2025 Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne (1.Pro), Belgium
77th edition: Sunday, March 2, 2025
Complete results
Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne podium history | 2024 edition | Map | Start list
Kortrijk - Kuurne, 196.9 km
Japer Philipsen wins in Kuurne. Photo: PhotoNewsBe
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Weather at the finish city of Kuurne at 2:40 PM, local time: 9C (48F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There isjust a 1% chance of rain.
The race: Madis Mihkels (EF Education-EasyPost) did not start.
Here's the report from 8th-place Pavel Bittner's Team Picnic-PostNL:
Day two of Opening Weekend saw the peloton take on some more cobbles and climbs, although with roughly 50 kilometers of flatter roads in the finale; it was a day that on paper suited the sprinters. From the start Team Picnic PostNL did a good job to be in position with Pavel Bittner, John Degenkolb and Sean Flynn all to the fore as the climbs came thick and fast in the middle part of the race. The trio rotated in following the attacks to make sure the team was always represented, but in the end it was clear that things would come down to a bunch sprint.
Flynn then Degenkolb kept Bittner safe in the hectic finale, before bringing him towards the front of the bunch just outside the flamme rouge. In the finishing straight things were stretched out and Bittner had to come from a bit behind, showing good speed though to pass several riders on the way to a good eighth place finish.
Bittner expressed: “Our goal for today was to pass the climbing section in a good way together, and then go for it in the sprint with me at the finish. On the climbs I felt pretty good, and John and Sean were really strong too so we could follow some of the attacks that were going at that point. We knew after Côte de Trieu that it would be a sprint though so we tried to save some energy.
"The three of us did a good job together. It was a bit of a shame that there was a crash next to us with around two kilometres to go and that caused my chain to drop, so we had to come back from a worse position. I think with the way it was in the final we can be happy with eighth place, and that I still had the legs to sprint after a hard day. We can take a lot of positives from today and go into the next Belgian races strongly.”
Opening ceremonies. The Wagner Bazan WB team is presented.
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Complete results:
196.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.834 km/hr
| 1 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 4hr 42min 24sec |
| 2 | Olav Kooij | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 3 | Hugo Hofstetter | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 4 | Arne Marit | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 5 | Rick Pluimers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 7 | Marijn van den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 8 | Pavel Bittner | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 9 | Lukas Kubis | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 10 | Milan Fretin | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 11 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 12 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 13 | Luca Mozzato | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 14 | Arnaud Démare | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 15 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 16 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 17 | Sam Bennett | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 18 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 19 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 20 | Cees Bol | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 21 | Oliver Naesen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 22 | Iván García Cortina | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 23 | Jules Hesters | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 24 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto | s.t. |
| 25 | Marius Mayrhofer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 26 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 27 | Owain Doull | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 28 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 29 | Mike Teunissen | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 30 | Rui Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 31 | Davide Ballerini | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 32 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 33 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 34 | Joren Bloem | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 35 | Piet Allegaert | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 36 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | s.t. |
| 37 | Mick van Dijke | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 38 | Jasper Stuyven | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 39 | Amaury Capiot | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 40 | John Degenkolb | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 41 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 42 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 43 | Nils Politt | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 44 | Jhonatan Narvaez | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 45 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 46 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 47 | Rasmus Tiller | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 48 | Florian Sénéchal | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 49 | Tim van Dijke | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 50 | Cériel Desal | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 51 | Hartthijs de Vries | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 52 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 53 | Milan Lanhove | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 54 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | s.t. |
