2025 Super 8 Classic
Formerly Primus Classic-Impanis-Van Petegem (1.Pro), Belgium
26th edition (15th professional edition): Saturday, September 20, 2025
Super 8-Primus Classic Impanis-Van Petegem podium history | 2024 edition | Course map & profile | Start list
Brakel - Haacht, 200.7 km
So close...Arnaud De Lie (red jersey) just beats Matthew Brennan (yellow jersey).
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Weather at the finish city of Haacht at 2:05 PM, local time: 22C (71F), light rain, with the wind from the southwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). The rain is forecast to continue through 5:00 PM.
The race: Here's the report from second-place Matthew Brennan's Team Visma | Lease a Bike.
Matthew Brennan finished second in the Super 8 Classic after a strong race. In the finale, Brennan could count on a strong Wout van Aert, who put himself fully at the service of the young Brit. In the end, Brennan had to settle for second place at the line, with Arnaud De Lie taking the win.
In the fifteenth edition of the Super 8 Classic, the black-and-yellow squad animated the race. On the tough hill section, Team Visma | Lease a Bike took control, which resulted in Van Aert, Brennan, and Christophe Laporte entering the finale with a heavily reduced group.
Despite several attack attempts, the group ultimately stayed together. In the final twenty kilometers, Van Aert put himself entirely in service of the young Brennan, who in the streets of Haacht had to settle for second place after a thrilling sprint, just behind De Lie.
“It was a hectic finale,” Brennan reflected afterwards. “In the final kilometer there was really no control. I tried to follow Arnaud, because I knew he was the strongest sprinter in the group. Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough left to come past him in the end. He is the rightful winner.”
Still, the young Brit looks back on the day with satisfaction. “I enjoy racing in the Flemish classics. The team worked excellently all day, and in the finale Wout supported me fantastically. It’s special that such great riders believe in me. Without their help, I probably wouldn’t have been on the podium today.”
Complete results:
200.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.110 km/hr
| 1 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto | 4hr 14min 17sec |
| 2 | Matthew Brennan | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 3 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 4 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 5 | Mike Teunissen | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 8 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 9 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 10 | Riley Sheehan | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 11 | Johan Jacobs | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 12 | Mathias Vacek | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 13 | Artem Shmidt | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 14 | Marco Haller | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 15 | Julius Johansen | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 16 | Michal Kwiatkowski | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 17 | Mika Heming | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | @ 8sec |
| 18 | Wout van Aert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 19 | Jenno Berckmoes | Lotto | 0:12 |
| 20 | Christophe Laporte | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:51 |
| 21 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 22 | Emilien Jeannière | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 23 | Michael Matthews | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 24 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 25 | Clément Venturini | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 26 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 27 | Anthony Turgis | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 28 | Laurenz Rex | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 29 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 30 | Matys Grisel | Lotto | s.t. |
| 31 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 32 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 33 | Lennert Teugels | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 34 | Rui Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 35 | Floris Van Tricht | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 36 | Louis Vervaeke | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 37 | Florian Sénéchal | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 38 | Luca Mozzato | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 39 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 40 | Cees Bol | XDS Astana Team | 0:54 |
| 41 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 42 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 43 | Aimé De Gendt | Cofidis | 0:57 |
| 44 | Biniam Girmay | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 45 | Connor Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:01 |
| 46 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 47 | Florian Dauphin | Team TotalEnergies | 1:25 |
| 48 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:42 |
| 49 | Baptiste Vadic | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 50 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 51 | Victor Campenaerts | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:58 |
| 52 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 53 | Davide Ballerini | XDS Astana Team | 3:13 |
| 54 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Mobility | 5:08 |
| 55 | Petr Kelemen | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 56 | Lewis Bower | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 57 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 58 | Michiel Lambrecht | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 59 | Clément Davy | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 60 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 61 | Tim Naberman | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 62 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 63 | Titouan Fontaine | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 64 | Vincent Van Hemelen | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 65 | Cériel Desal | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 66 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 67 | Robbe Claeys | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 68 | Jonas Rutsch | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 69 | Tom Crabbe | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 70 | David Castillo Kevin | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 71 | Tim Torn Teutenberg | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 72 | Sente Sentjens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 73 | Marius Mayrhofer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 74 | Viktor Vandenberghe | Pauwels Sauzen-Cibel Clementines | s.t. |
| 75 | Yordi Corsus | Pauwels Sauzen-Cibel Clementines | s.t. |
| 76 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 77 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto | s.t. |
| 78 | Arjen Livyns | Lotto | s.t. |
| 79 | John Degenkolb | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 80 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 81 | Jasper Stuyven | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 82 | Peter Øxenberg | INEOS Grenadiers | 5:12 |
| 83 | Antoine Huby | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 84 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 85 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 86 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto | s.t. |
| 87 | António Morgado | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 88 | Kelland O'Brien | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 89 | Axel Bouquet | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 90 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 91 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 92 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
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Course map & profile:
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Start list with back numbers, September 19, 2025:
| UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 1 | Tim Wellens |
| 3 | Rui Oliveira |
| 4 | Luca Giaimi |
| 5 | Julius Johansen |
| 6 | António Morgado |
| 7 | Davide Stella |
| Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 11 | Quinten Hermans |
| 12 | Robbe Ghys |
| 13 | Jasper Philipsen |
| 14 | Jonas Rickaert |
| 15 | Sente Sentjens |
| 16 | Henri Uhlig |
| 17 | Stan Van Tricht |
| Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 21 | Biniam Girmay |
| 22 | Roel van Sintmaartensdijk |
