Keukeleire wins Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

TheCofidis rider came in just behind fellow Belgian Topsport's KrisBoeckmans and Frenchman Yohann Gene riding for Bbox Boygues Telecom.

Boeckmans won the 194.5 kilometre stage after after a bunch sprint with Gene and Keukeleire rounding out the podium.

TheTopsport riders stage win pushed him into second place on the finalclassification behind Keukeleire with Vacansoleil's Bobby Traskelfinishing third.

Keukeleire has been a revelation over the pastweek, winning the GP Le Samyn one day race and one stage in theDriedaagse van West-Vlaanderen before winning the race's overall title.

Australia'sMitch Docker, who rides for the Skil-Shimano team, won the sprintsclassification, finished third in the best young rider competition andplaced fifth overall.

Stage 3: 194.5km, Middelkerke - Ichtegem.

1Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 4:21:36, 2 YohannGene (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom, 3 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Cofidis, LeCredit En Ligne, 4 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil - Shimano, 5 EgidijusJuodvalkis (Ltu) Palmans - Cras, 6 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram, 7Alexander Porsev (Rus) Itera-Katusha, 8 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post- Sean Kelly, 9 Evgeny Popov (Rus) Itera-Katusha, 10 Rony Martias (Fra)Saur - Sojasun

Final General classification:

1 JensKeukeleire (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 12:56:39, 2 Kris Boeckmans(Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 0:00:03, 3 Bobbie Traksel (Ned)Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:00:07, 4 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil -Shimano 0:00:08, 5 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil - Shimano 0:00:10, 6 PaulVoss (Ger) Team Milram 0:00:11, 7 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun, 8Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun, 9 Nicki Sörensen (Den) TeamSaxo Bank 0:00:13, 10 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Team Radioshack 0:00:15.