2022 Bredene Koksijde Classic (1.Pro), Belgium
Formerly: Handzame Classic
19th edition: Friday, March 18, 2022
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Bredene - Koksijde, 200.9 km
Pascal Ackermann is the day's fastest rider.
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Weather at the finish city of Koksijde at 1:00 PM, local time: 13C (55F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from winner Pascal Ackermann's UAE Team Emirates.
Pascal Ackermann showed fine form to take a confident victory at the Bredene Koksijde Classic in Belgium today.
The 28 year-old sprinter went for a long-range wind up in the final 300m to stay clear of his closest rivals, Hugo Hofstetter (Arkea-Samsic) and Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) who rounded out the podium.
This win marks the 19th triumph of the year for the Emirati squad and the first for Ackermann since joining the team at the beginning of the season.
Ackermann: “ I’m so happy with this win. My shape has been really good the last few weeks but just something was missing to take a big result , I think I was just waiting a bit too long to open the sprints so today I said I would go long and it worked out really well. I have good memories from this race – I won it a few years ago. It’s been a hard few weeks racing but I’m looking forward to my next race next week in De Panne.
"My shape is as good as it’s ever been so I’m looking for more big results with the team.
"We are one team, so I try and give everything for them and then today I got it all back with the victory. All I can say is thank you for my teammates.”
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Complete Results:
200.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.727 km/hr
| 1 | Pascal Ackermann | UAE Team Emirates | 4hr 29min 30sec |
| 2 | Hugo Hofstetter | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 3 | Tim Merlier | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 4 | Sam Welsford | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 5 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 6 | Timothy Dupont | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 7 | Soren Waerenskjold | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 8 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 9 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 10 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 11 | Piet Allegaert | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 12 | Colin Joyce | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 13 | Pier-Andre Côte | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 14 | Lorrenzo Manzin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 15 | Tord Gudmestad | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 16 | Rudy Barbier | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 17 | Barnabas Peak | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 18 | Ethan Vernon | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 19 | Felix Gross | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 20 | Niklas Markl | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 21 | Cyril Lemoine | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 22 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 23 | Sasha Weemaes | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 24 | Gil D'Heygere | Minerva Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 25 | Thimo Willems | Minerva Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 26 | Arne Marit | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 27 | Dries De Bondt | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 28 | Jon Aberasturi | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 29 | Sandy Dujardin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 30 | Andreas Goeman | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 31 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 32 | Victor Campenaerts | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 33 | Lennert Teugels | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 34 | Cedric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 35 | Kevin Vauquelin | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 36 | Jenthe Biermans | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 37 | Rui Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 38 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 39 | Thomas Joseph | Minerva Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 