| 23 | Vito Braet |
| 24 | Hugo Page |
| 25 | Laurenz Rex |
| 26 | Jonas Rutsch |
| 27 | Luca Van Boven |
| Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 31 | Louis Vervaeke |
| 32 | Pascal Eenkhoorn |
| 33 | Gil Gelders |
| 34 | Antoine Huby |
| 35 | Warre Vangheluwe |
| 36 | Lars Vanden Heede |
| 37 | Jordi Warlop |
| Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
| 41 | Arnaud Démare |
| 42 | Axel Bouquet |
| 43 | Luca Mozzato |
| 44 | Florian Sénéchal |
| 45 | Clément Venturini |
| 46 | Edoardo Zamperini |
| Bahrain Victorious | |
| 51 | Fred Wright |
| 52 | Kamil Gradek |
| 53 | Daniel Skerl |
| 54 | Robert Stannard |
| 55 | Oliver Stockwell |
| 56 | Vlad Van Mechelen |
| 57 | Alberto Bruttomesso |
| Cofidis | |
| 61 | Bryan Coquard |
| 62 | Piet Allegaert |
| 63 | Aimé De Gendt |
| 64 | Alexis Renard |
| 65 | Sam Maisonobe |
| 66 | Dylan Teuns |
| 67 | Damien Touzé |
| Groupama-FDJ | |
| 71 | Cyril Barthe |
| 72 | Lewis Bower |
| 73 | Clément Davy |
| 74 | Titouan Fontaine |
| 75 | Johan Jacobs |
| 76 | Paul Penhoët |
| 77 | Clément Russo |
| INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 81 | Peter Øxenberg |
| 82 | Kim Heiduk |
| 83 | Michal Kwiatkowski |
| 84 | Connor Swift |
| 85 | Artem Shmidt |
| 86 | Ben Swift |
| 87 | Joshua Tarling |
| Lidl-Trek | |
| 91 | Jonathan Milan |
| 92 | Simone Consonni |
| 93 | Tim Declercq |
| 94 | Jasper Stuyven |
| 95 | Tim Torn Teutenberg |
| 96 | Edward Theuns |
| 97 | Mathias Vacek |
| Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 101 | Jordi Meeus |
| 102 | Jonas Koch |
| 103 | Filip Maciejuk |
| 104 | Sebastian Putz |
| 105 | Anton Palzer |
| 106 | Danny van Poppel |
| 107 | Sam Welsford |
| Team Jayco-AlUla | |
| 111 | Michael Matthews |
| 112 | Robert Donaldson |
| 113 | Luke Durbridge |
| 115 | Kelland O'Brien |
| 117 | Campbell Stewart |
| Team Picnic PostNL | |
| 121 | John Degenkolb |
| 122 | Pavel Bittner |
| 123 | Jacob Bush |
| 124 | Tim Naberman |
| 125 | Nils Eekhoff |
| 126 | Sean Flynn |
| 127 | Enzo Leijnse |
| Team Visma | Lease a Bike | |
| 131 | Wout van Aert |
| 132 | Tiesj Benoot |
| 133 | Matthew Brennan |
| 134 | Victor Campenaerts |
| 135 | Christophe Laporte |
| 136 | Jed Smithson |
| 137 | Mikal Grimstad Uglehus |
| XDS Astana Team | |
| 141 | Davide Ballerini |
| 142 | Alberto Bettiol |
| 143 | Cees Bol |
| 144 | Yevgeniy Fedorov |
| 145 | Mike Teunissen |
| 146 | Ide Schelling |
| 147 | Gustav Wang |
| Lotto | |
| 151 | Arnaud De Lie |
| 152 | Jenno Berckmoes |
| 153 | Arjen Livyns |
| 154 | Jasper De Buyst |
| 155 | Sébastien Grignard |
| 156 | Liam Slock |
| 157 | Matys Grisel |
| Movistar Team | |
| 161 | Fernando Gaviria |
| 162 | Kevin David Castillo |
| 163 | Davide Cimolai |
| 164 | Manlio Moro |
| 165 | Mathias Norsgaard |
| 166 | Albert Torres |
| Israel-Premier Tech | |
| 171 | Hugo Hofstetter |
| 172 | Guillaume Boivin |
| 173 | Brady Gilmore |
| 174 | Corbin Strong |
| 175 | Riley Sheehan |
| 176 | Tom Van Asbroeck |
| 177 | Floris Van Tricht |
| Team Flanders-Baloise | |
| 181 | Tom Crabbe |
| 182 | Ward Vanhoof |
| 183 | Siebe Deweirdt |
| 184 | Elias Maris |
| 185 | Vincent Van Hemelen |
| 186 | Aaron Van Poucke |
| 187 | Jules Hesters |
| Team TotalEnergies | |
| 191 | Emilien Jeannière |
| 192 | Alexandre Delettre |
| 193 | Sandy Dujardin |
| 194 | Florian Dauphin |
| 195 | Fabien Grellier |
| 196 | Anthony Turgis |
| 197 | Baptiste Vadic |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 201 | Matteo Trentin |
| 202 | Marco Haller |
| 203 | Mika Heming |
| 204 | Petr Kelemen |
| 205 | Alexander Krieger |
| 206 | Marius Mayrhofer |
| 207 | Rick Pluimers |
| Uno-X Mobility | |
| 211 | Jonas Abrahamsen |
| 212 | Martin Urianstad Bugge |
| 213 | Stian Fredheim |
| 214 | William Blume Levy |
| 215 | Sakarias Koller Løland |
| 216 | Erik Resell |
| 217 | Søren Wærenskjold |
| Wagner Bazin WB | |
| 221 | Cériel Desal |
| 222 | Michiel Lambrecht |
| 223 | Johan Meens |
| 224 | Luca De Meester |
| 225 | Marco Tizza |
| 226 | Kenneth Van Rooy |
| 227 | Jelle Vermoote |
| Pauwels Sauzen-Cibel Clementines | |
| 231 | Yordi Corsus |
| 232 | Kay De Bruyckere |
| 233 | Sil De Brauwere |
| 234 | Michael Vanthourenhout |
| 235 | Matti van Speybroek |
| 236 | Viktor Vandenberghe |
| Tarteletto-Isorex | |
| 241 | Alex Vandenbulcke |
| 242 | Robbe Claeys |
| 243 | Ewout De Keyser |
| 244 | Timothy Dupont |
| 245 | Gianni Marchand |
| 246 | Jordy Decottignies |
| 247 | Lennert Teugels |