The 2013 E3 Harelbeke was the 56th running of the

E3 Harelbeke E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 kil ...

single-day cycling race. It was held on 22 March 2013, over a distance of and was the sixth race of the

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season. The race was won for the third time by rider

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, after he made a solo attack with around remaining of the race. Second place went to

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of the team, while third place went to the 's

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; both of those riders finished 64 seconds behind Cancellara.

Teams

As E3 Harelbeke was a UCI World Tour event, all UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Originally, eighteen ProTeams were invited to the race, with six other squads given wildcard places, and as such, would have formed the event's 24-team peloton. subsequently regained their ProTour status after an appeal to the

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. With not originally invited to the race, race organisers announced their inclusion to the race, bringing the total number of teams competing to twenty-five. Each of the 25 teams entered eight riders to the race, making up a starting peloton of 200 riders. The 25 teams that competed in the race were:

Teams

Results

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