2022 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
(1.1), Belgium
106th edition: Friday, September 16, 2022
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen podium history | 2021 edition | 2023 edition
Koolskamp - Koolskamp, 195.3 km
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Fabio Jakobsen wins the 106th edition. Photo: FRJ Studio
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Weather at the finish city of Koolskamp at 1:20 PM, local time: 15C (59F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 27 km/hr (17 mph). There is a 16% chance of rain, rising to 50% at 5:00 PM.
The race: Here's the report from winner Fabio Jakobsen's Team Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl.
Fabio Jakobsen showed again why he is the best sprinter of the season, nabbing his 13th win since the month of February in an exciting edition of Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen, a race where before Friday our team had already triumphed on four occasions.
Consisting of several laps on a flat circuit starting and finishing in Koolskamp, the 106th edition of the 195.3km race had a five-man breakaway in the spotlight until the last twenty kilometers, but despite the peloton controlling the gap of the quintet it wasn’t that straightforward for the sprinters’ teams, the crosswinds and a late crash complicating matters a bit. Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl remained calm at all times, keeping Fabio Jakobsen out of the wind and well-positioned in the group as the speed constantly went up with two laps to go.
An attack eight kilometers from the line spiced up the finale, but the peloton had no problem in bringing the lone leader back and setting up everything for a mass gallop, where Fabio Jakobsen proved out to be the fastest, beating Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) and Dylan Groenewegen (BikeExchange-Jayco) for Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl’s 45th victory of the year.
“It’s special to be European Champion and now Flanders Champion! It was a hectic day, but it’s always the same on local circuits. The boys did a great job and this win wouldn’t have been possible without them. There was some headwind in the last kilometers and I lost a bit Bert’s wheel, but had good legs, found a gap with 200 meters to go and could pass on the right side and sprint to victory. It’s nice to get my first success as European Champion and felt good to pull on the yellow jersey on the podium”, a smiling and happy Fabio said after his perfect day in Belgium.
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Complete Results:
195.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.558 km/hr
| 1 | Fabio Jakobsen | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 4hr 22min 59sec |
| 2 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 3 | Dylan Groenewegen | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 4 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 5 | Timothy Dupont | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 6 | Tim Merlier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 7 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 8 | Jon Aberasturi | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 9 | Pierre Barbier | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 10 | Amaury Capiot | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 11 | Milan Fretin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 12 | Davide Bomboi | Elevate-Home Solution-Soenens | s.t. |
| 13 | Marijn Van Den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 14 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 15 | Arvid De Kleijn | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 16 | Sasha Weemaes | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 17 | Simone Consonni | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 18 | Jordi Meeus | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 19 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 20 | Gil D'Heygere | Minerva Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 21 | Sam Welsford | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 22 | Max Walscheid | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 23 | Attilio Viviani | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 24 | Itamar Einhorn | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 25 | Albert Torres | Movistar | s.t. |
| 26 | Bram Dissel | BEAT Cycling | s.t. |
| 27 | Alexander Konychev | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 28 | Niklas Larsen | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 29 | Stan Van Tricht | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 30 | Iñigo Elosegui | Movistar | s.t. |
| 31 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 32 | Rüdiger Selig | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 33 | Campbell Stewart | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 34 | Edward Theuns | Trek-Segafredo | @9sec |
| 35 | Laurenz Rex | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 36 | Erlend Blikra | Uno-X | 0:11 |
| 37 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 38 | Elmar Reinders | BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:16 |
| 39 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | 0:19 |
| 40 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 41 | Stephen Bassett | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 42 | Yentl Vandevelde | Minerva Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 43 | Guillaume Visser | BEAT Cycling | s.t. |
| 44 | Aaron Van Poucke | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 45 | Sander De Pestel | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 46 | Gust Lootens | Elevate-Home Solution-Soenens | s.t. |
| 47 | Jérémy Lecroq | B&B Hotels-KTM | 0:24 |
| 48 | Miguel Florez | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:26 |
| 49 | Wesley Kreder | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 50 | Markus Hoelgaard | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 51 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 52 | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar | s.t. |
