Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen podium history | 2023 edition | Start list
Koolskamp - Koolskamp, 180.2 km. After the start there are 12 laps of 14.7 kms.
2024 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen course map and profile
Tim Merlier is the day's fastest man.
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Weather at the start/finish city of Koolskamp at 2:00 PM, local time: 22C (72F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
Race preview: Here's the organizer's look at the race.
The Belgian autumn continues on Friday with the Championship of Flanders. It promises to be a sprinters' ball, partly due to the beautiful weather, with all eyes on Jasper Philipsen and the new European champion Tim Merlier. Who will take home the yellow jersey with Flemish lion in the closing event of the Lotto Cycling Cup
The nickname of the race is Koolskamp Koers for a reason, because the entire epicentre of the race is located in the sub-municipality of cycling municipality Ardooie. The unofficial start is given on the Dorpsplein, after which twelve local laps of 14.7 kilometres await. Ideal for the spectators who are present at the race, therefore.
The local round also has roads through Egem, Pittem and Kruiskalsijde after the start in Koolskamp. The course consists of a combination of longer (fan) strips and passages through the municipalities. Because it is a round, it does not matter from which direction the wind comes and so the wind is always somewhere 'on the side'. To indicate which direction is being ridden: the circuit goes clockwise.
There are few bends in the last 2.5 kilometers. Or as the organization of Koolskamp Koers explains it: "The road is flat and without changes of direction. At 1.7 kilometers before the finish there is another roundabout and at 500 meters before the finish there is a traffic island in the middle of the road. This obstacle is indicated with a signalization totem", can be read in the road book.
“During the last 500 metres the road makes tiny bends to the left and right successively, these are not of a nature that limits or slows down the speed.” In short, due to the gentle bends in the final, positioning is key in the Tieltsestraat in Koolskamp.
The race: Mathias Norsgaard (Movistar) did not start.
Here's the report from winner Tim Merlier's Team Soudal Quick-Step.
Tim Merlier won the Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen for the first time in his career with a monster sprint in the final 200 meters of the race, one of the oldest in Belgium. It was a victory that came just five days after the 31-year-old became European Champion, cementing Merlier’s position as the best sprinter of the season, with 15 successes.
The Jayco AlUla team with Dylan Groenewegan is presented during the starting ceremonies.
The day was controlled by Soudal Quick-Step, who pulled hard the entire race behind the breakaway, chewing into the gap of the small breakaway and keeping Tim in a good position the entire time. Inside the final ten kilometers, the race looked to be over for the Belgian, who got caught behind a crash near the front of the peloton – which in the meantime had reeled in the escapees – and had to overcome a 25-second deficit.
Thanks to an immense effort of Memorial Briek Schotte winner Warre Vangheluwe, Merlier erased the gap and made it back in the bunch, where Bert Van Lerberghe again did a great job, bringing his teammate to the front for the hectic final kilometer. Merlier patiently waited for the last 200 meters to unleash another powerful trademark sprint that propelled him to a clear victory in what is his best season to date.
“There’s always an extra pressure on you at the first race you do with a special jersey on your shoulders, but luckily, I managed to get the win just a couple of days after becoming European Champion, so all is good. The boys were again amazing today. It wasn’t easy, because I didn’t have the best feeling and I was also blocked behind that crash, but thanks to Warre I could make it back just in time for the sprint.”
“I tried to remain calm and just do my own sprint after Bert put me in a good position and I’m super happy now, especially as there were a lot of good sprinters at the start. The end of the season isn’t that far away, but I am still motivated and ready to give my best, because each race is important and each win matters”, said Tim after his 49th pro victory.
