Sacha Modolo continued his excellent start for Lampre-Merida when he added another win to his tally less than 24 hours after winning the second stage of the Driedaagse van De Panne. Having emerged as the strongest in the hectic and dangerous sprint in the firste half-stage on the final day, the Italian admitted that he has good legs at the moment.

After winning yesterday's second stage of the Driedaagse van De Panne, Sacha Modolo said that he was starting to get a feeling for the Flemish races. Several years as part of the Bardiani team had only allowed him to do a predominantly Italian programme and so he finds himself with little experience when it comes to handle the cobbles in Belgium.

Today Modolo again showed that his understanding of these difficult races are on the race after he won today's first half-stage of the Belgian race. After yesterday's victory had been taken at the end of a hard, selective race, today's win came in a very dangeros sprint at the end of a more straightforward race.

After winning yesterday's stage, Modolo and his Lampre-Merida team had to take more responsibility in the chase of the early breakaway. Niccolo Bonifazio, Elia Favilli and Andrea Palini all did an excellent job in the early part of the race before the great lead-out train of Davide Cimolai and Maximiliano Richeze again proved its worth.

With positioning in the final turn being of utmost importance, the team to control in the finale and made sure that Modolo got through the turn in 5th position. He finally launched a powerful sprint that nobody could match and he admitted to having excellent legs at the moment.

"Today my opponents looked more at me and the team was also expected to take greater responsibility in the race," he said. "Regarding the teamwork, I had no doubt that my teammates would do it to perfection.

"In the finale we were a bit far back, but Cimolai passed me and took me to the last corner. On the final straight, the opponents sprinted in the right-hand side. I went down the left although it was harder. Then my legs did the rest. Having seen my teammates giving their all for me, I needed to excel in the sprint."

Modolo started the final time trial in the overall top 10 but the discipline has never been a favourite and he dropped down to 22nd in the overall standings. He will next line up at the Tour of Flanders in support of Filippo Pozzato.