Etixx - Quick-Step rider Mark Renshaw moved up hoping to contest the bunch arrival as the race came back together with 2.9km remaining on the last of three local circuits in 217.2km Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde Stage 2 on Wednesday. But the Australian finished 8th as Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) launched in the best position of the group, winning his second consecutive stage and extending his GC leadership.