Lampaert wins Dwars door Vlaanderen
Teunissen second and Vanmarcke third
Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Floors) retained his Dwars door Vlaanderen crown with a performance that continued his team's domination of the Belgian cobbled classics.
In pouring rain, Lampaert matched a number of key attacks in the final 25 kilometres before sailing away from a five-man break inside the final kilometre. Mike Teunissen (Team Sunweb) and Sep Vanmarcke (EF-Education First) completed the podium.
The five-man group slipped clear on one of the final major sector of cobbles with 25 kilometres to go with Vanmarcke lifting the pace after a dangerous move involving Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) and Tiesj Benoot (Lotto Soudal) was nullified.
Vanmarcke powered clear on the cobbles and only Lampaert was able to follow at first before Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), Teunissen and finally Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) made contact.
With Quick-Step monitoring the chase group, the quintet quickly built up a lead of over 40 seconds, as Van Avermaet tried in vain to mount a counter attack.
With five kilometres to go, it was clear that the break would decide the win, and Vanmarcke was the first to begin hostilities with a stinging attack from the front of group. Once again, it was Lampaert who matched him, and the Quick-Step rider responded with the same tactic as he quashed moves from Teunissen, Boasson Hagen and then Pedersen.
Lampaert appeared the freshest, his rivals knew it, but even their collective might wasn't enough to change an inevitable outcome.
Pedersen's surge off the front was swept up with just over 1,000m to go and as the pace slowed and the group began to look at each other, Lampaert sensed the moment to attack. He jumped clear with 850m to go and only looked back as he crossed the line to see the battle for the minor places unfold.
With the win, Lampaert joined an elite club of two-time winners of the race, Johan Museeuw and teammate Niki Terpstra. "It's fantastic to win. I know I'm not a champion like them but today I felt really great. It's again a WorldTour race I've won, so I'm very happy," he said.
The 26-year-old's victory continues Quick-Step's incredible spring campaign. The Belgian team have already tasted victory on 20 occasions this year, but it has been their home form that has stood out with wins in Le Samyn, the Johan Museeuw Classic, Nokere Koerse, Handzame Classics, De Panne, E3 Harelbeke, and now Dwars door Vlaanderen.
Those wins have been obtained by seven different riders – of whom Lampaert is just the latest – and with the Tour of Flanders just days away – the indications are that their run may continue a little while yet.
How it unfolded
After the relatively calm weather conditions at Gent-Wevelgem came the rain. And boy, did it rain. Wrapped head-to-toe in Gore-tex, the peloton shuffled out from Roselare with 180km ahead of them. Peter Sagan and Philippe Gilbert –both of whom stayed at home – probably had the wryest smiles of all as a number of their Ronde rivals huddled together in the opening kilometres and twitched nervously through every wet corner.
The racing itself took several hours to come to life. Perhaps the riders needed time to acclimatise to the race's new date in the calendar, or maybe it was the relentless rainfall, but it took until the second half of the race before an energised Luke Rowe attacked with 90km to go.
While much has been written surrounding Alejandro Valverde's recovery from injury, people forget that Rowe broke 20 bones in a non-cycling related accident last August. Still not back to his complete best, this was still a timely reminder of the ground he has made up. The Welshman established a 40-second lead before taking on the Kluisberg. He was eventually reeled in less than 30km later.
With 65km remaining BMC Racing, and then Quick-Step sprung to life, with both teams surging to the front. Despite the atrocious conditions, Van Avermaet's neat Olympic gold bands were just about distinguishable as he sat patiently in a line of teammates on the first ascent of the Knokteberg.
Once Rowe was brought back, Tony Martin accelerated clear, with Valverde and Heinrich Haussler determined to leave their marks too. Martin would eventually fall on a corner, but the German was still in contention and marked several moves before Quick-Step upped the pace - as they did in 2017 – with an attack on the Tainenberg.
Zdenek Stybar's turn of speed was too much for the rest of the sodden pack, with even Van Avermaet fading away. With 53km to go, the Czech rider sat up, but the strongest riders were beginning to impose themselves. Van Avermaet moved clear soon after with Benoot, Valverde and Martin for company but the Olympic champion never looked like creating a definitive selection. Lampaert, Gianni Moscon (Team Sky), Boasson Hagen, Pedersen, Vanmarcke and John Degenkolb completed the lead group.
Despite so many team leaders out front, Astana and LottoNL-Jumbo were about to bring the group back, but on the second and final ascent of the Knokteberg, the race split again, with Benoot and a desperate Van Avermaet going clear. Their lead never moved beyond the 12-second mark, with Lampaert, Niki Terpstra, Stybar, Valverde, Vanmarcke, Pedersen, Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo), Teunissen, Boasson Hagen, Moscon, and Timo Roosen (LottoNL-Jumbo) all making the juncture.
With BMC looking spent, and Quick-Step deliberating over who would attack next, Vanmarcke accelerated on the cobbled sector through Varent. Van Avermaet's head went down, but Lampaert was astute enough to see the danger, and along with Teunissen, Boasson Hagen, and Pedersen, they scampered away. Benoot, Van Avermaet and finally Stybar mounted late chases, but just over 20km later it was Lampaert who seized the moment with the most telling attack.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | 4:09:40 |
2 | Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:00:02 |
3 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors | 0:00:29 |
7 | Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:30 |
8 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:59 |
9 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team | 0:02:42 |
15 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb | 0:04:01 |
39 | Justin Jules (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | 0:06:47 |
40 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | August Jensen (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Lukas Spengler (Swi) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Maxime Vantomme (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Wout Van Aert (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | 0:11:49 |
88 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Milan Menten (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Casper Pedersen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:11:51 |
93 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Stijn Steels (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:11:54 |
102 | Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Quick-Step Floors | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Dennis van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Sky | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
114 | Zico Waeytens (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:12:01 |
116 | Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rudy Barbier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Sky | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Thomas Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sean De Bie (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Veranda's Willems Crelan | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda's Willems Crelan | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simon Sellier (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Shane Archbold (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Peter Koning (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport | Row 164 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 166 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | Row 167 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kenny Dehaes (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | Row 168 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julien Stassen (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | Row 169 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jimmy Duquennoy (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | Row 170 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aviv Yechezkel (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 171 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 172 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 173 - Cell 2 |
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