2025 Brussels Cycling Classic (1.Pro)
Formerly Paris-Brussels/Paris-Bruxelles
105th edition: Sunday, June 8, 2025
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Brussels - Brussels, 205.5 km
Tim Merlier is the winner.
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Weather at the start/finish city of Brussels at 2:25 PM, local time: 16C (61F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 26 km/hr 16 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from winner Time Merlier's Team Soudal Quick-Step.
Tim Merlier took the spoils in his first race with the team since mid-April, becoming the first Belgian rider since Tom Boonen in 2016 with multiple victories at the Brussels Cycling Classic, which on Sunday ran its 105th edition.
The European Champion signed off Soudal Quick-Step’s 999th victory, bringing us closer to an incredible milestone.
The course featured ten climbs, including multiple ascents of the Muur-Kapelmuur and Bosberg, as well as a tricky 2.2km cobblestone stretch not that far from home, but none of these could prevent the race from coming down to a showdown between the peloton’s fast men.
The race gets started.
The best sprinter of the season, with seven wins to his name before this prestigious one-day race, the 32-year-old Belgian could count again on the support of his Soudal Quick-Step teammates, and in the mass gallop was in a league of his own, putting several bike lengths into the other riders on the podium after another exceptional turn of legs in the final 200 meters.
“I knew there was some headwind there, so I just waited for the right moment to open my sprint. I have recently returned from altitude, and you never know how things are after coming back from this type of camp, but I felt good. The team did a perfect job today, on the hardest part of the race, but also as the peloton ramped up the pace in the final kilometers, where they kept me in a good position.”
“It was my first race with the guys in almost two months, but it turned out to be a great day for us and I’m happy. It’s incredible that we are now just one win away from Soudal Quick-Step’s 1000th all-time victory. We are all motivated and we hope to celebrate this amazing achievement soon”, said Tim after our fifth success in Brussels Cycling Classic.
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Complete results:
205.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.306 km/hr.
| 1 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 4hr 44min 43sec |
| 2 | Alexis Renard | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 3 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto | s.t. |
| 4 | Milan Menten | Lotto | s.t. |
| 5 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 6 | Pavel Bittner | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 7 | Ethan Vernon | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 8 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 9 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 10 | Thibaud Gruel | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 11 | Mike Teunissen | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 12 | Jonas Koch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 13 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 14 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 15 | Alberto Dainese | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 16 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 17 | Paul Magnier | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 18 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 19 | Rory Townsend | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 20 | Biniam Girmay | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 21 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 22 | Axel Huens | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 23 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 24 | Michiel Lambrecht | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 25 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 26 | Tibor Del Grosso | Alpecin-Deceuninck | @ 6sec |
| 27 | Léandre Lozouet | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 28 | Milan Fretin | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 29 | Wessel Mouris | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 30 | Arnaud Démare | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 31 | Rasmus Tiller | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 32 | Andreas Stokbro Nielsen | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 33 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 34 | Hartthijs de Vries | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 35 | Louis Sutton | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 36 | Johan Meens | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 37 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 38 | Johan Jacobs | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 39 | Arjen Livyns | Lotto | s.t. |