Complete results:
180.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.814 km/hr
1 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 3hr 56min 0sec |
2 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
3 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
4 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
5 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
6 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
7 | Madis Mihkels | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
8 | Dylan Groenewegen | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
9 | Pierre Gautherat | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
10 | Jules Hesters | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
11 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar | s.t. |
12 | Cees Bol | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
13 | Tim Torn Teutenberg | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
14 | Lindsay De Vylder | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
15 | Max Walscheid | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
16 | Jason Tesson | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
17 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
18 | Davide Bomboi | TDT-Unibet | s.t. |
19 | Hugo Hofstetter | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
20 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
21 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
22 | Emilien Jeannière | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
23 | Rory Townsend | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
24 | Arnaud Démare | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
25 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
26 | Carlos Canal | Movistar | s.t. |
27 | Luca De Meester | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
28 | Thimo Willems | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | s.t. |
29 | Alexis Renard | Cofidis | s.t. |
30 | Yentl Vandevelde | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
31 | Emils Liepins | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
32 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
33 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
34 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
35 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
36 | Elmar Reinders | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
37 | Tord Gudmestad | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
38 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
39 | Tristan Scherpenbergh | Philippe Wagner-Bazin | @ 6sec |
40 | Jacopo Mosca | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
41 | Alex Vandenbulcke | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
42 | Nathan Vandepitte | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
43 | Abram Stockman | TDT-Unibet | s.t. |
44 | Michiel Lambrecht | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
45 | Piet Allegaert | Cofidis | s.t. |
46 | Axel Huens | TDT-Unibet | s.t. |
47 | Thibaut Bernard | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
48 | Joren Bloem | TDT-Unibet | s.t. |
49 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
50 | Erlend Blikra | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
51 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
52 | Itamar Einhorn | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
53 | Blake Quick | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
54 | Oliver Naesen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
55 | Sander De Pestel | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
56 | Tim Declercq | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
57 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
58 | Lorrenzo Manzin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
59 | Mika Heming | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
60 | Luka Mezgec | Jayco-AlUla | 0:18 |
61 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
62 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
63 | Riley Pickrell | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:29 |
64 | Joshua Giddings | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
65 | Rune Herregodts | Intermarché-Wanty | 0:33 |
66 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:36 |
67 | Jordi Warlop | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
68 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:40 |
69 | Marco Haller | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:53 |
70 | Vince Gerits | Team Flanders-Baloise | 1:10 |
71 | Baptiste Planckaert | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
72 | Rudy Barbier | Philippe Wagner-Bazin | s.t. |
73 | Fabio Christen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
74 | Daniel McLay | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 1:56 |
75 | Miles Scotson | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 2:11 |
76 | David Dekker | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
77 | Cyrus Monk | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 2:17 |
78 | Jannik Steimle | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
79 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | s.t. |
80 | Mauro Cuylits | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
81 | Lorenz Van de Wynkele | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
82 | Kasper Saver | Philippe Wagner-Bazin | s.t. |
83 | Sean Bero | Philippe Wagner-Bazin | s.t. |
84 | Gleb Syritsa | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
85 | Dimitar Jovanoski | Novapor Speedbike Team | s.t. |
86 | Julius van den Berg | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
87 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
88 | Jelte Krijnsen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
89 | Manlio Moro | Movistar | s.t. |
90 | Baptiste Vadic | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
91 | Edvald Boasson-Hagen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
92 | Stijn Daemen | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | s.t. |
93 | Simon Pellaud | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
94 | Geoffrey Soupe | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
95 | Natnael Tesfazion | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
96 | Henok Mulubrhan | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
97 | Sente Sentjens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
98 | Tars Poelvoorde | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
99 | Elmar Abma | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | s.t. |
100 | Lukas Sulaj Kloppenborg | Novapor Speedbike Team | s.t. |
101 | Marcus Sander Hansen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
102 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | s.t. |
103 | Milan Menten | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
104 | Nikiforos Arvanitou | Novapor Speedbike Team | s.t. |
105 | Jan Sommer | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
106 | William Blume Levy | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
107 | Stian Fredheim | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
108 | Arne Santy | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
109 | Glen Van Nuffelen | Novapor Speedbike Team | s.t. |
110 | Martijn Budding | TDT-Unibet | s.t. |
111 | Arjen Livyns | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
112 | Alex Colman | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
113 | Kiaan Watts | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
114 | Campbell Stewart | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
115 | Michiel Coppens | Cofidis | s.t. |
116 | Coen Vermeltfoort | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | s.t. |
117 | Dries De Bondt | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
118 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
119 | Ludovic Robeet | Cofidis | s.t. |
120 | Donavan Grondin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
121 | Tomas Kopecky | TDT-Unibet | s.t. |
122 | Finn Crockett | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | s.t. |
123 | Fabio Felline | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
124 | Antoine L'Hote | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
125 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
126 | Torsten Demeyere | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
127 | Thomas Joseph | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
128 | Timothy Dupont | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
129 | Senne Hulsmans | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
130 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
131 | Christophe Noppe | Cofidis | s.t. |
132 | Emil Herzog | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 4:16 |
133 | Timo Roosen | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 6:54 |
134 | Tom Bohli | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
135 | Luca Mozzato | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
136 | Milan Fretin | Cofidis | s.t. |
137 | Lucas Boniface | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
138 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
139 | Konstantinos Pavlides | Novapor Speedbike Team | s.t. |
140 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
141 | Bram Welten | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
142 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
143 | Rüdiger Selig | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
144 | Davide Ballerini | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
145 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
146 | Huub Artz | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
Start list with back numbers, Thursday, September 19, 2024:
Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
1 | Jasper Philipsen |
2 | Marceli Boguslawski |
3 | Simon Dehairs |
4 | Robbe Ghys |
5 | Jonas Rickaert |
6 | Siebe Roesems |
7 | Sente Sentjens |
Soudal Quick-Step | |
11 | Tim Merlier |
12 | Ayco Bastiaens |
13 | Josef Cerný |
14 | Bert Van Lerberghe |
15 | Warre Vangheluwe |
16 | Jordi Warlop |
17 | Senne Hulsmans |
Lidl-Trek | |
21 | Jonathan Milan |
22 | Simone Consonni |
23 | Tim Declercq |
24 | Fabio Felline |
25 | Jacopo Mosca |
26 | Toms Skujins |
27 | Edward Theuns |
Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | |
31 | Jordi Meeus |
32 | Nico Denz |
33 | Marco Haller |
34 | Emil Herzog |
35 | Jonas Koch |
36 | Sam Welsford |
37 | Ryan Mullen |
Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
41 | Edvald Boasson-Hagen |
42 | Dries De Bondt |
43 | Sander De Pestel |
44 | Pierre Gautherat |
45 | Oliver Naesen |
46 | Gianluca Pollefliet |
47 | Antoine L'Hote |
Movistar | |
51 | Alex Aranburu |
52 | Davide Cimolai |
53 | Johan Jacobs |
54 | Mathias Norsgaard |
55 | Carlos Canal |
56 | Manlio Moro |
57 | Gonzalo Serrano |
Jayco-AlUla | |
61 | Dylan Groenewegen |
62 | Caleb Ewan |
63 | Max Walscheid |
64 | Luka Mezgec |
65 | Blake Quick |
66 | Elmar Reinders |
67 | Campbell Stewart |
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | |
71 | Fabio Jakobsen |
72 | Tobias Lund Andresen |
73 | Timo Roosen |
74 | Emils Liepins |
75 | Niklas Märkl |
76 | Julius van den Berg |
77 | Bram Welten |
Intermarché-Wanty | |
81 | Gerben Thijssen |
82 | Thijs Aerts |
83 | Rune Herregodts |
84 | Madis Mihkels |
85 | Adrien Petit |
86 | Baptiste Planckaert |
87 | Gijs Van Hoecke |
Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
91 | Arnaud Démare |
92 | David Dekker |
93 | Donavan Grondin |
94 | Daniel McLay |
95 | Luca Mozzato |
96 | Lukasz Owsian |
97 | Miles Scotson |
Cofidis | |
101 | Piet Allegaert |
102 | Michiel Coppens |
104 | Milan Fretin |
105 | Christophe Noppe |
106 | Alexis Renard |
107 | Ludovic Robeet |
Astana Qazaqstan | |
111 | Davide Ballerini |
112 | Cees Bol |
113 | Alexey Lutsenko |
114 | Cristian Scaroni |
115 | Rüdiger Selig |
116 | Henok Mulubrhan |
117 | Gleb Syritsa |
Lotto Dstny | |
121 | Milan Menten |
122 | Lionel Taminiaux |
123 | Joshua Giddings |
124 | Arjen Livyns |
125 | Mauro Cuylits |
126 | Tars Poelvoorde |
127 | Lorenz Van de Wynkele |
Israel-Premier Tech | |
131 | Jim Brown |
132 | Itamar Einhorn |
133 | Oded Kogut |
134 | Riley Pickrell |
135 | Hugo Hofstetter |
136 | Mads Würtz Schmidt |
137 | Kiaan Watts |
Uno-X Mobility | |
141 | Alexander Kristoff |
142 | Niklas Larsen |
143 | Erlend Blikra |
144 | Stian Fredheim |
145 | Tord Gudmestad |
146 | Marcus Sander Hansen |
147 | Erik Resell |
Tudor Pro Cycling | |
151 | Arvid de Kleijn |
152 | Tom Bohli |
153 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi |
154 | Aloïs Charrin |
155 | Mika Heming |
156 | Rick Pluimers |
157 | Maikel Zijlaard |
TotalEnergies | |
161 | Lucas Boniface |
162 | Nicola Marcerou |
163 | Lorrenzo Manzin |
164 | Geoffrey Soupe |
165 | Jason Tesson |
166 | Emilien Jeannière |
167 | Baptiste Vadic |
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
171 | Fabio Christen |
172 | Cyrus Monk |
173 | Jelte Krijnsen |
174 | Jan Sommer |
175 | Jannik Steimle |
176 | Rory Townsend |
177 | Nickolas Zukowsky |
TDT-Unibet | |
181 | Davide Bomboi |
182 | Joren Bloem |
183 | Martijn Budding |
184 | Axel Huens |
185 | Jelle Johannink |
186 | Tomas Kopecky |
187 | Abram Stockman |
Bingoal-WB | |
191 | Cériel Desal |
192 | Luca De Meester |
193 | Michiel Lambrecht |
194 | Aaron Van der Beken |
195 | Kenneth Van Rooy |
196 | Nathan Vandepitte |
197 | Sasha Weemaes |
Team Flanders-Baloise | |
201 | Alex Colman |
202 | Lindsay De Vylder |
203 | Gilles De Wilde |
204 | Vince Gerits |
205 | Jules Hesters |
206 | Jasper Dejaegher |
207 | Ward Vanhoof |
Philippe Wagner-Bazin | |
211 | Pierre Barbier |
213 | Enrico Dhaeye |
214 | Kasper Saver |
215 | Tristan Scherpenbergh |
216 | Jens Vandenbogaerde |
217 | Mathias Vanoverberghe |
Tarteletto-Isorex | |
221 | Timothy Dupont |
222 | Torsten Demeyere |
223 | Bo Godart |
224 | Thomas Joseph |
225 | Gianni Marchand |
226 | Arne Santy |
227 | Alex Vandenbulcke |
VolkerWessels Cycling Team | |
231 | Coen Vermeltfoort |
232 | Elmar Abma |
233 | Finn Crockett |
234 | Sam Gademan |
235 | Jasper Haest |
236 | Stijn Daemen |
237 | Thimo Willems |
Novapor Speedbike Team | |
241 | Nikiforos Arvanitou |
242 | Dimitar Jovanoski |
243 | Lukas Sulaj Kloppenborg |
244 | Ross Lamb |
245 | Konstantinos Pavlides |
246 | Oliver Robinson |
247 | Glen Van Nuffelen |