2019 De Brabantse Pijl (HC), Belgium
La Flèche Brabançonne
59th edition: Wednesday, April 17, 2019
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Leuven - Overijse, 196.2 km
Mathieu Van der Poel wins another big one. Sirotti photo
Weather at the finish city of Overijse at 1:45 PM, local time: 14C (58F), cloudy, with the wind from the south at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the summary of the day's racing from second-place Julian Alaphilippe's Deceuninck-Quick Step team.
Julian Alaphilippe made his first outing in three years at Brabantse Pijl and the Frenchman was again one of the main players. If in 2016 he set up teammate Petr Vakoč for the win, this time around Julian was directly involved in the fight for victory, after riding clear with four other riders following an attack he launched on Hertstraat, the 28th of the day’s thirty-one climbs.
Before this happened, Deceuninck – Quick-Step were the most active team in the race, controlling the breakaway with the likes of Rémi Cavagna and Tim Declercq, policing the front of the bunch and sending neo-pro Mikkel Honoré up the road to counter attacks inside the final 50 kilometers. When that move was brought to an end, Dries Devenyns, Pieter Serry and Vakoč took over the reins again and put in some strong turns which decimated the field and opened the way for Julian’s acceleration, who kicked off the proceedings with some 20-odd kilometers remaining.
While his Deceuninck – Quick-Step teammates tracked down moves from the bunch, ensuring the quintet’s gap remained a steady one, Alaphilippe worked well together with his companions, driving the pace and putting more than half a minute into the chasers. A strong attack on the Holstheide reduced the leading group to four men, but their advantage remained intact over the top of Ijskelderlaan. A probing acceleration of the Milano-Sanremo champion saw the others follow with five kilometers to go, and with no other digs coming on the Schavei (700 meters, 6.2%), the race was decided on the flat finishing straight.
Julian Alaphilippe – who was returning to competition after crashing out of last week’s Vuelta a Pais Vasco twenty-four hours after picking up a stage win – took second behind Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) for his 12th top 10 finish of the season; it was an encouraging result which bodes well for the 26-year-old ahead of Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race, where he will lead Deceuninck – Quick-Step, who concluded Brabantse Pijl with two riders in the upper part of the standings, after Pieter Serry rolled over the line in ninth.
“My team did a superb job and on the last lap I decided to attack. Over the top of the climb we were five riders and I rode full gas to help this move go all the way to the line”, said Alaphilippe after netting France’s best result in seven years at Brabantse Pijl. “This morning I was already happy to be back racing and now I am content having finished on the podium, although I would have liked to win, as this is in my nature. In the end, it was a good test and a nice comeback, which gives me confidence going into the Ardennes Classics.”
Complete Results:
196.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.779 km/hr
| 1 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu | Corendon-Circus | 4hr 35min 11sec |
| 2 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 3 | WELLENS Tim | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 4 | MATTHEWS Michael | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 5 | LAMBRECHT Bjorg | Lotto-Soudal | @ 11sec |
| 6 | BETTIOL Alberto | EF Education First | 0:12 |
| 7 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 8 | KAMP Alexander | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
| 9 | SERRY Pieter | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 10 | LAMMERTINK Maurits | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 11 | JULES Justin | Wallonie-Bruxelles | 0:18 |
| 12 | PACHER Quentin | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 13 | PEYSKENS Dimitri | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 14 | SBARAGLI Kristian | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 15 | KREUZIGER Roman | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 16 | VAN DER LIJKE Nick | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 17 | SPRENGERS Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 18 | HERMANS Ben | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 19 | MÜLLER Patrick | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 20 | EIKING Odd Christian | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 21 | HIRSCHI Marc | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 22 | COSTA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 23 | VERMEERSCH Gianni | Corendon-Circus | 0:23 |
| 24 | GABBURO Davide | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 25 | SMITH Dion | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 26 | MAISON Jérémy | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 27 | VAKOČ Petr | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 28 | DUIJN Huub | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 29 | PEREZ Anthony | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 30 | BOUDAT Thomas | Total-Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 31 | ARMÉE Sander | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 32 | PLANET Charles | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 33 | MEURISSE Xandro | Wanty-Gobert | 0:28 |
| 34 | LIETAER Eliot | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 35 | VANENDERT Jelle | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 36 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 37 | RUSSO Clément | Arkea-Samsic | 0:37 |
| 38 | PETILLI Simone | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 39 | VISCONTI Giovanni | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 40 | DE WITTE Mathias | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 41 | QUINTANA Dayer | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 0:41 |
| 42 | DEVENYNS Dries | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:43 |
| 43 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:48 |
| 44 | MATÉ Luis Ángel | Cofidis | 0:49 |
| 45 | VERGAERDE Otto | Corendon-Circus | s.t. |
| 46 | COQUARD Bryan | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 47 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 48 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:54 |
| 49 | COLBRELLI Sonny | Bahrain Merida | s.t. |
| 50 | MEYER Cameron | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 51 | JUUL-JENSEN Christopher | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 52 | RIESEBEEK Oscar | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 53 | BACKAERT Frederik | Wanty-Gobert | 1:05 |
| 54 | VELASCO Simone | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 55 | DELTOMBE Kevin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 1:09 |
| 56 | MOINARD Amaël | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 57 | VLIEGEN Loïc | Wanty-Gobert | 1:15 |
| 58 | WEENING Pieter | Roompot-Charles | 1:18 |
| 59 | MONFORT Maxime | Lotto-Soudal | 1:25 |
| 60 | DEVOLDER Stijn | Corendon-Circus | 1:30 |
| 61 | CLARKE Simon | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 62 | BROWN Nathan | EF Education First | 1:33 |
| 63 | SICARD Romain | Total-Direct Energie | 1:42 |
| 64 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren | Team Sunweb | 2:02 |
| 65 | PASQUALON Andrea | Wanty-Gobert | 2:14 |
| 66 | TEUNS Dylan | Bahrain Merida | s.t. |
| 67 | REZA Kévin | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 68 | SCHULTZ Nick | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 69 | STOKBRO Andreas | Riwal Readynez | 3:17 |
| 70 | JENSEN August | Israel Cycling Academy | 3:32 |
| 71 | JANSSENS Jimmy | Corendon-Circus | 7:05 |
| 72 | ZARDINI Edoardo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 7:17 |
| 73 | HIVERT Jonathan | Total-Direct Energie | 8:13 |
| 74 | HONORÉ Mikkel | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 8:35 |
| 75 | VINJEBO Emil | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
| 76 | DE BONDT Dries | Corendon-Circus | s.t. |
| 77 | VAN WINDEN Dennis | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 78 | SOUPE Geoffrey | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 79 | TUREK Daniel | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 80 | SCOTSON Callum | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 81 | TAARAMÄE Rein | Total-Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 82 | DE GENDT Aimé | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 83 | DECLERCQ Benjamin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 84 | LIVYNS Arjen | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 85 | MAGNUSSON Kim | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
| 86 | OWEN Logan | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 87 | MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 88 | CLAEYS Dimitri | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 89 | TULIK Angelo | Total-Direct Energie | 8:54 |
| 90 | FEILLU Brice | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 91 | LE ROUX Romain | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 92 | TRATNIK Jan | Bahrain Merida | 8:57 |
| 93 | BOLE Grega | Bahrain Merida | s.t. |
| 94 | KÄMNA Lennard | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 95 | PIBERNIK Luka | Bahrain Merida | 8:59 |
| 96 | HAUSSLER Heinrich | Bahrain Merida | s.t. |
| 97 | PLANCKAERT Edward | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 98 | WHELAN James | EF Education First | 12:08 |
| 99 | OLIVEIRA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 100 | CARISEY Clément | Israel Cycling Academy | 12:29 |
| 101 | THOMSON Jay | Dimension Data | 13:02 |
| 102 | AGNOLI Valerio | Bahrain Merida | s.t. |
| 103 | BOHLI Tom | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 104 | CAVAGNA Rémi | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 105 | VERWILST Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 106 | AAEN JØRGENSEN Jonas | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
| 107 | COURTEILLE Arnaud | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 108 | ROBEET Ludovic | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 109 | GONZÁLEZ Roberto | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 13:09 |
| 110 | TAMINIAUX Lionel | Wallonie-Bruxelles | 13:13 |
2019 Brabantse Pijl map
2019 Brabantse Pijl profile
Race pictures by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Team Cofidis is presented during the starting ceremonies.
It's time to race. The riders leave the city of Leuven.
A break with Frederik Backaert & Dries De Bondt
Quentin Pacher
Christopher Juul Jensen
Daryl Impey on the attack.
Mathieu Van der Poel wins in Overijse
Jules Justin wins the sprint for 11th.
Van der Poel right after the race
The podium, from left: Julian Alaphilippe (2nd), Mathieu Van der Poel and Tim Wellens (3rd)
Start list with back numbers, April 16, 2019:
| LOTTO SOUDAL | |
| DS: | Mario Aerts |
| 1 | WELLENS Tim |
| 2 | LAMBRECHT Bjorg |
| 3 | MARCZYNSKI Tomasz |
| 4 | MONFORT Maxime |
| 5 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh |
| 6 | VANENDERT Jelle |
| 7 | ARMEE Sander |
| BAHRAIN - MERIDA | |
| DS: | Rik Verbrugghe |
| 11 | COLBRELLI Sonny |
| 12 | BOLE Grega |
| 13 | AGNOLI Valerio |
| 14 | HAUSSLER Heinrich |
| 15 | PIBERNIK Luka |
| 16 | TEUNS Dylan |
| 17 | TRATNIK Jan |
| DECEUNINCK - QUICK STEP | |
| DS: | Klaas Lodewyck |
| 21 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian |
| 22 | CAVAGNA Rémi |
| 23 | DECLERCQ Tim |
| 24 | DEVENYNS Dries |
| 25 | HONORÉ Mikkel |
| 26 | SERRY Pieter |
| 27 | VAKOC Petr |
| EF EDUCATION FIRST | |
| DS: | Ken Vanmarcke |
| 31 | BETTIOL Alberto |
| 32 | BROWN Nathan |
| 33 | WHELAN James |
| 34 | CLARKE Simon |
| 35 | CRADDOCK Lawson |
| 36 | HOWES Alex |
| 37 | OWEN Logan |
| MITCHELTON - SCOTT | |
| DS: | Laurenzo Lapage |
| 41 | IMPEY Daryl |
| 43 | JUUL JENSEN Christopher |
| 44 | MEYER Cameron |
| 45 | SCHULTZ Nicholas |
| 46 | SMITH Dion |
| 47 | SCOTSON Callum |
| TEAM DIMENSION DATA | |
| DS: | Jean-Pierre Heynderickx |
| 51 | VERMOTE Julien |
| 52 | BAK Lars Ytting |
| 53 | GASPAROTTO Enrico |
| 54 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt |
| 55 | KREUZIGER Roman |
| 56 | THOMSON Jay Robert |
| 57 | TILLER Rasmus Fossum |
| TEAM SUNWEB | |
| DS: | Arthur Van Dongen |
| 61 | MATTHEWS Michael |
| 62 | FROHLINGER Johannes |
| 63 | HIRSCHI Marc |
| 64 | KÄMNA Lennard |
| 65 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren |
| 66 | ARNDT Nikias |
| 67 | STORER Michael |
| UAE - TEAM EMIRATES | |
| DS: | Jose Antonio Fernandez |
| 71 | BOHLI Tom |
| 72 | FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto |
| 73 | FERRARI Roberto |
| 74 | PHILIPSEN Jasper |
| 76 | OLIVEIRA Rui |
| 77 | PETILLI Simone |
| COFIDIS | |
| DS: | Thierry Marichal |
| 81 | CLAEYS Dimitri |
| 82 | CHETOUT Loïc |
| 83 | HANSEN Jesper |
| 84 | MATE MARDONES Luis Angel |
| 85 | MATHIS Marco |
| 86 | PEREZ Anthony |
| 87 | SOUPE Geoffrey |
| CORENDON - CIRCUS | |
| DS: | Michel Cornelisse |
| 91 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu |
| 92 | DEVOLDER Stijn |
| 93 | JANSSENS Jimmy |
| 94 | MEISEN Marcel |
| 95 | VERGAERDE Otto |
| 96 | VERMEERSCH Gianni |
| 97 | WALSLEBEN Philipp |
