2025 Bredene Koksijde Classic (1.Pro), Belgium
Formerly: Handzame Classic
22nd edition: Friday, March 21, 2025
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Bredene - Koksijde, 200.9 km
The podium, from Left: Luke Lamperti (2nd), Edward Theuns (1st) & Nils Eekhoff (3rd). Photo: Getty Sport
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Weather at the finish city of Koksijde at 1:20 PM, local time: 16C (63F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 26 km/hr (16 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
The race: Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Amaury Capiot (Arkea-B&B Hotels) & Luka Mezgec (Jayco AlUla) did not start.
Here's the race report from second-place Luke Lamperti's Team Soudal Quick-Step:
Luke Lamperti finished runner-up at an exciting edition of the Bredene Koksijde Classic, sprinting to second from a strong leading group that managed to barely stay away in the final meters of the 200km race after more than 80 kilometers at the front.
Edward Theuns wins the sprint.
It was an eventful day of racing, one that had the riders overcome the Baneberg and Kemmelberg while dealing also with some wind, and during which the peloton got split, igniting a full gas chase that lasted until the closing meters of the race. Soudal Quick-Step was again very active, placing Warre Vangheluwe in an eight-man front group that formed on the hardest part of the course, while behind Lamperti made sure of booking a place in the chasing group that pulled hard and eventually managed to bridge across with around 50 kilometers remaining.
Their gap hovered around 50 seconds the entire time, and despite the peloton behind having the numbers on their side, the attackers found a way to hold them off, in part thanks to a wonderful effort of Vangheluwe, who emptied himself on the last lap in Bredene. Like his teammate, Luke gave everything in the sprint just as the groups were coming together, only a wheel separating him in the end from Edward Theuns (Lidl-Trek), who took the victory at the end of Friday’s hectic race by the North Sea coast.
The peloton with three kilometers to go. The front group is eight seconds up the road. Photo: Getty Sport.
“Of course, I am a bit disappointed, but also happy. It’s good that I’m back racing, but you always want to win races, so it’s frustrating when you finish second. Warre did an amazing job in the front group and it’s also thanks to him that I was in a position to fight for victory. We can be happy with the way we raced as a team, and we can take a lot of confidence from this for the next races”, explained after the podium ceremony Luke, the first American to finish on the podium in Bredene Koksijde Classic.
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Complete results:
200.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.117 km/hr
| 1 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | 4hr 15min 50sec |
| 2 | Luke Lamperti | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 3 | Nils Eekhoff | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 4 | Ethan Vernon | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 5 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 6 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 7 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 8 | Stian Fredheim | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 9 | Milan Fretin | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 10 | Alessandro Romele | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 11 | Alec Segaert | Lotto | s.t. |
| 12 | Aimé De Gendt | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 13 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 14 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 15 | Tim Marsman | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 16 | Hugo Hofstetter | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 17 | Alberto Dainese | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 18 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 19 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 20 | Arne Marit | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 21 | Luca Mozzato | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 22 | Aivaras Mikutis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 23 | Casper van Uden | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 24 | Matyas Kopecky | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 25 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 26 | Erlend Blikra | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 27 | Fabio Van den Bossche | Alpecin-Deceuninck | @ 6sec |
