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- Video: Stage 1 Final 1.5 kilometers  (French)

- Results: 2012 World Ports Classic Stage 1 Results

- Saturday's World Ports Classic Stage 2 gets underway at 11:35am CET (5:35am U.S. Eastern) and is expected to finish at around 3:42pm CET (9:42am U.S. Eastern).  World Ports Classic live streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern).

- LIVE video here.  More feeds to come.

- LIVE video via Sporza.  (Dutch)

- Expected LIVE video soon via Eurosport.  (English)

- Next update as live coverage gets underway.

- World Ports Classics Stage 1 map, profile and info here.

- New on the calendar this year, the World Ports Classic is a two-day stage race with Stage 1 Friday departing Rotterdam for Antwerp and Stage 2 Saturday returning to Rotterdam.  Riders expected on the start line include Boonen, Greipel, Renshaw, Bos, Ciolek, Henderson, Kittel, Gretsch, Freire, Westra, Van Avermaet, Burghardt, Vanmarcke, Hunter, Oss, Kroon, Lequatre,...

- Friday's World Ports Classic Stage 1 gets underway at 10:55am CET (4:55am U.S. Eastern) and is expected to finish at around 3:44pm CET (9:44am U.S. Eastern).  World Ports Classic live streaming video should get underway at around *2:00pm CET (*8:00am U.S. Eastern). *Sporza coverage is scheduled to begin at this time. Eurosport coverage is scheduled to begin around 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).  RTBF is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before Sporza but may be geo-restricted.  I expect to add other sources of live feeds at race time.

- More info and links to come.

- We will update here with the best and latest live feeds at broadcast time.

- Welcome to our live coverage guide for the 2012 World Ports Classic.