Magnus Backsted, Three Days of De Panne time trial Your favorite Swede is back and better than ever! After a relatively calm morning stage, Magnus demonstrated his quiet strength and finesse with a solid second place finish in the afternoon time trial. His powerful performance moved him up from 19th to finish the grueling Three Days of De Panne 8th overall!

The morning’s 119 km stage had the usual doomed break and final mass sprint. The younger riders jumped in the final fray with CJ finishing 14th and Tyler 18th. Maggy rode conservatively, saving it up for the TT. Obviously his wisdom paid off.

Slipstream stage 3a results
1. Mark Cavendish 2:53′36″

14. Chris Sutton
18. Tyler Farrar
27. Magnus Backstedt
75. Martijn Maaskant
76. Mike Friedman
134. Huub Duyn

Slipstream stage 3b ITT results
1. Joost Posthuma 16′27″

2. Magnus Backstedt +15″
18. Tyler Farrar +46″
28. Martijn Maaskant +1′01″

Slipstream GC FINAL
1. Joost Posthuma 14h15′05″

8. Magnus Backstedt +58″
16. Tyler Farrar +1′29″
31. Martijn Maaskant +2′03″