Radioshack Nissan Trek and Jesse Sergent were ready to defend defend Sergent’s 2011 race title, and although the prologue was won by Michal Kwiatkowsk the team set their fingerprint on the first day in Three Days of West Flanders.
The team’s two young riders Robert Wagner and Jesse Sergent placed 3rd and 5th respectively.
Jesse Sergent started off his turn in fast forward mode, and at one point he was 8 seconds faster than teammate Wagner, but couldn’t keep up the pace and lost two seconds to Wagner.
All in all a good start for Radioshack Nissan Trek.
Top 10, Prologue
1 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:08:00.430
2 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:04.023
3 Robert Thomas Wagner (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan 0:00:08.953
4 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:10.125
5 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan 0:00:10.199
6 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:10.488
7 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:12.738
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:00:13.293
9 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:13.691
10 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:15.476
Radioshack Nissan Trek, Prologue
3 Robert Thomas Wagner (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan 0:00:08.953
5 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan 0:00:10.199
47 Benjamin King (USA) Radioshack-Nissan 0:00:34.039
51 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Radioshack-Nissan 0:00:36.508
83 Matthew Busche (USA) Radioshack-Nissan 0:00:44.140
96 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan 0:00:47.668
111 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Radioshack-Nissan 0:00:50.738
171 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Radioshack-Nissan 0:01:08.254
By Jens S. Christensen
