Arnaud Demare (FDJ) used a 4th place finish in yesterday's stage to take over the lead in the Driedaagse van de Panne. Not known as a strong time triallist, the French sprinter knows that it will be difficult to fight for the overall win, and he prefers to target a stage win in the morning stage.

Arnaud Demare used his strong condition to put himself in a perfect position in the Driedaagse van de Panne when he joined the decisive break on stage 1 and was only narrowly beaten by Peter Sagan (Cannondale) in the sprint. With Sagan preferring to deliberately give away the overall lead, Demare found himself in the white leader's jersey ahead of the final day of racing.

With an all-decisive time trial in the afternoon, the FDJ rider knows that his chances to keep hold of the jersey all the way to the end are limited.

"It is nice, but I think it will be short-lived," he said. "I am not a time trial specialist. Maybe I can pick up some bonus seconds along the way, but it will not be enough to challenge for the overall win."

Instead, the 2011 U23 world champion will target success in the morning stage which often ends in a sprint.

"It will be better to target a stage victory in the short morning stage. A place in the top 50 in the time trial will leave me no chance keep the overall lead."

You can follow Demare's exploits in Belgium on CyclingQuotes.com/live. Starting at 10.15 and 14.45 respectively, we bring you all the action from the final two stages.