2017 Grand Prix Pino Cerami (1.1) Belgium
51st Edition: July 19, 2017
GP Pino Cerami podium history | 2016 edition | 2018 edition
Saint Ghislain - Frameries, 210.8 km: 1 big loop of 171.3 km + 3 circuits of 13.2 km.
The race: Here's the report from Team Quick-Step Floors:
The 51st edition of the Grand Prix Cerami (210.8 kilometers) got off to a furious start, which had four riders snap the elastic and open a three-minute gap on the peloton. One of them was Quick-Step Floors' neo-pro Rémi Cavagna, runner-up in May at the century-old Belgium Tour, who helped the group stay clear until after the iconic Muur-Kapelmuur, when the escape was nullified and the race witnessed a reshuffling.
It didn't take too long before other riders were on the move again, and when it happened, Quick-Step Floors was represented at the front by Dries Devenyns, who was joined by Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC), Benjamin Thomas (Armée de Terre) and Wout Van Aert (Verandas Willems). The quarted established a maximum lead of five minutes and despite the peloton going full gas in the final hour and cutting down the deficit, they managed to stay clear and fight for the win.
Dries Devenyns tried to catch the others by surprise and launched a daring attack in the closing kilometer, but that move was quickly shut down by the others, so it all came down to a reduced sprint won by Van Aert. Dries rounded out the podium, behind his countryman and Drucker, and notched up the team's 77th top-3 finish of the season, a further confirmation of Quick-Step Floors' fantastic depth and firepower displayed since the start of the year.
Complete Results:
210.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.172 km/hr
| 1 | VAN AERT Wout | Verandas Willems-Crelan | 4hr 33min 56sec |
| 2 | DRUCKER Jean Pierre | BMC | s.t. |
| 3 | DEVENYNS Dries | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 4 | THOMAS Benjamin | Armee de Terre | @ 3sec |
| 5 | DUPONT Timothy | Verandas Willems-Crelan | 0:00:25 |
| 6 | JAndroni Giocattoli Roy | WB Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 7 | DANIEL Maxime | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 8 | TEUNS Dylan | BMC | s.t. |
| 9 | FERASSE Thibault | Armee de Terre | s.t. |
| 10 | VLIEGEN Loïc | BMC | s.t. |
| 11 | COQUARD Bryan | Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 12 | KRIEGER Alexander | Leopard Pro | s.t. |
| 13 | SCHACHMANN Maximilian | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 14 | JULES Justin | WB Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 15 | GATE Aaron | Acqua Blue Sport | s.t. |
| 16 | VAN DER HOORN Taco | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 17 | VEREECKEN Nicolas | Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 18 | SCOTSON Miles | BMC | s.t. |
| 19 | CAVAGNA Rémi | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 20 | BROCKHOFF Jan | Leopard Pro | s.t. |
| 21 | DUYN Huub | Verandas Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 22 | GERTS Floris | BMC | s.t. |
| 23 | DE VRIES BerDirect Energie | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 24 | LAMPAERT Yves | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 25 | VAN HECKE Preben | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 26 | DHAENE Brecht | Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice | s.t. |
| 27 | FREIENSTEIN Raffael | Lotto-Kern Haus | s.t. |
| 28 | YSSAAD Yannis | Armee de Terre | s.t. |
| 29 | CROME Sam | Isowhey Sports | s.t. |
| 30 | LIETAER Eliot | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 31 | MAIKIN Roman | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 32 | MORTIER Julien | Ago-Aqua Service | s.t. |
| 33 | ASSELMAN Jesper | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 34 | KNEISky Morgan | Armee de Terre | s.t. |
| 35 | HABEAUX Gregory | WB Veranclassic | 0:00:31 |
| 36 | LEVEAU Jérémy | Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 37 | WIRTGEN Tom | Leopard Pro | s.t. |
| 38 | ANDERBERG Hampus | PCW | s.t. |
| 39 | REKITA Szymon | Leopard Pro | s.t. |
| 40 | BUDDING Martijn | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 41 | RAIBAUD Jimmy | Armee de Terre | s.t. |
| 42 | KEISSE Iljo | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 43 | SEYNAEVE Lander | Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 44 | DELAPLACE Anthony | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 45 | VERHELST Louis | Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice | s.t. |
| 46 | KORNER Max Emil Bora-hansgroheolm | PCW | s.t. |
| 47 | BAUGNIES Jérôme | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 48 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh | Lotto Soudal | 0:00:37 |
| 49 | SERRY Pieter | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 50 | LANE Patrick | Isowhey Sports | s.t. |
| 51 | DILLIER Silvan | BMC | 0:00:39 |
| 52 | LEDANOIS Kevin | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | 0:00:42 |
| 53 | VANTOMME Maxime | WB Veranclassic | 0:00:45 |
| 54 | CALLEEUW Joeri | Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 0:00:47 |
| 55 | DEVOLDER Stijn | Verandas-Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 56 | LEA Jason | Isowhey Sports | s.t. |
| 57 | DECLERCQ Tim | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 58 | ALLEGAERT Piet | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 59 | VERMEULEN Emiel | Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 60 | MEURISSE Xandro | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:00:53 |
| 61 | DEHAES Kenny | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:00:55 |
| 62 | LAGUTIN Sergey | Gazprom-Rusvelo | 0:00:56 |
| 63 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 64 | BOEV Igor | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 65 | PONS Gaetan | Leopard Pro | 0:01:00 |
| 66 | ISTA Kevin | WB Veranclassic | 0:01:08 |
| 67 | BOECKMAndroni Giocattoli Kris | Lotto Soudal | 0:01:12 |
| 68 | BRAMMEIER Matthew | Acqua Blue Sport | 0:01:22 |
| 69 | LOY Antoine | Ago-Aqua Service | 0:01:23 |
| 70 | MERLIER Tim | Verandas Willems-Crelan | 0:01:28 |
| 71 | SIX Franklin | Ago-Aqua Service | 0:01:34 |
| 72 | MCNALLY Mark | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:01:37 |
| 73 | DE BIE Sean | Lotto Soudal | 0:01:41 |
| 74 | MAES Nikolas | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 75 | ERSHOV Artur | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 76 | TAMINIAUX Lionel | Ago-Aqua Service | 0:01:47 |
| 77 | DOUBEY Fabien | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:01:56 |
| 78 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan | BMC | 0:01:58 |
| 79 | LE ROUX Romain | Armee de Terre | 0:02:02 |
| 80 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:02:10 |
| 81 | KONING Peter | Acqua Blue Sport | 0:02:12 |
| 82 | WATSON Calvin | Acqua Blue Sport | s.t. |
| 83 | GOOLAERTS Michael | Verandas Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 84 | DE BONDT Dries | Verandas Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 85 | MEIJERS Jeroen | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 86 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 87 | VAN GOETHEM Brian | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 88 | MORICE Julien | Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 89 | TRONET Steven | Armee de Terre | s.t. |
| 90 | PLANCKAERT Edward | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 91 | NAESEN Lawrence | WB Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 92 | CABOT Jeremy | Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 93 | TRUSOV Nikolai | Gazprom-Rusvelo | 0:02:28 |
| 94 | VERMELTFOORT Coen | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 95 | SPRENGERS Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:02:44 |
| 96 | BLYTHE Adam | Acqua Blue Sport | 0:03:01 |
| 97 | SOLOMENNIKOV Andrey | Gazprom-Rusvelo | 0:03:02 |
| 98 | NAULEAU Bryan | Direct Energie | 0:03:04 |
| 99 | VAN MELSEN Kevin | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:03:32 |
| 100 | DUNNE Conor | Acqua Blue Sport | 0:04:28 |
| 101 | NOMMELA Aksel | Leopard Pro | s.t. |
| 102 | CAMERON Jeremy | Isowhey Sports | 0:04:31 |
| 103 | KRUOPIS Aidis | Verandas Willems-Crelan | 0:06:17 |
| 104 | PEYSKENS Dimitri | WB Veranclassic | 0:06:39 |
| 105 | DE GENDT Aimé | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:06:40 |
| 106 | FREIBERG Michael | Isowhey Sports | s.t. |
| 108 | JARRIER Benoit | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | 0:12:50 |
| 109 | ALAPHILIPPE Bryan | Armee de Terre | s.t. |
| 110 | FONSECA Armindo | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 111 | GUILLEMOIS Romain | Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 112 | TSATEVITCH Alexey | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |