2017 Veenendaal-Veenendaal Classic (1.1), Netherlands
32nd edition: Friday, August 19, 2017
Veenendaal-Veenendaal Classic podium history | 2016 edition | 2018 edition | Start list
Veenendaal - Veenendaal, 195.8 kilometers
The race: Here's the story from winner Luka Mezgec's Orica-Scott team.
In-form Slovenian champion Luka Mezgec sprinted to an impressive victory today in the one-day Dutch race, Veenendaal Classic. The 195 kilometre race was animated with a breakaway of nine riders escaping as ORICA-SCOTT took control of the peloton, setting the tempo on the front to gradually reel in the leaders.
It came down to 1.5kilometres to go before the remaining two breakaway riders were finally caught with ORICA-SCOTT timing it to perfection, putting Mezgec in a good position to challenge for the victory.
After the amount of work his teammates did all day, Mezgec was satisfied to take his third victory for ORICA-SCOTT this season. “It was fantastic to take the win today, after the work my team did all day, to actually finish it off and take a win I feel really happy and satisfied,” Mezgec explained. “The team did a really great job, Mitch Docker was leading from 1.5kilometre to go all the way until the last corner and then Roger Kluge took over.”
“I was just waiting, waiting and I saw the 200metres to go sign and I went. Maybe it was a little too early but in the end it was enough. I am in a good shape right now and I am really looking forward to Sunday to help Caleb Ewan try and win the race another time.”
How it happened:
The 195 kilometre one-day race began with an aggressive start and numerous attacks. A large group of 37riders clipped off the front of the peloton and hovered around 30seconds but like previous attempts it was quickly brought back.
After almost two hours of racing the rain began to pour just as a breakaway of nine riders established itself and opened up a three minute advantage. As the kilometres ticked down, riders slowly lost contact with the breakaway, leaving six riders out front with 35kilometres to go.
ORICA-SCOTT, with the help of Cannondale-Drapac, led the chase and slowly the time gap to the leaders dropped down to just one minute. With six kilometres to go the breakaway split into two, leaving two riders ahead but after a fierce chase from ORICA-SCOTT, it proved to be too much and the duo were caught.
Mezgec led out the sprint in the final few hundred metres and was strong enough to hold on and take the race victory.
Complete results:
195.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.911 km/hr
| 1 | Luka Mezgec | Orica-Scott | 4h 21' 35'' |
| 2 | Wouter Wippert | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
| 3 | Moreno Hofland | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 4 | Lars Boom | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 5 | Kenny Dehaes | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 6 | Timothy Dupont | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 7 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 8 | Arvid de Kleijn | Baby Dump Cycling | s.t. |
| 9 | Brian van Goethem | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 10 | Roger Kluge | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 11 | Nils Eekhoff | Sunweb Development | s.t. |
| 12 | Michael Svendgaard | Veloconcept | s.t. |
