Grand Prix de Wallonie podium history | 2021 edition | 2023 edition
Blegny - Citadelle de Namur, 198.1 km
Mathieu van der Poel just beats Biniam Girmay.
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Weather at the finish city of Namur at 1:20 PM, local time: 18C (65F), rain showers, with the wind from the northwest at 5 km/hr (3mph). The showers are forecast to continue through the afternoon.
The race: Here is a machine translation of the race organiser's report:
Mathieu Van Der Poel was the strongest on Wednesday to win the 62nd edition of the Grand Prix de Wallonie. The Dutchman used his explosiveness to beat Biniam Ghirmay and Gonzalo Serrano to the finish line. The quadruple winner of the cyclo-cross at the Citadelle thus won his first victory in the Grand Prix de Wallonie.
The event, which started from Blégny at 12:30 p.m., was led by a five-man breakaway: Johan Meens (Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces-WB), Martin Bugge Urianstad (Uno-X Pro Cycling), Maximilien Juillard (Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole), Abram Stockman (Saris Rouvy Sauerland) and Gianni Marchand (Tarteletto-Isorex). The fugitives did not count more than 3 minutes in advance. The race settled down in the approach to La Tienne aux Pierres.
Ewen Costiou came out of the peloton and made contact with the breakaways, before giving them the slip. At the cost of a good resistance, the trainee at Arkéa-Samsic was the last to resist the return of the peloton, which swallowed him 4 kilometers from the goal. The ascent of the Route Merveilleuse skimmed the peloton and despite an attempt by Dylan Teuns and Gonzalo Serrano, it was Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) who raised his arms.
Mathieu Van Der Poel: “I knew the Namur cyclo cross but I have never ridden here on the road. I didn't feel very well. I wanted to lead out for Jasper, but he wasn't feeling great either. I still had the strength to go to the line. It's a great win for the team. It's a finish that suits me well, but I didn't feel good with the rain all day, the team worked a lot today, we had two contenders for victory. I am happy to win. It was still very tough with the weather and the hills at the end. There was a very fast tempo until the finish. Normally, the strongest wins on this kind of finish."
Complete results:
198.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.232 km/hr
1 | Mathieu van der Poel | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 4hr 55min 26sec |
2 | Biniam Girmay | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
3 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | s.t. |
4 | Dylan Teuns | Israel-Premier Tech | @ 1sec |
5 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
6 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
7 | Marijn Van Den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
8 | Axel Zingle | Cofidis | s.t. |
9 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
10 | Warren Barguil | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
11 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
12 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | 0:05 |
13 | Darren Rafferty | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
14 | Victor Campenaerts | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
15 | Julien Simon | TotalEnergies | 0:08 |
16 | Loic Vliegen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 0:10 |
17 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:12 |
18 | Amaury Capiot | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
19 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
20 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
21 | Greg Van Avermaet | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
22 | Mathijs Paasschens | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
23 | Romain Hardy | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:17 |
24 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
25 | Lennert Teugels | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
26 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
27 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
28 | Maxime Chevalier | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
29 | Paul Lapeira | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
30 | Alan Boileau | B&B Hotels-KTM | 0:20 |
31 | Jonas Rutsch | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
32 | Aaron Van Poucke | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
33 | Edvald Boasson-Hagen | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
34 | Milan Fretin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
35 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:22 |
36 | Óscar Rodríguez | Movistar | 0:27 |
37 | Milan Menten | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | 0:28 |
38 | Louis Blouwe | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
39 | Dries Van Gestel | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
40 | Alex Colman | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
41 | Sandy Dujardin | TotalEnergies | 0:31 |
42 | Dimitri Peyskens | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
43 | Maxime Jarnet | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
44 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X | 0:41 |
45 | Martin Urianstad | Uno-X | 0:43 |
46 | Antoine Devanne | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
