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Van Avermaet wins Gent-Wevelgem for 2nd victory in 3 days
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Van Avermaet wins Gent-Wevelgem for 2nd victory in 3 days

Published Mar. 26, 2017 1:24 p.m. ET

GENT, Belgium (AP) Olympic road champion Greg Van Avermaet won his second race in three days Sunday, beating fellow Belgian Jens Keukeleire in a two-man sprint finish to take the Gent-Wevelgem classic.

World champion Peter Sagan of Slovakia, who won last year's race, finished third.

The 249-kilometer (154.7-mile) race through Belgium included two ascents of the steep, cobbled Kemmelberg hill, one of the iconic climbs of the spring classics season.

Last year's race was overshadowed by the death of Belgian rider Antoine Demoitie after a fall.

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Sagan fell Friday in the E3 Harelbeke, which Van Avermaet also won to add to his victory last month in Het Nieuwsblad.

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