2022 Gent - Wevelgem (World Tour), Belgium

Ghent - Wevelgem (English), Gand - Wevelgem (French)

84th edition: Sunday, March 27, 2022

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Ypres - Wevelgem, 256.8 km

Biniam Girmay (left) wins in Wevelgem. Jumbo-Visma photo

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Weather at the finish city of Wevelgem at 1:45 PM, local time: 14C (58F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the organizer's race summary:

Biniam Girmay has won the 84th edition of Gent-Wevelgem. The Eritrean sprinted in Wevelgem to his first victory in a Flemish classic. He finished ahead of Laporte and Van Gestel. 

After the 84th edition of Gent Wevelgem was flagged off at 10.50am at the Menepoort in Ypres, the peloton immediately headed into Flanders Fields at a fast pace. It went fast in the first kilometres of the race and thus we had to wait a while for the early breakaway. Eventually 7 riders managed to get away from the peloton: Wallays (Cofidis), Konychev (Team BikeExchange - Jayco), Arndt (Team DSM), Jacobs (Movistar Team), Robeet (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB), De Vylder (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise) and Saugstad (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team). They managed to cycle an advantage of about 6 minutes together.

In De Moeren, the wind did not cause a shift this year. But the pace did quicken in the run-up to the first passage on Scherpenberg. Sanremo winner Mohoric's men took the initiative and launched an attack on the Scherpenberg.

The race broke open and after a crash at the back of the peloton, two groups were formed in pursuit of the leaders. Just before the first climb of Scherpenberg, a few riders were able to return from the back. At the first passage through Heuvelland and thus over the Kemmelberg, Belgian champion Van Aert also showed his nervosity. He was the first to round the first passage on the Belvedere side of the Kemmelberg.

Right after the first climb of the Kemmelberg, Greg Van Avermaet pulled everything to the side. A tight group was formed with Campenaerts (Lotto Soudal), Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), Asgreen (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux), Démare (Groupama - FDJ), Van Baarle (INEOS Grenadiers) and Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) in pursuit of the breakaway.

At the first Plugstreets - Hill 62 it was again Van Avermaet who gave the other guys a hard time. With 65 km to go, the story of the escapees, of which Jacobs was the only one left, was over. In the peloton, TotalEnergies and Jumbo Visma, whose leader Van Aert is in the second group, join forces. The difference is barely 20 seconds. At a little less than 60 km from the finish everything could start over.

The pace increased again at the second climb of the Kemmelberg. Asgreen, Van Aert, Pedersen, ... nothing but big names at the front. After the Kemmelberg Van Aert's team mate Laporte took the lead. He was accompanied by Campenaerts and Turgis (TotalEnergies), but couldn’t really get away. It was raining attacks in the run-up to the second climb of the Scherpenberg: Kragh Andersen (Team DSM), Benoot (Jumbo-Visma), Turgis... They all tried, but nobody could get away. It was waiting for the Ossuaire side of the Kemmelberg.

Then the moment of Belgian champion Van Aert had come. With a strong acceleration he sprinted away from everyone’s wheel uphill and continued. The Dane Asgreen could close the gap, together with Laporte, Kragh Andersen, Mohoric and Pedersen. Van Baarle and Benoot were also in the breakaway. At the front it didn’t work well enough and so we finally got a regrouping right before entering Ypres. Shortly after, a front group of 4 is formed: Laporte, Stuyven (Trek Segafredo), Van Gestel (TotalEnergies) and Girmay. In the chasing group Groupama - FDJ was chasing for leader Démare.

The winning break goes through the Menin Gate war memorial in Ypres.

The race was yet to become more exciting. At 3 km from the finish the difference was merely 20 seconds. Were we heading to a sprint with 4 or with a big group? It was the latter and it was Girmay who started the sprint. The 21-year old Eritrean sprinted to victory in Gent-Wevelgem. He wins ahead of Laporte and Van Gestel and thus writes a piece of cycling history.