40 | Enrico Zanoncello | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 41 | Lindsay De Vylder | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 42 | Tuur Dens | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 43 | Martin Laas | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 44 | Max Walscheid | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 45 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 46 | Jonas Hvideberg | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 47 | Itamar Einhorn | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 48 | Jannik Steimle | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 49 | Gilles Borra | Minerva Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 50 | Benjamin Declercq | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 51 | Ceriel Desal | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 52 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 53 | Shane Archbold | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 54 | Kristoffer Halvorsen | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 55 | Markus Pajur | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 56 | Jens Debusschere | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 57 | Dayer Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 58 | Boy van Poppel | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | @ 12sec |
| 59 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 60 | Dimitri Claeys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 0:16 |
| 61 | Ward Vanhoof | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 62 | Jeremy Cabot | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 63 | Marco Frigo | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 64 | Jeroen Eyskens | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 65 | Gage Hecht | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 66 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 67 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 68 | Iljo Keisse | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 0:19 |
| 69 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 70 | Lionel Taminiaux | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 71 | Michael Schwarzmann | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 72 | Mathijs Paasschens | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 73 | Karl Lauk | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | 0:21 |
| 74 | Rasmus Tiller | Uno-X | 0:22 |
| 75 | Christophe Noppe | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:26 |
| 76 | Kasper Saver | Minerva Cycling Team | 0:33 |
| 77 | Taj Jones | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:34 |
| 78 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X | 0:36 |
| 79 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Human Powered Health | 0:39 |
| 80 | Rüdiger Selig | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 81 | Tom Devriendt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 0:41 |
| 82 | Wesley Kreder | Cofidis | 0:47 |
| 83 | Stijn Steels | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 0:48 |
| 84 | Matthew Walls | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 85 | Thibau Verhofstadt | Tarteletto-Isorex | 0:57 |
| 86 | Leon Heinschke | Team DSM | 1:14 |
| 87 | Daan Hoole | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 88 | Jelle Wallays | Cofidis | 1:28 |
| 89 | Robbe Ghys | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 2:19 |
| 90 | Lukas Postlberger | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 91 | August Jensen | Human Powered Health | 2:23 |
| 92 | Dimitri Peyskens | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 93 | Jacob Relaes | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 94 | Sander De Pestel | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 95 | Niki Terpstra | TotalEnergies | 3:00 |
| 96 | Otto Vergaerde | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 97 | Scott Thwaites | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 98 | Jakob Egholm | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 99 | Morten Hulgaard | Uno-X | s.t. |
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Start list with back numbers, March 17, 2022:
| ALPECIN-FENIX | |
| DS: | Frederik Willems |
| 1 | MERLIER Tim |
| 2 | DEHAIRS Simon |
| 3 | KRIEGER Alexander |
| 4 | DE BONDT Dries |
| 5 | THWAITES Scott |
| 6 | VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio |
| 7 | TAMINIAUX Lionel |
| QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL | |
| DS: | Rik Van Slycke |
| 11 | KEISSE Iljo |
| 12 | SCHMID Mauro |
| 13 | STEELS Stijn |
| 14 | STEIMLE Jannik |
| 15 | VAN LERBERGHE Bert |
| 17 | VERNON Ethan |
| LOTTO SOUDAL | |
| DS: | Nikolas Maes |
| 21 | CAMPENAERTS Victor |
| 22 | BEULLENS Cedric |
| 23 | DE LIE Arnaud |
| 24 | SCHWARZMANN Michael |
| 26 | GRIGNARD Sébastien |
| 27 | SELIG Rüdiger |
| UAE TEAM EMIRATES | |
| DS: | Fabio Baldato |
| 31 | ACKERMANN Pascal |
| 32 | BRUNEL Alexys |
| 33 | GROß Felix |
| 34 | FISHER-BLACK Finn |
| 35 | LAENGEN Vegard Stake |
| 36 | OLIVEIRA Rui |
| 37 | SUTER Joel |
| BORA-HANSGROHE | |
| DS: | Jean-Pierre Heynderickx |
| 41 | GAMPER Patrick |
| 42 | LAAS Martin |
| 44 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas |
| 45 | WALLS Matthew |
| 46 | ARCHBOLD Shane |
| 47 | KOCH Jonas |
| ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | |
| DS: | Dirk Demol |
| 51 | BARBIER Rudy |
| 52 | BIERMANS Jenthe |
| 53 | EINHORN Itamar |
| 54 | JONES Taj |
| 55 | VAN ASBROECK Tom |
| 56 | FRIGO Marco |
| 57 | PUPPIO Antonio |
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| DS: | Luc Meersman |
| 61 | ABERASTURI Jon |
| 62 | EGHOLM Jacob |
| 63 | HOOLE Daan |
| 64 | LIEPINS Emils |
| 65 | VERGAERDE Otto |
| 66 | BRUSTENGA MASAGUE Marc |
| 67 | THEUNS Edward |
| INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT MATÉRIAUX | |
| DS: | Steven De Neef |
| 71 | VAN POPPEL Boy |
| 72 | DEVRIENDT Tom |
| 73 | JOHANSEN Julius |
| 74 | PEÁK Barnabas |
| 75 | THIJSSEN Gerben |
| 76 | VAN DER HOORN Taco |
| 77 | CLAEYS Dimitri |
| COFIDIS | |
| DS: | Thierry Marichal |
| 81 | ALLEGAERT Piet |
| 82 | BOHLI Tom |
| 83 | KREDER Wesley |
| 84 | CARVALHO André |
| 85 | VANBILSEN Kenneth |
| 86 | WALLAYS Jelle |
| 87 | WALSCHEID Max |
| TEAM DSM | |
| DS: | Roy Curvers |
| 91 | BOL Cees |
| 92 | HEINSCHKE Leon |
| 93 | MÄRKL Niklas |
| 94 | HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby |
| 95 | WELSFORD Samuel |
| 96 | REINDERINK Pepijn |
| 97 | WILKSCH Hannes |
| TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | |
| DS: | Arnaud Gerard |
| 101 | HOFSTETTER Hugo |
| 102 | QUINTANA Dayer |
| 103 | NOPPE Christophe |
| 104 | PAJUR Markus |
| 105 | RIES Michel |
| 106 | VAUQUELIN Kevin |
| 107 | DECLERCQ Benjamin |
| TOTALENERGIES | |
| DS: | Thibaut Mace |
| 111 | DUJARDIN Sandy |
| 113 | MANZIN Lorrenzo |
| 115 | TERPSTRA Niki |
| 116 | VAN GESTEL Dries |
| UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
| DS: | Jasper Morkov |
| 121 | WAERENSKJOLD Søren |
| 122 | GUDMESTAD Tord |
| 123 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer |
| 124 | HANSEN Lasse Norman |
| 125 | HULGAARD Morten Alexander |
| 126 | SKAARSETH Anders |
| 127 | TILLER Rasmus Fossum |
| B&B HOTELS-KTM | |
| DS: | Gilles Pauchard |
| 131 | MOZZATO Luca |
| 132 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens |
| 133 | BARBIER Pierre |
| 134 | LECROQ Jérémy |
| 135 | LEMOINE Cyril |
| 136 | MORICE Julien |
| 137 | WARLOP Jordi |
| SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | |
| DS: | Kenny De Ketele |
| 141 | DE VYLDER Lindsay |
| 142 | DE PESTEL Sander |
| 143 | DENS Tuur |
| 144 | GHYS Robbe |
| 145 | VANHOOF Ward |
| 146 | MARIT Arne |
| 147 | WEEMAES Sasha |
| BINGOAL-PAUWELS SAUCES | |
| DS: | Christophe Detilloux |
| 151 | ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw |
| 152 | DUPONT Timothy |
| 153 | LAUK Karl Patrick |
| 154 | BLOUWE Louis |
| 155 | PAASSCHENS Mathijs |
| 156 | PEYSKENS Dimitri |
| 157 | TIETEMA Bas |
| BARDIANI-CSF-FAIZANE' | |
| DS: | Luca Amoriello |
| 161 | BATTAGLIN Enrico |
| 162 | CAÑAVERAL Jonathan |
| 163 | COLNAGHI Luca |
| 164 | SANTAROMITA Alessandro |
| 166 | ZANONCELLO Enrico |
| 167 | ZOCCARATO Samuele |
| HUMAN POWERED HEALTH | |
| DS: | Hendrik Redant |
| 172 | ZUKOWSKY Nick |
| 173 | COTÉ Pier-André |
| 174 | CARPENTER Robin |
| 175 | HECHT Gage |
| 176 | JENSEN August |
| 177 | JOYCE Colin |
| MINERVA CYCLING TEAM | |
| DS: | Preben Van Hecke |
| 181 | BORRA Gilles |
| 182 | CAETHOVEN Kenneth |
| 183 | D'HEYGERE Gil |
| 184 | MUSEEUW Stefano |
| 185 | JOSEPH Thomas |
| 186 | SAVER Kasper |
| 187 | WILLEMS Thimo |
| TARTELETTO-ISOREX | |
| DS: | Peter Bauwens |
| 191 | GOEMAN Andreas |
| 192 | MARCHAND Gianni |
| 193 | TEUGELS Lennert |
| 194 | EYSKENS Jeroen |
| 195 | VANOVERSCHELDE Kobe |
| 196 | VERHOFSTADT Thibau |
| 197 | RELAES Jacob |