| 40 | Tim van Dijke | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 41 | Vincent Van Hemelen | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 42 | Aimé De Gendt | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 43 | Joris Delbove | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 44 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 45 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 46 | Theodor Clemmensen | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 47 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 48 | Cériel Desal | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 49 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 50 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:17 |
| 51 | Sean Flynn | Team Picnic PostNL | 0:22 |
| 52 | Florian Sénéchal | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 0:26 |
| 53 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:32 |
| 54 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 55 | Jonas Geens | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 56 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 57 | Laurenz Rex | Intermarché-Wanty | 0:35 |
| 58 | Petr Kelemen | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:37 |
| 59 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto | s.t. |
| 60 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 61 | Luca Van Boven | Intermarché-Wanty | 0:52 |
| 62 | Fabio Van den Bossche | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:55 |
| 63 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:14 |
| 64 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 65 | Dries van Gestel | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:19 |
| 66 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | 1:23 |
| 67 | Amaury Capiot | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 68 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:25 |
| 69 | Nils Eekhoff | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:27 |
| 70 | Eddy Le Huitouze | Groupama-FDJ | 2:00 |
| 71 | Edward Planckaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:04 |
| 72 | Yves Lampaert | Soudal Quick-Step | 6:12 |
| 73 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | s.t. |
| 74 | Baptiste Vadic | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 75 | Tom Portsmouth | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 76 | Huub Artz | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 77 | Jelle Johannink | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 7:10 |
| 78 | Michele Gazzoli | XDS Astana Team | 10:07 |
| 79 | Gustav Wang | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 80 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 81 | Gleb Syritsa | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 82 | Alessandro Romele | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 83 | Mika Heming | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 84 | Abram Stockman | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 85 | Siebe Roesems | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 86 | Jannik Steimle | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 87 | Floris De Tier | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 88 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 89 | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 90 | Aivaras Mikutis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 91 | Lewis Bower | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 92 | Jules Hesters | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 93 | Joshua Giddings | Lotto | s.t. |
| 94 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 95 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 96 | Federico Biagini | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 97 | Javier Ibanez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 98 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 99 | Attilio Viviani | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 100 | Mattia Pinazzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 101 | Romet Pajur | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 102 | Arnaud Tissières | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 103 | Christiaan van Rees | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 104 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 105 | Abner González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 106 | Timo Roosen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 107 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 108 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 109 | Alessandro Iacchi | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 110 | Milan Lanhove | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 111 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 112 | Riley Pickrell | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 113 | Hugo Hofstetter | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 114 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 115 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 116 | Tom Donnenwirth | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 117 | Rayan Boulahoite | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 118 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 119 | Alexander Kamp | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 120 | Patrick Eddy | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 121 | Riley Sheehan | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
