With Greg Van Avermaet, Thor Hushovd, and Tylor Phinney saving themselves for Friday's E3 Harelbeke, BMC had a very young line-up in yesterday's Dwars door Vlaanderen. The many youngsters failed to make their presence felt and instead it was Stephen Cummings who put the jersey in the spotlight by joining the early break.

Steve Cummings was in the breakaway and Silvan Dillier was the BMC Racing Team's top finisher Wednesday at Dwars door Vlaanderen, as Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) soloed to the win for the second time in three years. 

The 200.8-kilometer race included 11 distinctive short – but steep – climbs, five of which featured cobblestones.

After a fast hour of racing that saw the peloton cover more than 50 kilometers, 22 riders shook free from the peloton. But the group of escapees that included Cummings was never allowed more than three minutes of freedom.

As eight remaining riders from the breakaway were being caught on the Paterberg with 30 km to go, Terpstra attacked. He gradually increased his lead to 30 seconds with 20 km to go, saw it fall to 20 seconds as four riders gave chase out of the peloton, and won by 17 seconds.

Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) won the field sprint ahead of Borut Bozic (Astana Pro Team) and Jean-Pierre Drucker (Wanty-Goubert). Dillier, in 18th place, and Klaas Lodewyck, in 32nd, were the BMC Racing Team's riders in the main finishing group.

"It was good to see Steve Cummings in the breakaway," sports director Max Sciandri said. "He made the best out of of it, especially since this is not really his kind of race. But he put himself in a good spot. Silvan was our leader for today and, though he is still a young guy, he did quite well for us."