Complete results:

Photos

172 starters, 66 abandons, 106 classified finishers

256.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.593 km/hr

1	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	5hr 37min 57sec
2	Christophe Laporte	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Dries van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
4	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
5	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	@ 8sec
6	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
7	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
8	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
9	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
12	Wout van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
13	Luka Mezgec	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
14	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
15	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
16	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
17	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
18	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
19	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
20	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
22	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
24	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
26	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
27	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	s.t.
28	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
30	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
31	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
32	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
33	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
34	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
35	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	Frederik Frison	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
38	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
39	Yves Lampaert	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:14
40	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	0:17
41	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	0:25
42	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Max Kanter	Movistar	0:27
44	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
45	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	0:29
46	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	0:42
47	Jasha Sutterlin	Bahrain Victorious	1:20
48	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
49	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	1:22
50	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	1:29
51	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	1:30
52	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
53	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
54	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
55	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
56	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
57	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
58	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
59	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:36
60	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
62	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
63	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:42
64	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:49
65	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	1:56
67	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
68	Fabio Jakobsen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	7:06
69	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
71	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	s.t.
72	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
74	Luca Mozzato	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
75	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
76	Wesley Kreder	Cofidis	s.t.
77	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
78	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
79	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	9:56
80	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
81	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
83	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
84	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
86	Kristoffer Halvorsen	Uno-X	s.t.
87	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
88	Alexander Konychev	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
89	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
90	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
92	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
93	Lars Saugstad	Uno-X	s.t.
94	Julien Morice	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
95	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
96	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
97	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
99	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
100	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
101	Andre Carvalho	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
103	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
104	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
105	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
106	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.

 

Race map & profile:

2022 Gent-Wevelgem map

2022 Gent-Wevelgem profile

2022 Gent-Wevelgem photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

On the Kemmelberg: Yves Lampaert

Greg van Avermaet

Arnaud Demare looks like he's going deep on the climb.

Jens Debusschere

Stefan Kung

Matej Mohoric

Jasper Stuyven

Wout van Aert

Kasper Asgreen

The Jumbo-Visma rider is eventual 2nd-place Christophe Laporte.

Biniam Girmay

Biniam Girmay wins a big one and makes history.

The podium, from left: Christophe Laporte (2nd), Biniam Girmay (1st) & Dries van Gestel (3rd).

Start list with back numbers, March 26, 2022:

	JUMBO-VISMA
DS	Arthur Van Donger
1	VAN AERT Wout
2	BENOOT Tiesj
3	LAPORTE Christophe
4	AFFINI Edoardo
5	TEUNISSEN Mike
6	ROOSEN Timo
7	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan
	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL
DS	Wilfried Peeters
11	KEISSE Iljo
12	JAKOBSEN Fabio
13	ASGREEN Kasper
14	BALLERINI Davide
15	LAMPAERT Yves
16	SENECHAL Florian
17	VAN LERBERGHE Bert
	LOTTO SOUDAL
DS	Niloas Maes
21	CAMPENAERTS Victor
22	VAN MOER Brent
23	DE BUYST Jasper
24	DE LIE Arnaud
25	VERMEERSCH Florian
26	FRISON Frederik
27	BEULLENS Cedric
	INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT MATÉRIAUX
DS	Hilaire Van Der Schueren
31	KRISTOFF Alexander
32	DE GENDT Aimé
33	VAN MELSEN Kevin
34	PASQUALON Andrea
35	PETIT Adrien
36	GIRMAY HAILU Biniam
37	VAN DER HOORN Taco
	AG2R-CITROEN TEAM
DS	Julien Jurdie
41	VAN AVERMAET Greg
42	NAESEN Oliver
43	DEWULF Stan
44	RAUGEL Antoine
45	SCHÄR Michael
46	TOUZÉ Damien
47	VAN HOECKE Gijs
	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN
DS	Stefano Zanini
51	BASSO Leonardo
52	BOARO Manuele
53	GAZZOLI Michele
54	FELLINE Fabio
55	MOSCON Gianni
56	MARTINELLI Davide
57	ZAKHAROV Artyom
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
DS	Enrico Poitschke
61	HAUSSLER Heinrich
62	GRADEK Kamil
63	MACIEJUK Filip
64	ARASHIRO Yukiya
65	MOHORIC Matej
66	WRIGHT Fred
67	SÜTTERLIN Jasha
	BORA-HANSGROHE
DS	Jean-Pierre Heynderickx
71	BENNETT Sam
72	MEEUS Jordi
73	HALLER Marco
74	KOCH Jonas
75	MULLEN Ryan
76	POLITT Nils
77	VAN POPPEL Danny
	COFIDIS
DS	Alain Deloeil
81	ALLEGAERT Piet
82	BOHLI Tom
83	CARVALHO André
84	CONSONNI Simone
85	KREDER Wesley
86	VANBILSEN Kenneth
87	WALLAYS Jelle
	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST
DS	Andreas Klier
91	KEUKELEIRE Jens
92	BISSEGGER Stefan
93	VAN DEN BERG Marijn
94	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael
95	LANGEVELD Sebastian
96	RUTSCH Jonas
97	SCULLY Thomas
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
DS	Frederic Guesdon
101	KÜNG Stefan
102	ASKEY Lewis
103	GENIETS Kevin
104	LE GAC Olivier
105	LIENHARD Fabian
106	LUDVIGSSON Tobias
107	DEMARE Arnaud
	INEOS GRENADIERS
DS	Servais Knaven
111	VAN BAARLE Dylan
112	NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonnatan
113	ROWE Luke
114	VIVIANI Elia
115	SWIFT Ben
116	TURNER Ben
117	PIDCOCK Thomas
	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH
DS	Dirk Demol
121	VANMARCKE Sep
122	HOULE Hugo
123	BIERMANS Jenthe
124	BRANDLE Matthias
125	EINHORN Itamar
126	VAN ASBROECK Tom
127	JONES Taj
	MOVISTAR TEAM
DS	Jose Garcia Acosta
131	ARANBURU DEBA Alex
132	ELÓSEGUI Iñigo
133	ERVITI Imanol
134	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan
135	JØRGENSEN Mathias
136	JACOBS Johan
137	KANTER Max
	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO
DS	Mathew Hayman
141	GROENEWEGEN Dylan
142	BEWLEY Sam
143	EDMONDSON Alexander
144	DURBRIDGE Luke
145	O'BRIEN Kelland
146	KONYCHEV Alexander
147	MEZGEC Luka
	TEAM DSM
DS	Philip West
151	DEGENKOLB John
152	MÄRKL Niklas
153	BOL Cees
154	VERMAERKE Kevin
155	HEINSCHKE Leon
156	ARNDT Nikias
157	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
DS	Steven De Jongh
161	STUYVEN Jasper
162	HOOLE Daan
163	KIRSCH Alex
164	PEDERSEN Mads
165	SIMMONS Quinn
166	THEUNS Edward
167	VERGAERDE Otto
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
DS	Aart Vierhouten
171	ACKERMANN Pascal
172	TRENTIN Matteo
173	BJERG Mikkel
175	RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel
176	TROIA Oliviero
177	OLIVEIRA Rui
	ALPECIN-FENIX
DS	Michel Cornelisse
181	MERLIER Tim
182	PHILIPSEN Jasper
183	BALLERSTEDT Maurice
184	RICKAERT Jonas
185	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
186	VERMEERSCH Gianni
187	DILLIER Silvan
	TOTALENERGIES
DS	Dominique Arnould
191	SAGAN Peter
193	BODNAR Maciej
194	OSS Daniel
195	TERPSTRA Niki
196	TURGIS Anthony
197	VAN GESTEL Dries
198	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
	B&B HOTELS-KTM
DS	Didier Rous
201	DEBUSSCHERE Jens
202	BARBIER Pierre
203	JAUREGUI Quentin
204	LEMOINE Cyril
205	MORICE Julien
206	MOZZATO Luca
207	WARLOP Jordi
	BARDIANI CSF FAIZANE'
DS	Luca Amoriello
211	COLNAGHI Luca
212	FIORELLI Filippo
213	BATTAGLIN Enrico
214	MODOLO Sacha
215	TONELLI Alessandro
216	ZANONCELLO Enrico
217	GABBURO Davide
	BINGOAL-PAUWELS SAUCES WB
DS	Christophe Brandt
221	DUPONT Timothy
222	ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw
223	LIVYNS Arjen
224	PAASSCHENS Mathijs
225	ROBEET Ludovic
226	PEYSKENS Dimitri
227	REX Laurenz
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
DS	Walter Planckaert
231	DE VYLDER Lindsay
232	BRAET Vito
233	COLMAN Alex
234	GHYS Robbe
235	MARIT Arne
236	FRETIN Milan
237	VAN ROOY Kenneth
	UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM
DS	Gino Vanoudenhove
241	HALVORSEN Kristoffer
242	HANSEN Lasse Norman
243	RESELL Erik Nordsaeter
244	SAUGSTAD Lars
245	SKAARSETH Anders
246	TILLER Rasmus Fossum
247	URIANSTAD Martin Bugge