Dwars door het Hageland: Jonas Rickaert victorious in Diest
Alpecin-Fenix rider tops Eekhoff


















Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin-Fenix) claimed his first professional victory at the UCI 1.Pro-ranked Dwars door het Hageland, riding away from Nils Eekhoff (Sunweb) on the cobbled climb to the Citadel in Diest.
The event was the first professional race in Belgium since the coronavirus pandemic stopped all racing in March. Riddled with a dozen dirt and gravel sectors, the dusty 180km race splintered, with Rickaert and Eekhoff riding away from a large breakaway with more than 20km to go.
The pair were evenly matched across the flat gravel sections but Eekhoff struggled early on the final climb as Rickaert leapt away to victory.
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | 4:20:20 |
| 2 | Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:00:07 |
| 3 | Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | 0:00:16 |
| 4 | Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep | |
| 5 | Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | 0:00:19 |
| 6 | Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic | 0:00:23 |
| 7 | Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 8 | Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | 0:00:25 |
| 9 | Toon Aerts (Bel) Telenet Lions | 0:00:26 |
| 10 | Bert De Backer (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | |
| 11 | Taco Van der Hoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | 0:00:29 |
| 12 | Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Total Direct Energie | |
| 13 | Aksel Nõmmela (Est) Bingoal WB | 0:00:31 |
| 14 | Yves Coolen (Bel) Beat Cycling Club | 0:00:33 |
| 15 | Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkea-Samsic | 0:00:35 |
| 16 | Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 17 | Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | |
| 18 | Joel Suter (Swi) Bingoal WB | |
| 19 | Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Bingoal WB | 0:00:42 |
| 20 | Gilles De Wilde (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:00:47 |
| 21 | Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:00:52 |
| 22 | Jan Willem Van Schip (Ned) Beat Cycling Club | 0:00:57 |
| 23 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma | 0:01:01 |
| 24 | Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | 0:01:35 |
| 25 | Matis Louvel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | 0:01:38 |
| 26 | Sander De Pestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 27 | Ivar Slik (Ned) A Bloc Ct | 0:01:48 |
| 28 | Sean De Bie (Bel) Bingoal WB | 0:02:13 |
| 29 | Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo | 0:02:56 |
| 30 | Cedric Beullens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 31 | Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | 0:03:00 |
| 32 | Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 33 | Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Team Arkea-Samsic | 0:03:04 |
| 34 | Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Readynez | |
| 35 | Lars van der Haar (Ned) Telenet Lions | |
| 36 | Jordy Bouts (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex | 0:03:06 |
| 37 | Nicolas Cleppe (Bel) Telenet Lions | 0:03:08 |
| 38 | Yentl Bekaert (Bel) Telenet Lions | |
| 39 | Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 0:03:11 |
| 40 | Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team Sunweb | |
| 41 | Jos van Emden (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 42 | Andreas Goeman (Bel) Telenet Lions | |
| 43 | Jim Aernouts (Bel) Telenet Lions | |
| 44 | Thijs Aerts (Bel) Telenet Lions | |
| 45 | Tomas Kopecký (Cze) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | |
| 46 | Anton Ferdinande (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | |
| 47 | Jeremy Cabot (Fra) Total Direct Energie | 0:03:18 |
| 48 | Romain Le Roux (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | 0:03:21 |
| 49 | Fabio van den Bossche (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:03:31 |
| 50 | Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 0:03:35 |
| 51 | Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:03:40 |
| 52 | Alvaro Jose Hodeg Chagui (Col) Deceuninck-Quickstep | |
| 53 | Stijn Steels (Bel) Deceuninck-Quickstep | |
| 54 | Aime De Gendt (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert | |
| 55 | Marco Doets (Ned) A Bloc Ct | 0:05:02 |
| 56 | Christoffer Lisson (Den) Riwal Readynez | 0:06:57 |
| 57 | Witse Meeussen (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | |
| 58 | Thomas Joseph (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex | 0:06:59 |
| 59 | Wesley Kreder (Ned) Circus-Wanty Gobert | 0:08:11 |
| DNF | Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| DNF | Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| DNF | Jarno Bellens (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | |
| DNF | Alfdan De Decker (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert | |
| DNF | Simon Sellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie | |
| DNF | Toon Vandebosch (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | |
| DNF | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Total Direct Energie | |
| DNF | Luke Verburg (Ned) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | |
| DNF | Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Circus-Wanty Gobert | |
| DNF | Stijn De Bock (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex | |
| DNF | Maxime De Poorter (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex | |
| DNF | Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Circus-Wanty Gobert | |
| DNF | Dan Gardner (GBr) Tarteletto-Isorex | |
| DNF | Florian Maitre (Fra) Total Direct Energie | |
| DNF | Adriaan Janssen (Ned) A Bloc Ct | |
| DNF | André Luijk (Ned) A Bloc Ct | |
| DNF | August Jensen (Nor) Riwal Readynez | |
| DNF | Piotr Havik (Ned) Riwal Readynez | |
| DNF | Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez | |
| DNF | Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Riwal Readynez | |
| DNF | Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | |
| DNF | Martin Pluto (Lat) A Bloc Ct | |
| DNF | Julien Morice (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | |
| DNF | Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | |
| DNF | Adrien Garel (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | |
| DNF | Christophe Noppe (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| DNF | Adrien Petit (Fra) Total Direct Energie | |
| DNF | Bas Van Der Kooij (Ned) Beat Cycling Club | |
| DNF | Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| DNF | Martin Salmon (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| DNF | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-Quickstep | |
| DNF | Tim Naberman (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| DNF | Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| DNF | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | |
| DNF | Charles Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo | |
| DNF | Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo | |
| DNF | Diether Sweeck (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| DNF | Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | |
| DNF | Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo | |
| DNF | Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| DNF | Jonas Goeman (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex | |
| DNF | Stijn Appel (Ned) A Bloc Ct | |
| DNF | Niels Vandeputte (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| DNF | Gerben Kuypers (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex | |
| DNF | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-Quickstep | |
| DNF | Corne Van Kessel (Ned) Circus-Wanty Gobert | |
| DNF | Timothy Dupont (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert | |
| DNF | Franklin Six (Bel) Bingoal WB | |
| DNF | Stijn Daemen (Ned) A Bloc Ct | |
| DNF | Kevyn Ista (Bel) Bingoal WB | |
| DNF | Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
| DNF | Luuc Bugter (Ned) Beat Cycling Club | |
| DNF | David Van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| DNF | Adam Lewis (GBr) Beat Cycling Club | |
| DNF | Alex Mengoulas (Ned) Beat Cycling Club | |
| DNF | Guillaume Seye (Bel) Beat Cycling Club | |
| DNF | Laurenz Rex (Bel) Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | |
| DNS | Emil Nygaard Vinjebo (Den) Riwal Readynez |
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