Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne 2018: Results & News

Overview

Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) took the biggest one-day victory of his career Sunday, winning the reduced bunch sprint at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne ahead of French champion Arnaud Démare (FDJ) and Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida).

A bunch sprint finish was only confirmed late in the race with Julien Duval (AG2R La Mondiale), Loic Vliegen (BMC Racing) and finally, Julien Vermote (Dimension Data)caught in the finale. Lotto Soudal and LottoNL-Jumbo and chief protagonists in making the catch and setting up the sprint. Groenewegen then finishing the job and adding to his Dubai Tour and Volta ao Algarve stages wins earlier in the month.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo	4:51:41
2	Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Justin Jules (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	Row 9 - Cell 2

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