sky 's geraint thomas had to settle for 14th place in an incident-packed tour of flanders as norwegian alexander kristoff took victory in a sprint finish with holland 's niki terpstra .
he was in contention for much of sunday 's race as team sky set the pace in the peloton for lengthy periods , but the welshman was unable to recover ground as kristoff -lrb- team katusha -rrb- and third-place finish at the gent-wevelgem sprint classic .
norway 's kristoff poses after beating off competition from niki terpstra to win the tour of flanders race .