Course map & profile:
Course map
Course profile
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Start list with back numbers, June 7, 2025:
| Uno-X Mobility | |
| 1 | Jonas Abrahamsen |
| 2 | Fredrik Dversnes |
| 3 | Alexander Kristoff |
| 4 | William Blume Levy |
| 5 | Erik Resell |
| 6 | Anders Skaarseth |
| 7 | Rasmus Tiller |
| Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 11 | Tibor Del Grosso |
| 12 | Lennert Belmans |
| 13 | Simon Dehairs |
| 14 | Quinten Hermans |
| 15 | Edward Planckaert |
| 16 | Siebe Roesems |
| 17 | Fabio Van den Bossche |
| Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
| 21 | Arnaud Démare |
| 22 | Amaury Capiot |
| 23 | Donavan Grondin |
| 24 | Rémi Lelandais |
| 25 | Léandre Lozouet |
| 26 | Miles Scotson |
| 27 | Florian Sénéchal |
| Cofidis | |
| 31 | Milan Fretin |
| 32 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski |
| 33 | Aimé De Gendt |
| 34 | Nolann Mahoudo |
| 35 | Alexis Renard |
| 36 | Sam Maisonobe |
| Groupama-FDJ | |
| 41 | Matthew Walls |
| 42 | Cyril Barthe |
| 43 | Lewis Bower |
| 44 | Thibaud Gruel |
| 45 | Johan Jacobs |
| 46 | Olivier Le Gac |
| 47 | Eddy Le Huitouze |
| Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 51 | Biniam Girmay |
| 52 | Huub Artz |
| 53 | Vito Braet |
| 54 | Alexander Kamp |
| 55 | Laurenz Rex |
| 56 | Gerben Kuypers |
| 57 | Luca Van Boven |
| Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 61 | Sam Welsford |
| 62 | Theodor Clemmensen |
| 63 | Jonas Koch |
| 64 | Filip Maciejuk |
| 65 | Ryan Mullen |
| 66 | Romet Pajur |
| 67 | Tim van Dijke |
| Team Picnic PostNL | |
| 71 | Pavel Bittner |
| 72 | Nils Eekhoff |
| 73 | Sean Flynn |
| 74 | Tobias Lund Andresen |
| 75 | Timo Roosen |
| 76 | Patrick Eddy |
| 77 | Christiaan van Rees |
| XDS Astana Team | |
| 81 | Davide Ballerini |
| 82 | Cees Bol |
| 83 | Yevgeniy Fedorov |
| 84 | Aaron Gate |
| 85 | Michele Gazzoli |
| 86 | Max Kanter |
| 87 | Mike Teunissen |
| Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 91 | Iúri Leitão |
| 92 | Daniel Babor |
| 93 | Abner González |
| 94 | Joseba Lopez |
| 95 | Joel Nicolau |
| 96 | Eduard Prades |
| 97 | Gorka Sorarrain |
| Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 101 | Marc Brustenga |
| 102 | Iñigo Elosegui |
| 103 | Haimar Etxeberria |
| 104 | Miguel Angel Fernandez |
| 105 | Francisco Galván |
| 106 | Pau Miquel Delgado |
| 107 | Antonio Soto |
| Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 111 | David Dekker |
| 112 | Jon Aberasturi |
| 113 | Xabier Berasategi |
| 114 | Paul Hennequin |
| 115 | Txomin Juaristi |
| 116 | Louis Sutton |
| 117 | Danny van der Tuuk |
| Israel-Premier Tech | |
| 121 | Pascal Ackermann |
| 122 | Guillaume Boivin |
| 123 | Simon Clarke |
| 124 | Pier-André Côté |
| 125 | Michael Schwarzmann |
| 126 | Corbin Strong |
| 127 | Tom Van Asbroeck |
| Lotto | |
| 131 | Arnaud De Lie |
| 132 | Cédric Beullens |
| 133 | Lionel Taminiaux |
| 134 | Joshua Giddings |
| 135 | Arjen Livyns |
| 136 | Milan Menten |
| 137 | Lorenz Van de Wynkele |
| Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 141 | Frederik Frison |
| 142 | Emils Liepins |
| 143 | Kamil Malecki |
| 144 | Giacomo Nizzolo |
| 145 | Nicolò Parisini |
| 146 | Jannik Steimle |
| 147 | Rory Townsend |
| Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | |
| 151 | Kristian Sbaragli |
| 152 | Alexandre Balmer |
| 153 | Djordje Djuric |
| 154 | Filippo Fortin |
| 155 | Alessandro Iacchi |
| 156 | Dusan Rajovic |
| 157 | Attilio Viviani |
| Team Flanders-Baloise | |
| 161 | Toon Clynhens |
| 162 | Jasper Dejaegher |
| 163 | Siebe Deweirdt |
| 164 | Jonas Geens |
| 165 | Milan Lanhove |
| 166 | Vincent Van Hemelen |
| 167 | Victor Vercouillie |
| Team TotalEnergies | |
| 171 | Sandy Dujardin |
| 172 | Rayan Boulahoite |
| 173 | Joris Delbove |
| 174 | Lorrenzo Manzin |
| 175 | Valentin Retailleau |
| 176 | Jason Tesson |
| 177 | Baptiste Vadic |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 181 | Arvid de Kleijn |
| 182 | Robin Froidevaux |
| 183 | Mika Heming |
| 184 | Petr Kelemen |
| 185 | Alexander Krieger |
| 186 | Aivaras Mikutis |
| 187 | Maikel Zijlaard |
| Unibet Tietema Rockets | |
| 191 | Lukas Kubis |
| 192 | Joren Bloem |
| 193 | Hartthijs de Vries |
| 194 | Axel Huens |
| 195 | Jelle Johannink |
| 196 | Tomas Kopecky |
| 197 | Wessel Mouris |
| VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | |
| 201 | Federico Biagini |
| 202 | Filippo Cettolin |
| 203 | Lorenzo Conforti |
| 205 | Filippo Magli |
| 206 | Mattia Pinazzi |
| 207 | Enrico Zanoncello |
| Wagner Bazin WB | |
| 211 | Pierre Barbier |
| 212 | Cériel Desal |
| 213 | Johan Meens |
| 214 | Jens Reynders |
| 215 | Kenneth Van Rooy |
| 216 | Jelle Vermoote |
| 217 | Loic Vliegen |