Grand Prix Cerami 2015: Results

Philippe Gilbert celebrates his first win of 2015. (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Philippe Gilbert (BMC) returned to his winning ways after being out of competition with a fractured leg, taking out the sprint in the Grand Prix Cerami in Belgium. It was his first race back after abandoning the Tour de Suisse in June, and he said he felt no pain during the race.

"More important than the win was that my feeling was good on the bike and that was the biggest news of the day for me," Gilbert said. "I didn't have pain the last week in training. But training is always different than a race. So for me, this is very good news for the next month."

Gilbert was part of a large group that broke off from the remainder of the peloton early in the 211km race. He beat out Danny Van Poppel (Trek) and Tom Devrient (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) in the sprint.

Gilbert was proud to win the first edition of the race named after Giuseppe "Pino" Cerami since the Belgian died at age 92 in September.

"Pino was one of the first big stars of Wallonie, so I am very proud to have my name on the list of the winners of this race," Gilbert said.

Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team	4:44:03
2	Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
3	Tom De Vriendt (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
4	Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step
5	Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
6	Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Wiggins
7	Antoine Demoitie (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
8	Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP-Powerplus
9	Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr
10	Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Rabobank Development Team
11	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
12	Jeremy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
13	Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step	0:00:06
14	Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi
15	Hartthijs De Vries (Ned) Rabobank Development Team
16	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
17	Cees Bol (Ned) Rabobank Development Team
18	Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team	0:00:09
19	Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
20	Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
21	Jens Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:00:13
22	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
23	Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step	0:00:17
24	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:00:22
25	Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) BKCP-Powerplus
26	Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:00:24
27	Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
28	Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
29	Loic Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
30	Huub Duijn (Ned) Team Roompot
31	Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
32	Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:00:32
33	Yannick Eijssen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
34	Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement	0:00:34
35	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:00:43
36	Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:51
37	Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:01:15
38	Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:01:33
39	Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:04:13
40	Joren Touquet (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team	0:05:14
41	Oliver Naesen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:05:29
42	Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek Factory Racing	0:05:31
43	Wesley Kreder (Ned) Team Roompot	0:05:33
44	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Soudal	0:05:35
45	Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:05:37
46	Martin Palm (Bel) Color Code - Aquality Protect
47	Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team	0:05:39
48	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:09:52
49	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJ.fr
50	Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx - Quick-Step
51	Boris Vallee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
52	Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale
53	Jimmy Duquennoy (Bel) Color Code - Aquality Protect
54	Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Team Roompot
55	Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Soudal