2016 Nokere Koerse (HC), Belgium
71st edition: Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Nokere Koerse podium history | 2015 edition | 2017 edition
Deinze - Nokere, 199.5 km
Timothy Dupont (center, in black) just wins the 2016 Nokere koerse
The Race: Here's the story from LottoNL-Jumbo, team of third-place Dylan Groenewegen.
Dylan Groenewegen sprinted to third place in the Nokere Koerse on Wednesday. Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s fast man had to come from far back in the sprint on Nokere Berg, which made it almost impossible to win the race. Timothy Dupont (Veranda’s Willems) grabbed the victory.
Team LottoNL-Jumbo took the hammer in its hands in the final part of the Nokere Koerse. To give sprinter Dylan Groenewegen the chance to win, the Dutch team used some riders already early on in the final to control the peloton.
“We started with only seven riders and after we had to take control, there weren’t many men left for the sprint lead-out,” Groenewegen said after the race. He was on his own during the final kilometres, so he had to prepare the spring by himself.
“I came from the 40th position. That was too far from behind to win the race. I can only blame myself for that. This finish wasn’t my cup, as well. I prefer sprints at a high pace. This third place was the best I could do in this sprint, even if I wanted to win this race.”
“With Dylan, we had the race’s favourite in our team,” Sports Director Merijn Zeeman added. “I think that we handled that well as a team. There was a lot of wind and so it was possible that the peloton would break apart into echelons. We kept control and made sure that the race would end up in a bunch sprint. The team spent a lot energy on that part. We were aggressive and sharp.”
Groenewegen’s own mistake resulted in the missed opportunity. “The turn to the right, with 2.5 kilometres to go was a key point,” Zeeman said. “Dylan gave another rider too much space there so he lost Robert Wagner’s wheel. Robert was going to lead him out and he was strong enough to accomplish that. They were trying to find each other afterwards so Dylan could regain his position, but they failed. Still it’s great that Dylan was able to make up so many positions to finish third. That didn’t initially look possible.”
Complete Results:
199.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.582 km/hr
1 | Timothy Dupont | Veranda's Willems | 4h 34' 39'' |
2 | Kristoffer Halvorsen | Joker | s.t. |
3 | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
4 | Baptiste Planckaert | Wallonie Bruxelles | s.t. |
5 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | s.t. |
6 | Michel Kreder | Roompot Oranje Peloton | s.t. |
7 | Gerry Druyts | Crelan Vastgoedservice | s.t. |
8 | Gianni Moscon | Sky | s.t. |
9 | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
10 | Kenny Dehaes | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
11 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
12 | Borut Božic | Cofidis | s.t. |
13 | Scott Thwaites | Bora-Argon 18 | s.t. |
14 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
15 | Rick Zabel | BMC | s.t. |
16 | Davide Martinelli | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
17 | Ivan Savitsky | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
18 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
19 | Roy Jans | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
20 | Alexander Geuens | Crelan Vastgoedservice | s.t. |
21 | Danny van Poppel | Sky | s.t. |
22 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
23 | Marc Sarreau | FDJ | s.t. |
24 | Amund Grøndahl | Joker | s.t. |
25 | Aidis Kruopis | Veranda's Willems | s.t. |
26 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
27 | Andrew Fenn | Sky | s.t. |
28 | Karol Domagalski | One Pro Cycling | s.t. |
29 | Alberto Cecchin | Roth | s.t. |
30 | Julien Stassen | Wallonie Bruxelles | s.t. |
31 | Juraj Sagan | Tinkoff | s.t. |
32 | Frédérique Robert | Crelan Vastgoedservice | +6'' |
33 | Roman Maykin | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
34 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | +11'' |
35 | Boris Vallée | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | s.t. |
36 | Markus Hoelgård | Joker | s.t. |
37 | Matthias Krizek | Roth | s.t. |
38 | Fredrik Galta | Delko Marseille Provence | s.t. |
39 | Nikolai Trussov | Tinkoff | s.t. |
40 | Grzegorz Stepniak | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
41 | Laurens De Plus | Etixx-Quick Step | +16'' |
42 | Tim Declercq | Topsport Vlaanderen | +18'' |
43 | Olivier Chevalier | Wallonie Bruxelles | s.t. |
44 | Gerald Ciolek | Stölting | s.t. |
45 | Jay McCarthy | Tinkoff | s.t. |
46 | Phil Bauhaus | Bora-Argon 18 | s.t. |
47 | Robin Sténuit | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
48 | Floris De Tier | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
49 | Andrea Pasqualon | Roth | +24'' |
50 | ArgentinaLucas Gaday | Roth | +26'' |
51 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
52 | Andrei Solommenikov | Gazprom-Rusvelo | +27'' |
53 | Niels De Rooze | Veranclassic | +29'' |
54 | Justin Jules | Veranclassic | s.t. |