| 13 | Lawrence Naesen | WB Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 14 | Twan Castelijns | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 15 | Enzo Wouters | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 16 | Daniel McLay | Fortuneo-Oscaro | s.t. |
| 17 | Timo Roosen | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 18 | Luuc Bugter | Delta Rotterdam | s.t. |
| 19 | Jan-Willem van Schip | Delta Rotterdam | s.t. |
| 20 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
| 21 | August Jensen | Coop-Oster Hus | s.t. |
| 22 | Jonas Rickaert | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 23 | Andreas Jeppesen | Veloconcept | s.t. |
| 24 | Sebastian Langeveld | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
| 25 | Taco van der Hoorn | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | +6'' |
| 26 | Jesper Asselman | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 27 | Elmar Reinders | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | +14'' |
| 28 | Robbie van Bakel | Metec-TKH | s.t. |
| 29 | Sean De Bie | Lotto-Soudal | +16'' |
| 30 | Jos van Emden | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 31 | Dylan van Baarle | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
| 32 | Mitch Docker | Orica-Scott | +19'' |
| 33 | Aidis Kruopis | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | +21'' |
| 34 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | +36'' |
| 35 | Jonas Bokeloh | An Post-Charinreaction | +46'' |
| 36 | Raymond Kreder | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 37 | Lukas Spengler | WB Veranclassic | +1' 04'' |
| 38 | Marten Kooistra | SEG Racing Academy | +1' 22'' |
| 39 | Gustav Höög | Coop-Oster Hus | s.t. |
| 40 | Justin Timmermans | Baby Dump Cycling | s.t. |
| 41 | Marco Doets | Baby Dump Cycling | s.t. |
| 42 | Øivind Lukkedal | Coop-Oster Hus | s.t. |
| 43 | Mitchell Mulhern | Delta Rotterdam | s.t. |
| 44 | Tim Kerkhof | Destil-Jo Piels | s.t. |
| 45 | Jarl Salomein | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. |
| 46 | Stephen Williams | SEG Racing Academy | s.t. |
| 47 | Kevin Van Melsen | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 48 | Sjoerd Bax | Delta Rotterdam | s.t. |
| 49 | Max Kanter | Sunweb Development | s.t. |
| 50 | Kevin Deltombe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 51 | Maxime Farazijn | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 52 | Senne Leysen | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 53 | Sven van Luijk | Monkey Town | s.t. |
| 54 | Jasper Ockeloen | Monkey Town | s.t. |
| 55 | Mathias Van Gompel | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 56 | Dries De Bondt | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 57 | Alexey Vermeulen | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 58 | Michael Reihs | Veloconcept | s.t. |
| 59 | Thomas Gibbons | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 60 | Philip Lindau | Coop-Oster Hus | s.t. |
| 61 | Tom Dernies | WB Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 62 | Ludwig De Winter | WB Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 63 | Maarten van Trijp | Metec-TKH | s.t. |
| 64 | James Shaw | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 65 | Jasper Hamelink | Metec-TKH | s.t. |
| 66 | Robbert de Greef | Baby Dump Cycling | s.t. |
| 67 | Amund Grøndahl | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 68 | Jacob Scott | An Post-Charinreaction | s.t. |
| 69 | Joey van Rhee | Destil-Jo Piels | s.t. |
| 70 | Pim Ligthart | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 71 | Arnold Jeannesson | Fortuneo-Oscaro | s.t. |
| 72 | Kenny Molly | Fortuneo-Oscaro | s.t. |
| 73 | Alexander Edmondson | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 74 | Tim Ariesen | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 75 | Ike Groen | Delta Rotterdam | s.t. |
| 76 | Dylan Bouwmans | Metec-TKH | s.t. |
| 77 | Thijs de Lange | Metec-TKH | s.t. |
| 78 | Steven Lammertink | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 79 | Aimé De Gendt | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 80 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-Scott | +1' 56'' |
| 81 | Dennis Bakker | Delta Rotterdam | +2' 55'' |
| 82 | Edward Planckaert | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | +3' 19'' |
| 83 | Brecht Dhaene | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +3' 28'' |
| 84 | Christophe Prémont | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 85 | Henrik Evensen | SEG Racing Academy | s.t. |
| 86 | Maarten de Jonge | Monkey Town | s.t. |
| 87 | Jarno Mobach | Sunweb Development | s.t. |
| 88 | Maxime Gressier | Sunweb Development | s.t. |
| 89 | Preben Van Hecke | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 90 | Florian Stork | Sunweb Development | s.t. |
| 91 | Domenic Weinstein | rad-net | s.t. |
| 92 | Mads Rahbek | Veloconcept | s.t. |
| 93 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 94 | Cyrus Monk | Drapac | +4' 23'' |
| 95 | Elias Van Breussegem | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 96 | Ivar Slik | Monkey Town | s.t. |
| 97 | Thomas Riis | Veloconcept | s.t. |
| 98 | Tobias Nolde | rad-net | s.t. |
| 99 | Ide Schelling | SEG Racing Academy | s.t. |
| 100 | Damien Howson | Orica-Scott | +4' 27'' |
| 101 | Joakim Kjemhus | Coop-Oster Hus | s.t. |
| 102 | Koos Jeroen Kers | Baby Dump Cycling | s.t. |
| 103 | Mathew Hayman | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 104 | Stef Van Zummeren | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 105 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 106 | Rens te Stroet | Destil-Jo Piels | s.t. |
| 107 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto-Soudal | +4' 30'' |
Start list with back numbers, August 17, 2017:
| CANNONDALE-DRAPAC | |
| 1 | LANGEVELD Sebastian |
| 2 | MONK Cyrus |
| 3 | KOREN Kristjan |
| 4 | MULLEN Ryan |
| 6 | VAN BAARLE Dylan |
| 7 | VANMARCKE Sep |
| 8 | WIPPERT Wouter |
| LOTTO-SOUDAL | |
| 11 | BOECKMANS Kris |
| 12 | DE BIE Sean |
| 13 | HOFLAND Moreno |
| 14 | LEYSEN Senne |
| 15 | SHAW James Callum |
| 16 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh |
| 17 | VAN GOMPEL Matthias |
| 18 | WOUTERS Enzo |
| ORICA-SCOTT | |
| 21 | DOCKER Mitchell |
| 22 | EDMONDSON Alexander |
| 23 | HAYMAN Mathew |
| 24 | HEPBURN Michael |
| 25 | HOWSON Damien |
| 26 | KLUGE Roger |
| 27 | MEZGEC Luka |
| LOTTO NL-JUMBO | |
| 31 | CAMPENAERTS Victor |
| 32 | CASTELIJNS Twan |
| 33 | JANSEN Amund |
| 34 | BOOM Lars |
| 35 | LAMMERTINK Steven |
| 36 | ROOSEN Timo |
| 37 | VERMEULEN Alexey |
| 38 | VAN EMDEN Jos |
| FORTUNEO-OSCARO | |
| 41 | BOUET Maxime |
| 42 | CORBEL Erwann |
| 43 | DANIEL Maxime |
| 44 | JEANNESSON Arnold |
| 45 | MCLAY Daniel |
| 46 | MOLLY Kenny |
| 47 | MOUREY Francis |
| 48 | VALLEE Boris |
| ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ | |
| 51 | ARIESEN Tim |
| 52 | ASSELMAN Jesper |
| 53 | KREDER Raymond |
| 54 | LIGTHART Pim |
| 55 | REINDERS Elmar |