| TOTAL-DIRECT ENERGIE | |
| DS: | Lylian Lebreton |
| 101 | BOUDAT Thomas |
| 102 | GRELLIER Fabien |
| 103 | HIVERT Jonathan |
| 104 | SELLIER Simon |
| 105 | CARDIS Romain |
| 106 | TAARAMAE Rein |
| 107 | TULIK Angelo |
| ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY | |
| DS: | Eric Van Lancker |
| 111 | HERMANS Ben |
| 112 | BOIVIN Guillaume |
| 113 | TUREK Daniel |
| 114 | JENSEN August |
| 115 | SBARAGLI Kristian |
| 116 | VAN ASBROECK Tom |
| 117 | VAN WINDEN Dennis |
| NERI SOTTOLI - SELLE ITALIA - KTM | |
| DS: | Luca Scinta |
| 121 | VISCONTI Giovanni |
| 122 | GABBURO Davide |
| 123 | GONZÁLEZ Roberto |
| 124 | QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer |
| 125 | BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel |
| 125 | VELASCO Simone |
| 127 | ZARDINI Edoardo |
| RIWAL READYNEZ CYCLING TEAM | |
| DS: | Michael Blaudzun |
| 131 | JÖRGENSEN Jonas Aaen |
| 132 | BROCHNER NIELSEN Nicolai |
| 133 | KAMP EGESTED Alexander |
| 134 | KRON Andreas Lorentz |
| 135 | VINJEBO Emil Nygaard |
| 136 | STOKBRO NIELSEN Andreas |
| 137 | VEYHE Torkil |
| ROOMPOT-CHARLES | |
| DS: | Michael Boogerd |
| 141 | WEENING Pieter |
| 142 | DE WITTE Mathias |
| 143 | DUYN Huub |
| 144 | LAMMERTINK Maurits |
| 145 | LIVYNS Arjen |
| 146 | RIESEBEEK Oscar |
| 147 | VAN DER LIJKE Nick |
| SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | |
| DS: | Walter Planckaert |
| 151 | DECLERCQ Benjamin |
| 152 | DELTOMBE Kevin |
| 153 | PLANCKAERT Edward |
| 154 | PLANCKAERT Emiel |
| 155 | SPRENGERS Thomas |
| 156 | VAN GESTEL Dries |
| 157 | VERWILST Aaron |
| TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC | |
| DS: | Yvon Ledanois |
| 161 | BARGUIL Warren |
| 162 | FEILLU Brice |
| 163 | LE ROUX Romain |
| 164 | MAISON Jérémy |
| 165 | MOINARD Amaël |
| 166 | RIOU Alan |
| 167 | RUSSO Clement |
| TEAM NOVO NORDISK | |
| DS: | Vassili Davidenko |
| 171 | BRAND Sam |
| 172 | BENHAMOUDA Mehdi |
| 173 | KAMSTRA Brian |
| 174 | CLANCY Stephen |
| 175 | PERON Andrea |
| 176 | PLANET Charles |
| 177 | POLI Umberto |
| VITAL CONCEPT - B&B HOTELS | |
| DS: | Gilles Pauchard |
| 181 | COQUARD Bryan |
| 182 | BOECKMANS Kris |
| 183 | MÜLLER Patrick |
| 184 | PACHER Quentin |
| 185 | REZA Kévin |
| 186 | COURTEILLE Arnaud |
| 187 | VICHOT Arthur |
| WALLONIE-BRUXELLES | |
| DS: | Christophe Brandt |
| 191 | JULES Justin |
| 192 | LIEPINS Emils |
| 193 | LIETAER Eliot |
| 194 | PEYSKENS Dimitri |
| 195 | ROBEET Ludovic |
| 196 | TAMINIAUX Lionel |
| 197 | WIRTGEN Tom |
| WANTY–GOBERT | |
| DS: | Hilaire Van der Schueren |
| 201 | BACKAERT Frederik |
| 202 | BAUGNIES Jérôme |
| 203 | EIKING Odd Christian |
| 204 | MARTIN Guillaume |
| 205 | MEURISSE Xandro |
| 206 | OFFREDO Yoann |
| 207 | VLIEGEN Loïc |