November 13, 2011 (Hamme-Zogge, Belgium) – Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) AA Drink-Leontien.nl soloed in for the win in the women’s race at round three of the Superprestige Series in Hamme-Zogge, Belgium with U23 rider Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra) AC Bazancourt in second and Sanne Cant (Bel) BOXX Veldritacademie third on the podium. Canada’s Vicki Thomas (Ottawa.cx) finished in 24th.

Reigning world champ Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quickstep Cycling Team powered in for the win in the men’s race with 9-second margin over Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb-Revor in second with Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet in third. Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus in 4th today continues to lead the series after 3 rounds.

Results (brief)

Elite Women

1. Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) AA Drink-Leontien.nl     0:40:35
2. Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra)     0:18
3. Sanne Cant (Bel) BOXX Veldritacademie

24. Vicki Thomas (Can) Ottawa.cx     7:06    

Elite Men

1.  Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:04:20
2. Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb-Revor     0:09
3.  Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
4. Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus     0:31