47 | Johannes Adamietz | Saris Rouvy Sauerland | 0:45 |
48 | Niklas Larsen | Uno-X | 0:46 |
49 | Tom Mainguenaud | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 0:48 |
50 | Michiel Stockman | Saris Rouvy Sauerland | s.t. |
51 | Iñigo Elosegui | Movistar | s.t. |
52 | Julian Borresch | Saris Rouvy Sauerland | s.t. |
53 | Toby Perry | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
54 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar | s.t. |
55 | Jon Knolle | Saris Rouvy Sauerland | s.t. |
56 | Winner Anacona | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
57 | Kenny Molly | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | 0:54 |
58 | Georg Zimmermann | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
59 | Dimitri Claeys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
60 | Erik Resell | Uno-X | 1:01 |
61 | Nolann Mahoudo | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
62 | Clément Carisey | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
63 | Jack Bauer | BikeExchange-Jayco | 1:03 |
64 | Quentin Jauregui | B&B Hotels-KTM | 1:11 |
65 | Valentin Retailleau | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
66 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:20 |
67 | Anders Foldager | BikeExchange-Jayco | 1:27 |
68 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:45 |
69 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
70 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
71 | Thibault Ferasse | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
72 | Gwen Leclainche | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
73 | Jacob Relaes | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
74 | Enrico Dhaeye | Minerva Cycling | s.t. |
75 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
76 | Lennart Voege | Saris Rouvy Sauerland | s.t. |
77 | Ewen Costiou | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
78 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:50 |
79 | Jérémy Leveau | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
80 | Jeroen Eyskens | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
81 | Niki Terpstra | TotalEnergies | 1:58 |
82 | Sebastian Langeveld | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
83 | Brent Van Moer | Lotto Soudal | 2:01 |
84 | Taco Van Der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
85 | Robbe Van Praet | Minerva Cycling | 2:06 |
86 | Jorre Debaele | Minerva Cycling | 2:12 |
87 | Cyril Gautier | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
88 | Joe Laverick | Hagens Berman-Axeon | 2:19 |
89 | Diogo Barbosa | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
90 | Piet Allegaert | Cofidis | 2:59 |
91 | Thimo Willems | Minerva Cycling | 3:16 |
92 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Uno-X | 3:25 |
93 | Jelle Wallays | Cofidis | s.t. |
94 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
95 | Owain Doull | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
96 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Cofidis | 3:29 |
97 | Kamiel Bonneu | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 3:48 |
98 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | BikeExchange-Jayco | 4:08 |
99 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 4:28 |
100 | Alan Riou | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
101 | Reto Hollenstein | Israel-Premier Tech | 5:21 |
102 | Lukasz Wisniowski | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
103 | Gilles Borra | Minerva Cycling | s.t. |
104 | Alexander Konychev | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
105 | Thomas Scully | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
106 | Jack Drage | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
107 | Matthew Van Schoor | Minerva Cycling | s.t. |
108 | Kasper Saver | Minerva Cycling | s.t. |
109 | Cériel Desal | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
110 | Gianni Marchand | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
111 | Campbell Stewart | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
112 | Anthony Jullien | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
113 | Gilles De Wilde | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
114 | Sander De Pestel | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
115 | Evaldas Siskevicius | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
116 | Johan Meens | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
117 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
118 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
119 | Ayco Bastiaens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
120 | Max Briese | Saris Rouvy Sauerland | s.t. |
121 | Kristian Kulset | Uno-X | 6:33 |
122 | Max Kanter | Movistar | 7:46 |
123 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | s.t. |
124 | Albert Torres | Movistar | s.t. |
125 | Abram Stockman | Saris Rouvy Sauerland | 10:52 |
126 | Dries De Bondt | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
127 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X | s.t. |
128 | Scott Thwaites | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
129 | Xandro Meurisse | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
130 | Szymon Sajnok | Cofidis | s.t. |
131 | Marceli Boguslawski | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
132 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
133 | Maximilien Juillard | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 11:30 |