2018 Handzame Classic (1.1), Belgium

16th edition: Friday, March 16, 2018

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Bredene - Handzame, 200 km

Alvaro Hodeg wins in Handzame. Getty pictures

Weather at Handzame at 1:00 PM local time: 11C (51F), mostly cloudy with the wind from the WSW at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain was forecast before the race finished.

The race: Winner Alvaro Hodeg's Quick-Step team posted this report:

Alvaro Hodeg sprinted to his first pro win at Handzame Classic, giving Quick-Step Floors its 15th victory of the season, after another perfect race of our team, who controlled things from the outset in Bredene, keeping the ten escapees in constant check and making sure to reel them in as the peloton went into the business end of the 199.1km-long race, before setting up the young Colombian in the frantic finale which unfolded in Handzame.

Not even the numerous cobbled sectors or a crash of Florian Sénéchal with seven kilometers to go could derail Quick-Step Floors' excellent sprint train, who delivered Hodeg – a stage winner at the 2017 Tour de l'Avenir – in an ideal position inside the last 200 meters of the race, from where the 21-year-old blasted past Kristoffer Halvorson (Team Sky) and Pascal Ackermann (Bora-hansgrohe), dashing to victory on Friday afternoon, to become the third Colombian winner of a Belgian semi-classic, after Leonardo Duque and teammate Fernando Gaviria.

It was Quick-Step Floors fourth victory in as many races in the Belgian Cup this season, after the ones netted by Niki Terpstra (Le Samyn), Rémi Cavagna (Dwars door West-Vlaanderen) and Fabio Jakobsen (Nokere Koerse), and it left Alvaro – the 85th rider to take a success for Quick-Step Floors since 2003 – speechless after crossing the line.

"It's difficult to tell you how I'm feeling after this win. It means the world to take my maiden pro victory with Quick-Step Floors, the team I have always dreamt of racing for. I always try to do my best and today it wasn't any different", said Hodeg at the press conference. "The plan from the beginning of the race was to do the sprint for me and I'm grateful to the boys for their support, they were fantastic. I am super happy to get this success and can tell you I'll continue to work hard in order to repay the team for the confidence showed in me."

Complete Results:

