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Saturday, September 6, 2014

Brussels - Brussels, 201 km.

144 starters, 4 abandons, 140 classified finishers.

The Race: André Greipel won his second consecutive Brussels Cycling Classic. This race used to be the Classic Paris Brussels, but for 2013 it was converted into a wholly Belgian race with 19 climbs, the last of which came this year with 50 kilometers to go.

There was a break of six riders, which at one point had a gap of more than five minutes, but they were caught before the climbing was even finished. This set things up for a big sprint, perfect for big André. This is Greipel's first race win since winning the sixth stage of this year's Tour de France.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 42.913 km/hr

1	André Greipel	LOTTO BELISOL	4hr 41min 2sec
2	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE
3	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr
4	Michaël Van Staeyen	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
5	Roy Jans	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
6	Andrew Fenn	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
7	Giacomo Nizzolo	TREK FACTORY RACING
8	Ralf Matzka	TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
9	Bjorn Leukemans	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
10	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
11	Michel Koch	CANNONDALE
12	Niccolo Bonifazio	LAMPRE-MERIDA
13	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
14	Tom Van Asbroeck	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
15	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE
16	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
17	Borut Bozic	ASTANA PRO TEAM
18	Rafael Andriato	NERI SOTTOLI
19	Jasper De Buyst	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
20	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
21	Manuel Belletti	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI - VENEZUELA
22	Oliver Naesen	LOTTO BELISOL
23	Leonardo Fabio Duque	COLOMBIA
24	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
25	Gijs Van Hoecke	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
26	Fabio Taborre	NERI SOTTOLI
27	Jérôme Baugnies	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
28	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO BELISOL
29	Mauro Finetto	NERI SOTTOLI
30	Mirko Selvaggi	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
31	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR
32	Mickael Delage	FDJ.fr
33	Miguel Angel Rubiano	COLOMBIA
34	Arman Kamyshev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
35	Jarl Salomein	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
36	Diego Rosa	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI - VENEZUELA
37	Edwig Cammaerts	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
38	Hayden Roulston	TREK FACTORY RACING
39	Ruslan Tleubayev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
40	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
41	Antoine Demoitie	WALLONIE - BRUXELLES	@ 13 seconds
42	Gianni Meersman	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
43	Giovanni Bernaudeau	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:00:17
44	Danilo Hondo	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:00:21
45	Clément Venturini	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
46	Romain Cardis	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:00:23
47	Jean-Pierre Drucker	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
48	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	0:00:26
49	Valentin Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
50	Markel Irizar Aranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
51	Gert Steegmans	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
52	Vegard Stake Laengen	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
53	Fumiyuki Beppu	TREK FACTORY RACING
54	Stéphane Poulhies	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:00:30
55	Johnny Hoogerland	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI - VENEZUELA	0:00:31
56	Francesco Failli	NERI SOTTOLI
57	Juan Esteban Arango	COLOMBIA
58	Yoann Offredo	FDJ.fr
59	Julien Berard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
60	Sébastien Chavanel	FDJ.fr
61	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.fr
62	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
63	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO BELISOL	0:00:31
64	Florian Senechal	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:00:37
65	Alexander Krieger	TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA	0:00:39
66	Laurens De Vreese	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
67	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
68	Tiziano Dall Antonia	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI - VENEZUELA
69	Iljo Keisse	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:00:49
70	Juan Pablo Valencia	COLOMBIA	0:00:49
71	William Bonnet	FDJ.fr
72	Sean De Bie	LOTTO BELISOL
73	Frédéric Amorison	WALLONIE - BRUXELLES
74	Andrea Palini	LAMPRE-MERIDA
75	Frederik Veuchelen	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	0:00:55
76	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
77	Pierre-Luc Perrichon	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
78	Simone Ponzi	NERI SOTTOLI	0:01:09
79	Edward Theuns	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE	0:01:09
80	David Boucher	FDJ.fr	0:01:11
81	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
82	Edward Fabian Diaz	COLOMBIA
83	Fabio Andres Duarte	COLOMBIA
84	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
85	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
86	Clément Koretzky	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
87	Boris Dron	WALLONIE - BRUXELLES
88	Olivier Chevalier	WALLONIE - BRUXELLES
89	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE
90	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
91	Loïc Pestiaux	WALLONIE - BRUXELLES
92	Cesare Benedetti	TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
93	Alan Marangoni	CANNONDALE
94	Francesco Chicchi	NERI SOTTOLI
95	Jan Ghyselinck	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
96	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
97	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
98	Julien Stassen	WALLONIE - BRUXELLES
99	Zdenek Stybar	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
100	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE
101	Franco Pellizotti	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI - VENEZUELA
102	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
103	Lars Ytting Bak	LOTTO BELISOL
104	Bjorn Thurau	TEAM EUROPCAR
105	Luca Dodi	LAMPRE-MERIDA
106	Stijn Vandenbergh	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:01:15
107	Gianfranco Zilioli	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI - VENEZUELA
108	Laurent Pichon	FDJ.fr
109	Luca Wackermann	LAMPRE-MERIDA	0:01:22
110	Tony Hurel	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:01:26
111	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:01:33
112	Gang Xu	LAMPRE-MERIDA	0:01:38
113	Carlos Julian Quintero	COLOMBIA	0:01:43
114	Michael Schwarzmann	TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA	0:01:44
115	Sacha Modolo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	0:02:10
116	Grégory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING
117	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
118	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
119	Kenneth Vanbilsen	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
120	Sébastien Delfosse	WALLONIE - BRUXELLES
121	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
122	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:02:26
123	Alexis Gougeard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
124	Erick Rowsell	TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
125	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
126	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
127	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
128	Jelle Wallays	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
129	Fabrice Jeandesboz	TEAM EUROPCAR
130	Daniele Ratto	CANNONDALE	0:03:18
131	Moreno Moser	CANNONDALE
132	Antonio Parrinello	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI - VENEZUELA
133	Mattia Cattaneo	LAMPRE-MERIDA
134	Emanuele Sella	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI - VENEZUELA
135	Matteo Rabottini	NERI SOTTOLI
136	Tom Dernies	WALLONIE - BRUXELLES	0:03:43
137	Stijn Devolder	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:04:26
138	Dennis Vanendert	LOTTO BELISOL
139	Davide Appollonio	AG2R LA MONDIALE
140	Kris Boeckmans	LOTTO BELISOL

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