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Peter Sagan (Cannondale) moves to the front to challenge the leaders (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack - Leopard) solos to the win at E3 Harelbeke (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Fabian Cancellara was once again incredibly strong (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Omega Pharma QuickStep swarm the front of the bunch in E3 Harelbeke (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Ian Stannard (Team Sky) (Image credit: Gruber Images)
The early break in E3 Harelbeke (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Gent-Wevelgem winner Peter Sagan (Cannondale) (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Gent-Wevelgem winner Peter Sagan (Cannondale) (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Gilbert leads two national champions at Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Omega Pharma-Quickstep and Blanco lead a frantic chase (Image credit: Gruber Images)
The peloton races through Ieper (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Omega Pharma-Quickstep and Blanco lead a frantic chase (Image credit: Gruber Images)
IAM Haussler: The Australian leads the winning break (Image credit: Gruber Images)
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Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma Quick Step) in full flight (Image credit: Gruber Images)
QuickStep on the front in E3 Harelbeke (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack) heads towards his third win in E3 (Image credit: Gruber Images)
A GreenEdge rider makes use of a push (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Philippe Gilbert (BMC) gets out of the saddle (Image credit: Gruber Images)
A RadioShack rider takes a tumble in E3 Harelbeke (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Garmin-Sharp's Johan Vansummeren (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Fabian Cancellara rides away from his rivals in E3 Harelbeke (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma QuickStep) (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Tom Boonen stretches his legs (Image credit: Gruber Images)
In their sights: a group chases down a lone rider in Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Heinrich Haussler braves the conditions at Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Gruber Images)
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Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) (Image credit: Gruber Images)
World Champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC) (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Ian Stannard leads Sky's assault (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Gent-Wevelgem 2013 (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack) leads the field in Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma QuickStep) in Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Peter Sagan (Cannondale) (Image credit: Gruber Images)
The favourites stretch their legs in Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Gruber Images)
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Haussler has to settle for fourth in the sprint at Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Gruber Images)
A QuickStep rider takes on Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Gruber Images)
BMC and Sky take control of the peloton (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack) (Image credit: Gruber Images)
The peloton splits (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Two Sky riders on the front in a cold edition of Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) out of the saddle (Image credit: Gruber Images)
The early three-man break work together in the near freezing conditions (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) on the rivet (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Garmin's only finisher in Gent-Wevelgem would be Johan Vansummeren (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Teamy Sky) on the back (Image credit: Gruber Images)
The peloton reach the north coast of Belgium (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Gent-Wevelgem 2013 (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Eisel looks back for support but realises he has to take on Sagan on his own (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Juan Antonio Flecha takes a turn in the break (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Bodnar sets up Sagan for the win in Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Gruber Images)
Fabian Cancellara romped away to his third win in four years in E3 Harelbeke with a demonstration as complete as either of his Flanders or Roubaix wins in 2010. The RadioShack rider attacked on Oude Kwaremont with all of 35 kilometres to go, arriving in Harelbeke with more than a minute on his closest rivals.
In Gent-Wevelgem , Peter Sagan finally found the right combination of talent and tactics to win his first major race on Belgian soil.
Both wins set Cancellara and Sagan up as the major favourites for Sunday's Tour of Flanders , and while the attention slowly turns to the second Monument of the season Jered and Ashley Gruber provide a look back at E3 and Gent-Wevelgem with some of the best photos on the web.
The couple spends the Classics season on the road, and after Milan-San Remo travelled to Belgium where they are based for the coming weeks and have sifted through their best images to provide Cyclingnews with this fantastic gallery .