200 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.703 km/hr

1	HODEG Alvaro	Quick-Step Floors	4hr 34min 35sec
2	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
3	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	PELUCCHI Matteo	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	BLYTHE Adam	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
6	DEHAES Kenny	WB-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	s.t.
7	OLIVEIRA Rui	Hagens Berman Axeon	s.t.
8	TURGIS Tanguy	Vital Concept	s.t.
9	HOFLAND Moreno	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
10	KOCH Jonas	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
11	JANS Roy	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
12	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
13	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
14	RICKAERT Jonas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
15	SELLIER Simon	Direct Energie	s.t.
16	WIPPERT Wouter	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
17	WÜRTZ Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
18	MANNAERTS Jelle	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
19	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
20	FENN Andrew	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
21	NOPPE Christophe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
22	MCCABE Travis	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
23	SMITH Dion	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
24	SCOTSON Miles	BMC	s.t.
25	ALZATE Carlos	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
26	MÄRKL Niklas	Development Team Sunweb	s.t.
27	BOHLI Tom	BMC	s.t.
28	STOSZ Patryk	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
29	LEVEAU Jeremy	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
30	MOBACH Jarno	Development Team Sunweb	s.t.
31	TRARIEUX Julien	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
32	PERRY Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
33	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
34	OLIVEIRA Ivo	Hagens Berman Axeon	s.t.
35	REYNAERTS Wim	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
36	BOUVRY Dieter	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
37	FRANCZAK Paweł	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
38	BAŠKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	MORTIER Julien	WB-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	s.t.
40	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	s.t.
41	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
42	VANTOMME Maxime	WB-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	s.t.
43	HOELGAARD Markus	Joker-Icopal	s.t.
44	TILLER Rasmus	Joker-Icopal	s.t.
45	KOLAR Michael	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
47	DECLERCQ Benjamin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
48	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
49	RUIJGH Rob	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
50	TZORTZAKIS Polychronis	Tarteletto-Isorex	@ 6sec
51	KANTER Max	Development Team Sunweb	s.t.
52	MANZIN Lorrenzo	Vital Concept	s.t.
53	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
54	TORRES Sergio	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
55	GEBREMEDHIN Awet	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
56	ALMEIDA João	Hagens Berman Axeon	s.t.
57	CATAFORD Alexander	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
58	CAVAGNA Rémi	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
59	BRAMMEIER Matthew	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
60	JONES Brenton	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
61	DUQUENNOY Jimmy	WB-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	0:10
62	STASSEN Julien	WB-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	s.t.
63	RÉZA Kévin	Vital Concept	s.t.
64	SKJERPING Kristoffer	Joker-Icopal	0:12
65	REYNAERTS Jan	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
66	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
67	STEVENS Timothy	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
68	SCHREURS Hamish	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
69	DE GREEF Robbert	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
70	LEIGH Andy	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
71	PHILIPSEN Jasper	Hagens Berman Axeon	s.t.
72	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
73	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
74	DE BOCK Stijn	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
75	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	s.t.
76	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
77	SALMON Martin	Development Team Sunweb	s.t.
78	TUREK Daniel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
79	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	s.t.
80	VAN GOMPEL Mathias	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
81	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	SCHWARZMANN Michael	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	ARCHBOLD Shane	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
84	EATON Daniel	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
85	PASQUALON Andrea	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
86	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Bora-hansgrohe	0:17
87	GOLAS Michal	Sky	s.t.
88	BASSO Leonardo	Sky	s.t.
89	VAN GOETHEM Brian	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
90	SPENGLER Lukas	WB-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	s.t.
91	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	0:21
92	CORNU Jeremy	Direct Energie	s.t.
93	MARCOTTE Eric	UnitedHealthcare	0:23
94	MATHIS Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	0:27
95	COURTEILLE Arnaud	Vital Concept	s.t.
96	PUTT Tanner	UnitedHealthcare	0:29
97	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
98	FORFANG Ole	Joker-Icopal	s.t.
99	VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	0:31
100	MARTINEZ Yannick	Delko-Marseille Provence	0:35
101	PACHER Quentin	Vital Concept	s.t.
102	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:41
103	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	BMC	s.t.
104	SERRY Pieter	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
105	KNEES Christian	Sky	s.t.
106	BUDDING Martijn	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	0:49
107	DAHL Herman	Joker-Icopal	s.t.
108	GRADEK Kamil	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:50
109	LAWLESS Christopher	Sky	0:52
110	GALL Felix	Development Team Sunweb	s.t.
111	MARTINELLI Davide	Quick-Step Floors	0:58
112	FARAZIJN Maxime	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
113	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	1:07
114	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
115	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	1:10
116	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	1:45
117	RESTREPO Jhonatan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
118	DIBBEN Jonathan	Sky	1:48
119	SISR Frantisek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	1:54
120	JOURNIAUX Axel	Direct Energie	2:08
121	GAUDIN Damien	Direct Energie	2:32
122	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
123	COENEN Dennis	Cibel-Cebon	3:51
124	BOUCHER David	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
125	SMUKULIS Gatis	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
126	NAULEAU Bryan	Direct Energie	s.t.
127	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
128	KUREK Adrian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	5:49
129	BERNAS Pawel	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
130	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Quick-Step Floors	7:00
131	FILOSI Iuri	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.

Race course map:

Teams entered:

WorldTour:

• Team Sky
• Quick-Step Floors
• BMC Racing Team
• BORA - Hansgrohe
• Lotto Soudal
• Team Katusha - Alpecin

Professional Continental teams:

• Direct Energie
• Delko Marseille Provence KTM
• Wanty - Groupe Gobert
• Vital Concept Cycling Club
• Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij
• Israel Cycling Academy
• Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
• Aqua Blue Sport
• WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
• CCC Sprandi Polkowice
• UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
• Hagens Berman Axeon

Continental teams:

• Tarteletto - Isorex
• Cibel - Cebon
• Team Joker Icopal
• Development Team Sunweb