| 28 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 29 | Jakob Söderqvist | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 30 | Andrea Raccagni Noviero | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 31 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 32 | Timo De Jong | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 33 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 34 | Piet Allegaert | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 35 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 36 | Jens Reynders | Wagner Bazin WB | 0:11 |
| 37 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | 0:14 |
| 38 | Giosue Epis | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 0:16 |
| 39 | Tim Declercq | Lidl-Trek | 0:24 |
| 40 | Leander Van Hautegem | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 41 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:26 |
| 42 | Dries De Pooter | Intermarché-Wanty | 0:29 |
| 43 | Roel van Sintmaartensdijk | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 44 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | 0:36 |
| 45 | Florian Dauphin | Team TotalEnergies | 0:38 |
| 46 | Jonas Hem Hvideberg | Uno-X Mobility | 0:42 |
| 47 | Robin Froidevaux | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:58 |
| 48 | Henrik Pedersen | Uno-X Mobility | 1:11 |
| 49 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 50 | Elia Viviani | Lotto | s.t. |
| 51 | Lindsay De Vylder | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 52 | Filippo Baroncini | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 53 | Jon Aberasturi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 54 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 55 | Jonas Geens | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 56 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | 1:13 |
| 57 | Filippo Magli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 58 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 59 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 60 | Federico Savino | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:16 |
| 61 | Max Kanter | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 62 | Mika Heming | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 63 | Rayan Boulahoite | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 64 | Alexis Renard | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 65 | Filippo Ridolfo | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 66 | Lucas Boniface | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 67 | Andoni Lopez de Abetxuko | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 68 | Brem Deman | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 69 | Cériel Desal | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 70 | Fabian Weiss | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 71 | António Morgado | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 72 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:20 |
| 73 | Lennert Teugels | Tarteletto-Isorex | 1:25 |
| 74 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:26 |
| 75 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto | s.t. |
| 76 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | 1:49 |
| 77 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:40 |
| 78 | Kamil Malecki | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 3:05 |
| 79 | Nicolò Parisini | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 80 | Jannik Steimle | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 81 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 82 | Riley Pickrell | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 83 | Loic Vliegen | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
Race map & profile:
2025 Bredene Koksijde Classic map
2025 Bredene Koksijde Classic profile
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Start list with back numbers, March 20, 2025:
| Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
| 1 | Luca Mozzato |
| 2 | Giosue Epis |
| 3 | Rémi Lelandais |
| 4 | Amaury Capiot |
| 5 | Léandre Lozouet |
| 6 | Arnaud Démare |
| 7 | Miles Scotson |
| Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 11 | Luke Lamperti |
| 12 | Gil Gelders |
| 13 | Andrea Raccagni Noviero |
| 14 | Pepijn Reinderink |
| 15 | Warre Vangheluwe |
| 16 | Jonathan Vervenne |
| 17 | Jordi Warlop |
| Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 21 | Lennert Belmans |
| 22 | Lars Boven |
| 23 | Siebe Roesems |
| 24 | Robbe Ghys |
| 25 | Jonas Rickaert |
| 26 | Fabio Van den Bossche |
| 27 | Stan Van Tricht |
| Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 31 | Gerben Thijssen |
| 32 | Dries De Pooter |
| 33 | Victor Hannes |
| 34 | Arne Marit |
| 35 | Vito Braet |
| 36 | Gijs Van Hoecke |
| 37 | Roel van Sintmaartensdijk |
| Cofidis | |
| 41 | Milan Fretin |
| 42 | Aimé De Gendt |
| 43 | Eddy Finé |
| 44 | Piet Allegaert |
| 46 | Alexis Renard |
| 47 | Ludovic Robeet |
| UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 51 | Rui Oliveira |
| 52 | Filippo Baroncini |
| 53 | Mikkel Bjerg |
| 54 | Sebastian Molano |
| 55 | Luca Giaimi |
| 56 | Gibbe Staes |
| 57 | Florian Vermeersch |
| Team Jayco-AlUla | |
| 61 | Dylan Groenewegen |
| 62 | Jelte Krijnsen |
| 63 | Campbell Stewart |
| 64 | Elmar Reinders |
| 65 | Luka Mezgec |
| 66 | Max Walscheid |
| 67 | Robert Donaldson |
| Lidl-Trek | |
| 71 | Simone Consonni |
| 72 | Tim Declercq |
| 73 | Martin Pedersen |
| 74 | Tim Torn Teutenberg |
| 75 | Edward Theuns |
| 76 | Jakob Söderqvist |
| Team Picnic PostNL | |
| 81 | Fabio Jakobsen |
| 82 | Tobias Lund Andresen |
| 83 | Alex Edmondson |
| 84 | Nils Eekhoff |
| 85 | Casper van Uden |
| 86 | Mees Vlot |
| 87 | Julius van den Berg |
| XDS Astana Team | |
| 92 | Aaron Gate |
| 93 | Max Kanter |
| 94 | Michele Gazzoli |
| 95 | Alessandro Romele |
| 97 | Haoyu Su |
| Israel-Premier Tech | |
| 101 | Hugo Hofstetter |
| 102 | Oded Kogut |
| 103 | Riley Pickrell |
| 104 | Michael Schwarzmann |
| 105 | Guillaume Boivin |
| 106 | Ethan Vernon |
| 107 | Tom Van Asbroeck |
| Lotto | |
| 111 | Elia Viviani |
| 112 | Steffen De Schuyteneer |
| 113 | Arne Baers |
| 114 | Lionel Taminiaux |
| 115 | Lorenz Van de Wynkele |
| 116 | Jasper De Buyst |
| 117 | Alec Segaert |
| Uno-X Mobility | |
| 121 | Jonas Hvideberg |
| 122 | Erlend Blikra |
| 123 | Stian Fredheim |
| 125 | Henrik Pedersen |
| 126 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin |
| 127 | Martin Urianstad Bugge |
| Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 131 | Fabio Christen |
| 132 | Frederik Frison |
| 133 | David González |
| 134 | Emils Liepins |
| 135 | Kamil Malecki |
| 136 | Matteo Moschetti |
| 137 | Giacomo Nizzolo |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 141 | Alberto Dainese |
| 142 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi |
| 143 | Robin Froidevaux |
| 144 | Mika Heming |
| 145 | Arthur Kluckers |
| 146 | Aivaras Mikutis |
| 147 | Fabian Weiss |
| Team TotalEnergies | |
| 151 | Lucas Boniface |
| 152 | Rayan Boulahoite |
| 153 | Alexys Brunel |
| 154 | Florian Dauphin |
| 155 | Geoffrey Soupe |
| 156 | Sandy Dujardin |
| 157 | Jason Tesson |
| Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 161 | Jon Aberasturi |
| 162 | David Dekker |
| 163 | Nicolas Alustiza |
| 164 | Xabier Berasategi |
| 165 | Andoni Lopez de Abetxuko |
| 166 | Gotzon Martín |
| 167 | Iker Bonillo |
| Team Flanders-Baloise | |
| 171 | Tom Crabbe |
| 172 | Brem Deman |
| 173 | Lindsay De Vylder |
| 174 | Tuur Dens |
| 175 | Vince Gerits |
| 176 | Jonas Geens |
| 177 | Noah Vandenbranden |
| Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 181 | Hamish Beadle |
| 182 | Quinten De Graeve |
| 183 | Declan Irvine |
| 184 | Matyas Kopecky |
| 185 | Anton Muller |
| 186 | Andrea Peron |
| 187 | Filippo Ridolfo |
| VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | |
| 191 | Luca Colnaghi |
| 192 | Federico Biagini |
| 193 | Filippo Magli |
| 194 | Lorenzo Conforti |
| 195 | Mattia Pinazzi |
| 197 | Enrico Zanoncello |
| Wagner Bazin WB | |
| 201 | Cériel Desal |
| 202 | Leander Van Hautegem |
| 203 | Davide Persico |
| 204 | Axandre Van Petegem |
| 205 | Jens Reynders |
| 206 | Kenneth Van Rooy |
| 207 | Loic Vliegen |
| Tarteletto-Isorex | |
| 211 | Louis Blouwe |
| 212 | Alex Vandenbulcke |
| 213 | Timothy Dupont |
| 214 | Gianni Marchand |
| 215 | Arne Santy |
| 216 | Daan Stevens |
| 217 | Lennert Teugels |
| VolkerWessels Cycling Team | |
| 221 | Timo De Jong |
| 222 | Joppe Heremans |
| 223 | Max Kroonen |
| 224 | Mats Omloop |
| 225 | Tim Den Braber |
| 226 | Jasper Haest |
| 227 | Tim Marsman |