| 56 | VAN DER HOORN Taco |
| 57 | VAN GOETHEM Brian |
| 58 | VERMELTFOORT Coen |
| SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | |
| 61 | DE GENDT Aimé |
| 62 | DELTOMBE Kevin |
| 63 | FARAZIJN Maxime |
| 64 | PLANCKAERT Edward |
| 65 | RICKAERT Jonas |
| 66 | SALOMEIN Jarl |
| 67 | VAN HECKE Preben |
| 68 | VAN LERBERGHE Bert |
| VERANDA'S WILLEMS-CRELAN | |
| 71 | DE BONDT Dries |
| 72 | GODRIE Stan |
| 73 | JASPERS Jappe |
| 74 | KRUOPIS Aidis |
| 75 | MERLIER Tim |
| 76 | PREMONT Christophe |
| 77 | VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias |
| WANTY–GROUPE GOBERT | |
| 81 | BAUGNIES Jérôme |
| 82 | DEHAES Kenny |
| 83 | DEVRIENDT Tom |
| 84 | KREDER Wesley |
| 85 | MCNALLY Mark |
| 86 | NAPOLITANO Danilo |
| 87 | STENUIT Robin |
| 88 | VEUCHELEN Frederik |
| WB-VERANCLASSIC AQUA PROTECT | |
| 91 | DE WINTER Ludwig |
| 92 | DERNIES Tom |
| 93 | DUQUENNOY Jimmy |
| 94 | ISTA Kevin |
| 95 | STASSEN Julien |
| 96 | MASSON Christophe |
| 97 | NAESEN Lawrence |
| 98 | SPENGLER Lukas |
| AN POST-CHAINREACTION | |
| 101 | BOKELOH Jonas |
| 102 | GOUGH Regan |
| 103 | JAMIESON Adam |
| 104 | MCKENNA Sean |
| 105 | SCOTT Jacob |
| 106 | STEWART Mark |
| 107 | TIETEMA Bas |
| 108 | VANDERAERDEN Massimo |
| BABYDUMP CYCLING TEAM | |
| 111 | DE GREEF Robbert |
| 112 | DE KLEIJN Arvid |
| 113 | DOETS Marco |
| 114 | HOOGHIEMSTER René |
| 115 | KERS Koos Jeroen |
| 116 | OTTEMA Rick |
| 117 | TIMMERMANS Justin |
| 118 | VAN DER DUIN Patrick |
| DELTA CYCLING ROTTERDAM | |
| 121 | BAKKER Dennis |
| 122 | BAX Sjoerd |
| 123 | BUGTER Luuc |
| 124 | GROEN Ike |
| 125 | MEIJERS Daan |
| 126 | MULHERN Mitchell |
| 127 | VAN DALEN Jason |
| 128 | VAN SCHIP Jan Willem |
| DESTIL-JO PIELS | |
| 131 | BEUKEBOOM Dion |
| 132 | BREUKELMAN Chiel |
| 133 | BRUSSELMAN Twan |
| 134 | KERKHOF Tim |
| 135 | VAN DER KOOIJ Bas |
| 136 | VAN LOON Jordy |
| 137 | VAN RHEE Joey |
| 138 | VERMEULEN Jeff |
| DEVELOPMENT TEAM SUNWEB | |
| 141 | EEKHOFF Nils |
| 142 | GOOS Marc |
| 143 | GRESSIER Maxime |
| 145 | MOBACH Jarno |
| 146 | SALMON Martin |
| 147 | STORK Florian |
| 148 | ZEPUNTKE Ruben |
| METEC-TKH CONTINENTAL | |
| 151 | ARIESEN Johim |
| 152 | BOUWMANS Dylan |
| 153 | DE LANGE Thijs |
| 154 | HAMELINK Jasper |
| 155 | VAN BAKEL Robbie |
| 156 | VAN DEN BERG Lars |
| 157 | VAN DER HORST Dennis |
| 158 | VAN TRIJP Maarten |
| MONKEY TOWN CONTINENTAL TEAM | |
| 161 | BAKKER Stephan |
| 162 | DE JONGE Maarten |
| 163 | DETANT Yannick |
| 164 | MEIJER Gijs |
| 165 | OCKELOEN Jasper |
| 166 | SLIK Ivar |
| 167 | VAN BREDA Rick |
| 168 | VAN LUIJK Sven |
| RAD-NET ROSE TEAM | |
| 171 | FLICKE Bastian |
| 172 | GEßNER Konrad |
| 173 | GROß Felix |
| 174 | LISS Lucas |
| 175 | NOLDE Tobias |
| 176 | REINHARDT Theo |
| 177 | SCHOMBER Nils |
| 178 | THIELE Kersten |
| SEG RACING ACADEMY | |
| 182 | MEEUS Jordi |
| 183 | SCHELLING Ide |
| 184 | WILLIAMS Stephen |
| 185 | EVENSEN Henrik |
| 187 | KOOISTRA Maarten |
| COOP-OSTER HUS | |
| 191 | AALRUST Håkon Lunder |
| 192 | BLIKRA Erlend |
| 193 | BLIKRA Haavard |
| 194 | GALTA Frederik Strand |
| 195 | HÖÖG Gustav |
| 196 | JENSEN August |
| 197 | LINDAU Philip |
| 198 | LUKKEDAL Oivind |
| TEAM VELOCONCEPT | |
| 201 | JEPPESEN Andreas Hyldgaard |
| 202 | KAMP EGESTED Alexander |
| 203 | LARSEN Niklas |
| 204 | STEEN Nicolaj |
| 205 | RAHBEK Mads Baadsgaard |
| 206 | REIHS Michael |
| 207 | RIIS Thomas Nybo |
| 208 | SVENDGAARD Michael Carbel |