke Rowe dropped out of the stage, while BMC’s Taylor Phinney did not make the start line and Andreas Schillinger crashed out with 15km of the stage remaining.

The race reaches its conclusion on Thursday with a short road stage following by an individual time trial.

Three Days of De Panne 2016, Stage Two

1. Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky

2. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx-QuickStep

3. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha

4. Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise

5. Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie

6. Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton

7. Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani-CSF

8. Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ

9. Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff

10. Ivan Savitskiy (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo all at same time

General classification

1. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha in 9-23-24

2. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana at 5 secs

3. Liuewe Westra (Ned) Astana at 10 secs

4. Mads Pedersen (Den) Stölting Service Group at 43 secs

5. Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen at 45 secs

6. Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge at 46 secs

7. Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing at 48 secs

8. Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx-QuickStep at 48 secs

9. Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha at 49 secs

10. Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise at 50 secs

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