| 55 | Jonas Rutsch | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 56 | Eddy Le Huitouze | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 57 | Kaden Groves | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 58 | Jonas Hvideberg | Uno-X Mobility | @ 10sec |
| 59 | Stan Dewulf | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 60 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 61 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 62 | Tiesj Benoot | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 63 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 64 | Johan Jacobs | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 65 | Andreas Stokbro | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 66 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 67 | Brent Van Moer | Lotto | s.t. |
| 68 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 0:14 |
| 69 | Yves Lampaert | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 70 | Jake Stewart | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 71 | Tim Wellens | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 72 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 73 | Roger Adrià | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 74 | Victor Campenaerts | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 75 | Wout van Aert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 76 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 77 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 78 | Michele Gazzoli | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 79 | Mikkel Honore | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 80 | Tomas Kopecky | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 81 | Dries van Gestel | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 82 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 83 | Arjen Livyns | Lotto | s.t. |
| 84 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 85 | Orluis Aular | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 86 | Vincenzo Albanese | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 87 | Mathias Vacek | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 88 | Sean Flynn | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 89 | Aimé De Gendt | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 90 | Kasper Asgreen | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:37 |
| 91 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:41 |
| 92 | Michael Valgren | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 93 | Matis Louvel | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:27 |
| 94 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 95 | Alec Segaert | Lotto | s.t. |
| 96 | William Blume Levy | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 97 | Robin Froidevaux | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 98 | Pepijn Reinderink | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:03 |
| 99 | Dries De Bondt | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 100 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | 4:46 |
| 101 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | 6:07 |
| 102 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 103 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 6:50 |
| 104 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | 9:02 |
| 105 | Jens Reynders | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 106 | Axandre Van Petegem | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 107 | Jannik Steimle | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 108 | Abram Stockman | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 109 | Max Kanter | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 110 | Nicolò Parisini | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 111 | Giosue Epis | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 112 | Michiel Lambrecht | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 113 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 114 | Leander Van Hautegem | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 115 | Robert Stannard | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 116 | Clément Davy | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 117 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 118 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 119 | Tord Gudmestad | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 120 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 121 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 122 | Huub Artz | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 123 | Alessandro Romele | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 124 | Kelland O'Brien | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 125 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 126 | Taco van der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 127 | Jan Tratnik | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 128 | Riley Sheehan | Israel-Premier Tech | 9:12 |
| 129 | Riley Pickrell | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 130 | Fabio Christen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 131 | Fabian Lienhard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 132 | Loe van Belle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 133 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
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2025 Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne start list with back numbers, March 1, 2025:
| Team Visma | Lease a Bike | |
| 1 | Wout van Aert |
| 2 | Tiesj Benoot |
| 3 | Victor Campenaerts |
| 4 | Matteo Jorgenson |
| 5 | Olav Kooij |
| 6 | Edoardo Affini |
| 7 | Loe van Belle |
| Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 11 | Jasper Philipsen |
| 12 | Jonas Rickaert |
| 13 | Silvan Dillier |
| 14 | Kaden Groves |
| 15 | Johan Price-Pejtersen |
| 16 | Timo Kielich |
| 17 | Simon Dehairs |
| Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
| 21 | Arnaud Démare |
| 22 | Amaury Capiot |
| 23 | Giosue Epis |
| 24 | Donavan Grondin |
| 25 | Luca Mozzato |
| 26 | Miles Scotson |
| 27 | Florian Sénéchal |
| Bahrain Victorious | |
| 31 | Matej Mohoric |
| 32 | Matevz Govekar |
| 33 | Alberto Bruttomesso |
| 34 | Andrea Pasqualon |
| 35 | Robert Stannard |
| 36 | Vlad Van Mechelen |
| 37 | Fred Wright |
| Cofidis | |
| 41 | Dylan Teuns |
| 42 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski |
| 43 | Aimé De Gendt |
| 44 | Milan Fretin |
| 45 | Alexis Renard |
| 46 | Piet Allegaert |
| 47 | Bryan Coquard |
| Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 51 | Oliver Naesen |
| 52 | Dries De Bondt |
| 53 | Sam Bennett |
| 54 | Stan Dewulf |
| 55 | Tord Gudmestad |
| 56 | Stefan Bissegger |
| 57 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen |
| EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 61 | Kasper Asgreen |
| 62 | Vincenzo Albanese |
| 63 | Owain Doull |
| 64 | Mikkel Honore |
| 65 | Madis Mihkels |
| 66 | Michael Valgren |
| 67 | Marijn van den Berg |
| Groupama-FDJ | |
| 71 | Lewis Askey |
| 72 | Cyril Barthe |
| 73 | Clément Davy |
| 74 | Johan Jacobs |
| 75 | Eddy Le Huitouze |
| 76 | Paul Penhoët |
| 77 | Clément Russo |
| Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 81 | Roel van Sintmaartensdijk |
| 82 | Dries De Pooter |
| 83 | Huub Artz |
| 84 | Arne Marit |
| 85 | Jonas Rutsch |
| 86 | Vito Braet |
| 87 | Taco van der Hoorn |
| Lidl-Trek | |
| 91 | Jasper Stuyven |
| 92 | Jonathan Milan |
| 93 | Toms Skujins |
| 94 | Daan Hoole |
| 95 | Edward Theuns |
| 96 | Mathias Vacek |
| 97 | Jakob Söderqvist |
| Movistar Team | |
| 101 | Iván García Cortina |
| 102 | Orluis Aular |
| 103 | Jon Barrenetxea |
| 104 | Davide Cimolai |
| 105 | Lorenzo Milesi |
| 106 | Manlio Moro |
| 107 | Mathias Norsgaard |
| Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 111 | Jordi Meeus |
| 112 | Ryan Mullen |
| 113 | Oier Lazkano |
| 114 | Roger Adrià |
| 115 | Jan Tratnik |
| 116 | Mick van Dijke |
| 117 | Tim van Dijke |
| Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 121 | Tim Merlier |
| 122 | Yves Lampaert |
| 123 | Pepijn Reinderink |
| 124 | Martin Svrcek |
| 125 | Dries van Gestel |
| 126 | Bert Van Lerberghe |
| 127 | Warre Vangheluwe |
| Team Jayco-AlUla | |
| 131 | Max Walscheid |
| 132 | Jesse Kramer |
| 133 | Robert Donaldson |
| 134 | Jelte Krijnsen |
| 135 | Kelland O'Brien |
| 136 | Elmar Reinders |
| 137 | Jasha Sütterlin |
| Team Picnic PostNL | |
| 141 | John Degenkolb |
| 142 | Pavel Bittner |
| 143 | Julius van den Berg |
| 144 | Patrick Eddy |
| 145 | Sean Flynn |
| 146 | Enzo Leijnse |
| 147 | Tim Naberman |
| UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 151 | Tim Wellens |
| 152 | Ivo Oliveira |
| 153 | Rune Herregodts |
| 154 | Jhonatan Narvaez |
| 155 | Nils Politt |
| 156 | Florian Vermeersch |
| 157 | Mikkel Bjerg |
| XDS Astana Team | |
| 161 | Davide Ballerini |
| 162 | Cees Bol |
| 163 | Mike Teunissen |
| 164 | Max Kanter |
| 165 | Alessandro Romele |
| 166 | Michele Gazzoli |
| 167 | Ide Schelling |
| Israel-Premier Tech | |
| 171 | Riley Pickrell |
| 172 | Guillaume Boivin |
| 173 | Matis Louvel |
| 174 | Riley Sheehan |
| 175 | Jake Stewart |
| 176 | Michael Schwarzmann |
| 177 | Hugo Hofstetter |
| Lotto | |
| 181 | Brent Van Moer |
| 182 | Cédric Beullens |
| 183 | Arjen Livyns |
| 184 | Sébastien Grignard |
| 185 | Steffen De Schuyteneer |
| 186 | Lionel Taminiaux |
| 187 | Alec Segaert |
| Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 191 | Giacomo Nizzolo |
| 192 | Fabio Christen |
| 193 | Kamil Malecki |
| 194 | Matteo Moschetti |
| 195 | Jannik Steimle |
| 196 | Nickolas Zukowsky |
| 197 | Nicolò Parisini |
| Team Flanders-Baloise | |
| 201 | Tom Crabbe |
| 202 | Siebe Deweirdt |
| 203 | Ward Vanhoof |
| 204 | Jules Hesters |
| 205 | Milan Lanhove |
| 206 | Noah Vandenbranden |
| 207 | Yentl Vandevelde |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 211 | Matteo Trentin |
| 212 | Petr Kelemen |
| 213 | Alexander Krieger |
| 214 | Fabian Lienhard |
| 215 | Marius Mayrhofer |
| 216 | Rick Pluimers |
| 217 | Robin Froidevaux |
| Unibet Tietema Rockets | |
| 221 | Joren Bloem |
| 222 | Lukas Kubis |
| 223 | Andreas Stokbro |
| 224 | Hartthijs de Vries |
| 225 | Sebastian Nielsen |
| 226 | Abram Stockman |
| 227 | Tomas Kopecky |
| Uno-X Mobility | |
| 231 | Jonas Hvideberg |
| 232 | Jonas Abrahamsen |
| 233 | William Blume Levy |
| 234 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen |
| 235 | Anders Skaarseth |
| 236 | Rasmus Tiller |
| 237 | Søren Wærenskjold |
| Wagner Bazin WB | |
| 241 | Loic Vliegen |
| 242 | Cériel Desal |
| 243 | Michiel Lambrecht |
| 244 | Jens Reynders |
| 245 | Leander Van Hautegem |
| 246 | Kenneth Van Rooy |
| 247 | Axandre Van Petegem |