E3 Harelbeke 2013: Fabian Cancellara lays down marker for the classics with majestic triumph in Flanders The race included 13 hills and long stretches across the windswept flatlands of Flanders in northern Belgium. The terrain largely resembled that of the March 31 Ronde of Flanders, one of the biggest one-day races of the season. Cancellara of Radioshack-Leopard crashed during the Tour of Flanders last year, fractured his collarbone, and it wrecked the rest of his season. Boonen, Cancellara and nine other riders broke away with 60 kilometres to go, and forced the Cannondale team of Sagan into a 20-kilometre chase before the pack was reunited before the two toughest hill climbs. On the Kwaremont hill, with 35 kilometres to go, Cancellara accelerated on the cobblestones and took the lead for good, using his time trial skills to build a lead and keep it up to the finish line. "My team leader said 'go,go,go'," and as a four-time world time trial champion and the 2008 Olympic gold medalist, it was all he needed. He quickly created a one-minute gap and held on to it. Boonen, who also won the Ronde last year, took seventh place here, winning the sprint of the second chasing group. The next WorldTour race is Sunday's Ghent-Wevelgem, raced over similar terrain in northern Belgium. Meanwhile, in Spain Dan Martin of the Garmin-Sharp team extended his lead in the Tour of Catalonia after the Irishman gained a bonus second by finishing third in a sprint before gaining three more seconds on second-placed Joaquim Rodríguez in the dash to the line to extend his advantage to 14 seconds with just two stages remaining. Francois Parisien, Argos-Shimano's Canadian rider, won the fifth stage of the seven-day race. E3 Harelbeke details Harelbeke - Harelbeke, 211 km: 1. Fabian Cancellara (Swi - RadioShack-Leopard) five hours eight minutes 28 seconds, 2. Peter Sagan (Svk - Cannondale) at 1min 4secs, 3. Daniel Oss (Ita - BMC Racing) same time, 4. Geraint Thomas (GB - Team Sky) s.t., 5. Sebastian Langeveld (Hol - Orica-GreenEdge) 1min 8secs, 6. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) s.t., 7. Tom Boonen (Bel - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) 2mins 15secs, 8. Luca Paolini (Ita - Katusha) s.t., 9. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor - Team Sky) s.t., 10. Sebastien Turgot (Fra - Europcar).