55 | Danilo Napolitano | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
56 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
57 | Rob Ruijgh | Crelan Vastgoedservice | s.t. |
58 | Dylan Teuns | BMC | s.t. |
59 | Tomasz Kiendys | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
60 | Arnaud Gérard | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | s.t. |
61 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
62 | Anders Skaarseth | Joker | s.t. |
63 | Ole Forfang | Joker | s.t. |
64 | Kevin Van Melsen | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
65 | Mamyr Stash | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
66 | Jelle Wallays | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
67 | Xandro Meurisse | Crelan Vastgoedservice | s.t. |
68 | Jonas Tenbrock | Stölting | s.t. |
69 | Eryk Laton | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
70 | Roman Kustadinchev | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
71 | Sean De Bie | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
72 | Michael Van Staeyen | Cofidis | s.t. |
73 | Marcin Bialoblocki | One Pro Cycling | s.t. |
74 | Jari Verstraeten | Veranda's Willems | s.t. |
75 | Zakkari Dempster | Bora-Argon 18 | s.t. |
76 | Ralf Matzka | Bora-Argon 18 | s.t. |
77 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ | +36'' |
78 | Bjørn Tore Hoem | Joker | s.t. |
79 | Joeri Calleeuw | Veranda's Willems | +39'' |
80 | Olivier Le Gac | FDJ | +40'' |
81 | Gert Jõeäär | Cofidis | +40'' |
82 | Iljo Keisse | Etixx-Quick Step | +42'' |
83 | Erik Baška | Tinkoff | +44'' |
84 | Florian Sénéchal | Cofidis | +53'' |
85 | Julien Van den Brande | Veranclassic | +54'' |
86 | Christophe Prémont | Veranda's Willems | s.t. |
87 | Floris Gerts | BMC | s.t. |
88 | Christian Knees | Sky | s.t. |
89 | Adrian Kurek | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
90 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | s.t. |
91 | Gianni Meersman | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
92 | Ludwig De Winter | Wallonie Bruxelles | s.t. |
93 | Huub Duyn | Roompot Oranje Peloton | s.t. |
94 | Alex Peters | Sky | s.t. |
95 | Stef Van Zummeren | Veranda's Willems | s.t. |
96 | Franck Bonnamour | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | s.t. |
97 | Frederik Backaert | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
98 | Twan Castelijns | LottoNL-Jumbo | +59'' |
99 | Martijn Keizer | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
100 | Jérôme Baugnies | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
101 | Yannick Eijssen | Crelan Vastgoedservice | s.t. |
102 | Asbjørn Kragh | Delko Marseille Provence | s.t. |
103 | Benoît Jarrier | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | s.t. |
104 | Tom Bohli | BMC | s.t. |
105 | Andreas Schillinger | Bora-Argon 18 | s.t. |
106 | Michael Gogl | Tinkoff | s.t. |
107 | Mikel Aristi | Delko Marseille Provence | s.t. |
108 | Yoann Offredo | FDJ | +1' 12'' |
109 | Ivar Slik | Roompot Oranje Peloton | s.t. |
110 | Samuel Williams | One Pro Cycling | +1' 14'' |
111 | Lukas Pöstlberger | Bora-Argon 18 | s.t. |
112 | David Boucher | Crelan Vastgoedservice | s.t. |
113 | Michael Reihs | Stölting | s.t. |
114 | Sebastian Lander | One Pro Cycling | s.t. |
115 | Ruben Pols | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
116 | Giacomo Tomio | Roth | s.t. |
117 | Dylan Page | Roth | s.t. |
118 | Martin Velits | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
119 | Pieter Jacobs | Crelan Vastgoedservice | s.t. |
120 | Koen Bouwman | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
121 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
122 | Dimitri Peyskens | Veranclassic | s.t. |
123 | Murilo Fischer | FDJ | s.t. |
124 | Brian van Goethem | Roompot Oranje Peloton | s.t. |
125 | Riccardo Stacchiotti | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +1' 19'' |
126 | Daniele Colli | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
127 | Maarten Wynants | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
128 | Gregory Habeaux | Wallonie Bruxelles | s.t. |
129 | Kevyn Ista | Wallonie Bruxelles | s.t. |
130 | Tim De Troyer | Veranda's Willems | s.t. |
131 | Raymond Kreder | Roompot Oranje Peloton | +1' 59'' |
132 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | +2' 10'' |
133 | Martin Laas | Delko Marseille Provence | +2' 20'' |
134 | Martin Mortensen | One Pro Cycling | +2' 24'' |
135 | Jan Ghyselinck | Veranda's Willems | +2' 40'' |
136 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | +3' 00'' |
137 | Loïc Chetout | Cofidis | s.t. |
138 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
139 | Matthew Goss | One Pro Cycling | +3' 10'' |
140 | Gaëtan Pons | Wallonie Bruxelles | +6' 14'' |
141 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | FDJ | s.t. |
142 | Reidar Borgersen | Joker | +6' 16'' |
143 | Adrian Aas Stien | Joker | s.t. |
144 | Yannick Martinez | Delko Marseille Provence | s.t. |
145 | Viktor Manakov | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
146 | Michal Kolár | Tinkoff | +6' 19'' |
147 | Pete Williams | One Pro Cycling | s.t. |
148 | Igor Boev | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |