Brussels Cycling Classic podium history | 2020 edition | 2022 edition

Brussels - Brussels, 204.8 km

Remco Evenepoel has left everyone behind. Photo: Photonews

Weather at the start/finish city of Brussels at 2:20 PM, local time: 21C (69F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is an 50% chance of rain.

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

After 12 km, the early breakaway was formed. Peyskens (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB), De Vylder (Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise), Traeen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team), Van Empel (Vini Zabu’), Hesters (Beat Cycling), Scott (Canyon DHB Sungod) and Marchand (Tarteletto – Isorex) raced together to create a maximum lead of 2’27”.

New this year was a double passage on the Muur, Bosberg and Congoberg in Geraardsbergen region. The race really started at the first passage. After Campenaerts and Evenepoel, among others, accelerated on the Muur, an elite group rode to the last remaining riders of the early breakaway. At the start of the second lap in Geraardsbergen we had a leading group with: Evenepoel (Deceuninck – Quick-Step), De Gendt (Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux), Gilbert and Van der Sande (Lotto Soudal), Campenaerts (Team Qhubeka Nexthash), Hirschi and McNulty (UAE Team Emirates), De Vylder (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB) and Traeen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team).

At the second passage on the Muur it was Gilbert who accelerated. Campenaerts also went on towards the chapel. For early escapees Traeen and De Vylder the pace was too fast, they had to let go. An elite group of seven riders headed for the 2nd climb of the Bosberg and Congoberg, but there were no attacks.

With a lead of 1’40” the leaders started the last 40 km towards the Houba de Strooperlaan in the heart of Brussels. Two more cobbled sections and slope number 9, the Heiligekruiswegstraat, awaited the riders. On the way to those last obstacles of the day, Evenepoel and Campenaerts tried to break away from the leading group, but they weren’t successful.

With 11km to go, it was Evenepoel who made a decisive attack. He left De Gendt behind and took his second victory in just a few days. After winning the Vlaamse Druivenkoers Overijse, Evenepoel was the best in the Brussels Cycling Classic too. Van der Sande took third place on Boulevard Houba de Strooper.

Complete results:

136 starters, 88 classified finishers, 48 abandons

204.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.765 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4hr 28min 30sec
2	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	@ 50sec
3	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	2:14
4	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
5	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	2:16
8	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
9	Jérémy Lecroq	B&B Hotels	s.t.
10	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
11	Martijn Budding	BEAT Cycling	s.t.
12	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
13	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
14	Bram Welten	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
15	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
16	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
17	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
19	Cédric Beullens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
20	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
21	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
22	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
23	Rory Townsend	Canyon-dhb-SunGod	s.t.
24	Roberto Gonzalez	Vini Zabù	s.t.
25	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
26	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
27	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
28	Gil D'Heygere	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
29	Jarrad Drizners	Hagens Berman-Axeon	s.t.
30	Jakub Mareczko	Vini Zabù	s.t.
31	Florian Dauphin	B&B Hotels	s.t.
32	Luke Lamperti	Trinity Racing	s.t.
33	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Max Walker	Trinity Racing	s.t.
35	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
36	Michael Mørkøv	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
37	Jordy Bouts	BEAT Cycling	s.t.
38	Kamil Gradek	Vini Zabù	s.t.
39	Ryan Christensen	Canyon-dhb-SunGod	s.t.
40	Brent Van de Kerkhove	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
41	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
42	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Luuc Bugter	BEAT Cycling	s.t.
44	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
45	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
46	Michael Garrison	Hagens Berman-Axeon	s.t.
47	Stan Van Tricht	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
48	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels	s.t.
49	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	s.t.
50	Oliver Rees	Trinity Racing	s.t.
51	Thomas Bonnet	TotalEnergies	s.t.
52	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
53	Matthew Devins	Trinity Racing	2:16
54	Nathan Haas	Cofidis	2:24
55	Matthew Riccitello	Hagens Berman-Axeon	s.t.
56	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	2:27
57	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
58	Sven Burger	BEAT Cycling	s.t.
59	Ylber Sefa	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
60	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
61	Nicola Bagioli	B&B Hotels	s.t.
62	Frederik Backaert	B&B Hotels	s.t.
63	Blake Quick	Trinity Racing	s.t.
64	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
65	Adrien Petit	TotalEnergies	s.t.
66	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
67	Stijn Steels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
68	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
69	Frederik Frison	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
70	Emmanuel Morin	Cofidis	2:34
71	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
72	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:38
73	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-NextHash	2:40
74	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
75	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
76	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
77	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
78	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
79	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
80	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
81	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	3:10
82	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
83	Niccolo Bonifazio	TotalEnergies	3:16
84	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	4:26
85	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	s.t.
86	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
87	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
88	Yannis Voisard	Arkéa-Samsic	7:37