| 53 | André Carvalho | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 54 | Iver Skaarseth | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 55 | August Jensen | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 56 | Kristian Aasvold | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 57 | Pierre Thierry | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 58 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar | s.t. |
| 59 | Julien Morice | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 60 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 61 | Mark Cavendish | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 62 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 63 | Jonas Rutsch | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 64 | Samuel Leroux | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 65 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | 0:33 |
| 66 | Marc Brustenga | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 67 | Boy Van Poppel | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 68 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 69 | Tuur Dens | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 70 | Cyril Lemoine | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 71 | Jente Klaver | VolkerWessels | s.t. |
| 72 | Matthijs Büchli | BEAT Cycling | s.t. |
| 73 | Julius Johansen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 74 | Ide Schelling | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:37 |
| 75 | Kelland O'Brien | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 76 | Stijn Daemen | BEAT Cycling | s.t. |
| 77 | Scott Thwaites | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:40 |
| 78 | Gilles De Wilde | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 79 | Marco Haller | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 80 | Karl Patrick Lauk | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 81 | Taj Jones | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:44 |
| 82 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 83 | Jelle Wallays | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 84 | Thomas Scully | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 85 | Jens Keukeleire | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 86 | Maxime Jarnet | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 87 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Lotto Soudal | 0:47 |
| 88 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 89 | Baptiste Planckaert | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 0:54 |
| 90 | Gwen Leclainche | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 91 | Michael Schwarzmann | Lotto Soudal | 0:57 |
| 92 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 93 | William Barta | Movistar | s.t. |
| 94 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | s.t. |
| 95 | Eddy Finé | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 96 | Jarne Van Dyck | Minerva Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 97 | Maxime De Poorter | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 98 | Casper Pedersen | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 99 | Florian Dauphin | B&B Hotels-KTM | 1:00 |
| 100 | Sebastian Langeveld | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 101 | Andreas Goeman | Tarteletto-Isorex | 1:04 |
| 102 | Christophe Noppe | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 103 | Emiel Vermeulen | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 1:07 |
| 104 | Jakob Egholm | Trek-Segafredo | 1:25 |
| 105 | Alex Colman | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 1:27 |
| 106 | Torsten Demeyere | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 107 | Robin Carpenter | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 108 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Soudal | 1:32 |
| 109 | Jord Baak | VolkerWessels | 1:34 |
| 110 | Max Kroonen | VolkerWessels | s.t. |
| 111 | Benjamin Declercq | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 112 | Tom Devriendt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 113 | Arno Claeys | Elevate-Home Solution-Soenens | s.t. |
| 114 | Louis Barré | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 115 | Louis Vervaeke | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 116 | Niklas Märkl | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 117 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 118 | Otto Vergaerde | Trek-Segafredo | 2:05 |
| 119 | Owain Doull | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:14 |
| 120 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X | 2:17 |
| 121 | Mathias Norsgaard | Movistar | 3:09 |
| 122 | Shane Archbold | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 123 | Cériel Desal | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | 3:34 |
| 124 | Reto Hollenstein | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:44 |
| 125 | Kasper Saver | Minerva Cycling Team | 4:01 |
| 126 | Martin Urianstad | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 127 | Lorenz Van De Wynkele | Elevate-Home Solution-Soenens | s.t. |
| 128 | Kristian Kulset | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 129 | Axel Källberg | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 130 | Warre Vangheluwe | Elevate-Home Solution-Soenens | s.t. |
| 131 | Thibau Verhofstadt | Tarteletto-Isorex | 4:07 |
| 132 | Maximilien Juillard | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 133 | Kobe Vanoverschelde | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 134 | Siebe Deweirdt | Elevate-Home Solution-Soenens | s.t. |
| 135 | Ayco Bastiaens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 4:10 |
| 136 | David Van Der Poel | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 137 | Martin Laas | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 138 | Norman Vahtra | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 139 | Nils Wolfenbuttel | VolkerWessels | s.t. |
| 140 | Ludovic Robeet | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 141 | Jack Bauer | BikeExchange-Jayco | 4:58 |