Belgian rider Tom Boonen won the Tour of Flanders

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OUDENAARDE, Belgium -- Belgian rider Tom Boonen won the Tour of Flanders for the third time in his career, beating Italians Filippo Pozzato and Alessandro Ballan in a three-way sprint on Sunday as favourite Fabian Cancellara broke his collarbone in a crash. Nike Blazer High Femme Soldes . On the penultimate climb, the three broke away with 18 kilometres (12 miles) to go in the day-long race. In a sprint to the line, Boonen held a bike-length margin over Pozzato for his first Tour of Flanders win since 2006. Crashes marked the final stages of the classic with Switzerlands Cancellara the most notable victim. The 2010 winner of the race fell in the feed zone and was brought to the hospital in Oudenaarde for emergency care. There, a triple fracture of the right collarbone was diagnosed. Cancellara will return to Switzerland, where he will undergo an operation. Boonen came into the race as the in-form rider with victories in two other Belgian classics over the past two weeks -- the E3 and Gent-Wevelgem races. "The two scared me in the finale. They know each other well," he said of the two Italians. Ballan tried to escape twice in the final stages, and each time it was Boonen who had to close the gap. And against the quick Pozzato, Boonen had just enough reserves. "I didnt have much left but it was enough," Boonen. Boonen finished the 256-kilometre (159-mile) in 6 hours, 4 minutes and 33 seconds. Belgian rider Greg Van Avermaet finished fourth, 38 seconds behind, beating Peter Sagan of Slovakia, Dutchman Niki Terpstra and Italian Luca Paolini. The finale of the classic was altered with a new finish that included three climbs on the two toughest hills dotted along the circuit that cuts through northern Belgium. With 61 kilometres (38 miles) to go, Cancellara crashed in the middle of the pack during a chaotic stretch where the riders get their last food supplies. Cancellara remained on the asphalt for a long time before he was taken off. "It is too bad, it would have been so much better with him there too," said Boonen. Cancellara finished third last year. With 40 kilometres remaining, Sebastian Langeveld crashed into a spectator on a downhill stretch, and was also knocked out of the race. The classic was held in sunny conditions with the temperatures hovering around 12 C (55F). A group of minor riders made a first break but the favourites hit the front with 38 kilometres (24 miles), and five hills to go. Another crash with 34 kilometres to go sent a dozen riders, including Boonen, Alessandro Ballan and Filippo Pozzato clear. Surprisingly, the leaders let the pack catch up. The riders move to northern France for Paris-Roubaix next Sunday, the cobblestone classic that Boonen has already won three times. "I already have a triple and it is my favourite race," Boonen said. Nike Air Max 90 Vt Homme .Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres are shuffling their roster by promoting forward Phil Varone from their AHL affiliate in Rochester. Nike Air Max 90 Pas Cher Femme .R. Smith left Anthony Bennett standing still and Tristan Thompson on his backside.MELBOURNE, Australia - Canadian Daniel Nestor and French partner Kristina Mladenovic won their Australian Open mixed doubles semifinal on Friday, defeating Chinas Zheng Jie and American Scott Lipsky 6-3, 6-1. The victory in 55 minutes puts the 41-year-old from Toronto into his third mixed final in Australia after lifting titles in 2007 and 2011. Nestor and Mladovic will take on Indias Sania Mirza and Romanian Horia Tecau in Sundays final after the sixth seeds defeated the Australian pair of Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden 2-6, 6-3, 10-2 (match tiebreak). Nestor is bidding for his fourth mixed trophy and his second with Mladovic after the pair won Wimbledon lastt summer following a runner-up showing at the French Open. Nike Air Max 90 Femme Soldes. The first set lasted 25 minutes and ended with a break. Nestors side took an early lead in the second set with a break and then raced to 5-1 on the way to victory. Nestors team took victory with four breaks of serve, going through with 17 winners and just eight unforced errors in a polished performance. The win was all but trouble-free, with the Nestor side saving a break point in the final game before serving out the victory. Nestor owns two previous Melbourne mixed titles, winning with Elena Likhovtseva in 2007 and repeating three years ago with Slovenian Katerina Srebotnik. cheap jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '