2022 Primus Classic-Impanis-Van Petegem (1.Pro), Belgium
23rd edition (12th professional edition): Saturday, September 17, 2022
Primus Classic Impanis-Van Petegem podium history | 2021 edition | 2023 edition
Brakel - Haacht, 199.3 km
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Jordi Meeus wins the Primus Classic.
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Weather at the finish city of Haacht at 2:00 PM, local time: 13C (55F), rain showers, with the wind from the northwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). During the afternoon the chance for rain will drop, but still vary between 12% & 40%.
The race: Here's the report from winner Jordi Meeus' Team Bora-hansgrohe.
Another rainy day awaited the riders in Belgium at the Primus-Classic today. Even a sprint was expected, the quite undulated parkours offered plenty of option to attack. Right from the gun four riders went clear from the bunch and were joined from a strong chasing group with 25km remaining. But the sprinter teams worked well together and in the end, all was set for a bunch sprint.
Ide Schelling moved up with Jordi Meeus on the last three kilometers and as they were at the head of the bunch, both were able to avoid a crash with two kilometers to go. On the home straight Jordi proved to be the fastest guy today and took a close victory ahead of Arnaud Démare.
Here's another view of the sprint.
“With the rain in the end the finale was really hectic. Ide positioned me very well and due to his work, we avoided the crash. Also on the home straight he kept the speed high, which was important. Demare started his sprint early, it was close, but my timing was perfect, and I knew I could overtake him in the end. I am really happy with this victory but also about my shape today.” – Jordi Meeus
“We didn’t have too much luck yesterday and therefore this victory today tastes even sweeter. The team worked well together until the pre-final and the support for Jordi was really good. Martin and Marco kept him out from the wind in the beginning and after the first splits Patrick did a great job. In the final we had two riders in the first bunch and had to play a little poker. The boys moved up when it mattered, and Jordi was able to deliver a perfect sprint. Great teamwork and finished off perfectly from Jordi today.” – Jean-Pierre Heynderickx, Sports Director
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Complete results:
197.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.752 km/hr
| 1 | Jordi Meeus | BORA-hansgrohe | 4hr 43min 32sec |
| 2 | Arnaud Démare | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 3 | Max Kanter | Movistar | s.t. |
| 4 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 5 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 6 | Anthony Turgis | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 7 | Simone Consonni | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 8 | Oliver Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 9 | Dries De Bondt | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 10 | Pierre Gautherat | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 11 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 12 | Erik Resell | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 13 | Ide Schelling | BORA-hansgrohe | @ 4sec |
| 14 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 15 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 16 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 17 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 18 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 19 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 20 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 21 | Piet Allegaert | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 22 | Mathijs Paasschens | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 23 | Edward Theuns | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 24 | Sandy Dujardin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 25 | Ward Vanhoof | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 26 | Dries Van Gestel | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 27 | Lennert Teugels | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 28 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 29 | Axel Zingle | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 30 | Thomas Joseph | Minerva Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 31 | Dimitri Peyskens | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 32 | Jonas Rutsch | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 33 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 34 | Tomas Kopecky | Abloc CT | s.t. |
| 35 | Greg Van Avermaet | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 36 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 37 | Kamiel Bonneu | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 38 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 39 | Florian Vermeersch | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 40 | Milan Menten | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | 0:09 |
| 41 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 0:19 |
| 42 | Gianni Vermeersch | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:21 |
| 43 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | 0:25 |
| 44 | Aaron Van Poucke | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 45 | Casper Pedersen | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 46 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 47 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 48 | Victor Campenaerts | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 49 | Jan Bakelants | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 50 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | 0:36 |
| 51 | Jens Keukeleire | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 52 | Marijn Van Den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:46 |
| 53 | Alexandre Delettre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 54 | Stan Van Tricht | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 1:05 |
| 55 | Markus Hoelgaard | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 56 | Brent Van Moer | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 57 | Dimitri Claeys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:17 |
| 58 | Alexander Kristoff | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:44 |
| 59 | Ilan Van Wilder | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 60 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 61 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 62 | Dries Devenyns | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 63 | Lionel Taminiaux | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:52 |
| 64 | Thibaut Ponsaerts | Minerva Cycling Team | 2:10 |
| 65 | Martin Urianstad | Uno-X | 2:25 |
| 66 | Bram Welten | Groupama-FDJ | 2:28 |
| 67 | Edward Planckaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:32 |
| 68 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | 2:54 |
| 69 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | 4:07 |
| 70 | Niki Terpstra | TotalEnergies | 5:18 |
| 71 | Jacob Relaes | Tarteletto-Isorex | 5:45 |
| 72 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 73 | Stijn Appel | Abloc CT | s.t. |
| 74 | Andreas Goeman | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 75 | Mathias Norsgaard | Movistar | s.t. |
| 76 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar | s.t. |
| 77 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | s.t. |
| 78 | Martins Pluto | Abloc CT | s.t. |
| 79 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 80 | Niklas Märkl | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 81 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 82 | Nolann Mahoudo | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 83 | Baptiste Planckaert | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 84 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 85 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 86 | Callum Macleod | Abloc CT | s.t. |
| 87 | Florian Dauphin | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 88 | Niklas Larsen | Uno-X | 5:55 |
| 89 | Owain Doull | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |