2024 Volta NXT Classic (1.1), Netherlands
49th edition: Saturday, March 30, 2024
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Eijsden - Eijsden, 190.8 km
Timo Kielich enjoys his victory.
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Weather at the start/finish city of Eijsden at 12:50 PM, local time: 14C (58F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 29 km/hr (18 mph). There is an 8% chance of rain.
The race: Here's the report from second-place Pascal Eenkhoorn's Team Lotto Dstny.
The start for the Volta NXT Classic, the smaller version of the Amstel Gold Race, was given at noon for 190 kilometers. With start and finish in Eijsden, a lot of climbs had to be tackled. 9 riders took a gap after a very fast beginning of the race, among them Mathijs Paasschens. The advantage didn't run higher than 2 minutes. A bit later when the gap became smaller, also Pascal Eenkhoorn and Harm Vanhoucke made the jump to the front. What followed, were several attacks from that leading group. The gap between the bunch and the leaders ran up to one minute.
On the climb of Mheerelindje Eenkhoorn countered the attack of Frank Van den Broek, seeing the 27-year-old Dutchman going solo with 15 kilometers to the finish. Timo Kielich (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was the only one being able to join Eenkhoorn, making it two guys in the front. With a lead of 20 seconds, it was going to be a sprint with two. Eenkhoorn sprinted to the second spot.
"I gave everything, it was just not enough, but I tried everything and even went solo so no regrets. I don't think I went too early, as it was the last difficult part where I knew I could maybe drop the rest. I knew that Timo is really fast, so I tried to go first into the corner, but I couldn't hold it. Last year I was third, this time I'm second with again a hectic edition with a lot of wind in the start. It took a long time until I got into the race, after I was hold up due to a crash. But when I came at the front I showed myself, it's a pity that it's with a second place, but we did all we could."
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Complete results:
190.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.106 km/hr
| 1 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 4hr 31min 53sec |
| 2 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Lotto Dstny | @ 2sec |
| 3 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:07 |
| 4 | Francesco Busatto | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 5 | Johan Meens | Bingoal-WB | 0:09 |
| 6 | Jelle Johannink | TDT-Unibet | s.t. |
| 7 | Tobias Bayer | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 8 | Joseph Blackmore | Israel Premier Tech Academy | s.t. |
| 9 | Frank Van Den Broek | Development Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
| 10 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Dstny | 0:12 |
| 11 | Milan Menten | Lotto Dstny | 1:28 |
| 12 | Hugo Hofstetter | Israel Premier Tech Academy | s.t. |
| 13 | Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 14 | Timo De Jong | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 15 | Federico Savino | Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team | s.t. |
| 16 | Simone Gualdi | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 17 | Marcel Camprubí | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 18 | Pier-André Côté | Israel Premier Tech Academy | s.t. |
| 19 | Viktor Soenens | Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team | s.t. |
| 20 | Tosh Van Der Sande | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 21 | Hartthijs De Vries | TDT-Unibet | s.t. |
| 22 | Jeroen Meijers | Victoria Sports Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 23 | Adam Toupalik | TDT-Unibet | s.t. |
| 24 | Kamiel Bonneu | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 25 | Meindert Weulink | Parkhotel Valkenburg | s.t. |
| 26 | Giacomo Villa | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 27 | Gianluca Brambilla | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 28 | Julien Vermote | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 29 | Mike Schuch | Parkhotel Valkenburg | s.t. |
| 30 | Tim Rex | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 31 | Robin Orins | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 32 | Daniel Lima | Israel Premier Tech Academy | s.t. |
| 33 | Wessel Mouris | Metec-Solarwatt-Mantel | s.t. |
| 34 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 35 | Mauro Verwilt | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 36 | Nicolas Sessler | Victoria Sports Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 37 | Walter Calzoni | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 38 | Lennert Teugels | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 39 | Tomas Kopecky | TDT-Unibet | s.t. |
| 40 | Rune Herregodts | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 41 | Lander Loockx | TdT-Unibet | s.t. |
| 42 | Stijn Daemen | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | 1:39 |
| 43 | Huub Artz | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:49 |
| 44 | Mathijs Paasschens | Lotto Dstny | 2:50 |
| 45 | Peter Schulting | Diftar Continental Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 46 | Mike Bronswijk | Diftar Continental Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 47 | Oliver Peace | Development Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
2024 Volta NXT Classic map
2023 Volta NXT Classic map
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Start list with back numbers. March 29, 2024
| Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 1 | Kaden Groves |
| 2 | Tobias Bayer |
| 3 | Maurice Ballerstedt |
| 4 | Timo Kielich |
| 5 | Louis Kitzki |
| 7 | Henri Uhlig |
| Team Visma | Lease A Bike | |
| 11 | Morten Nørtoft |
| 12 | Tom Schellekens |
| 13 | Colby Simmons |
| 14 | Pietro Mattio |
| 15 | Tosh Van Der Sande |
| 17 | Julien Vermote |
| Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 21 | Huub Artz |
| 22 | Francesco Busatto |
| 23 | Rune Herregodts |
| 24 | Madis Mihkels |
| 25 | Tim Rex |
| 26 | Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk |
| 27 | Simone Gualdi |
| Lotto Dstny | |
| 31 | Pascal Eenkhoorn |
| 32 | Milan Menten |
| 33 | Robin Orins |
| 34 | Mathijs Paasschens |
| 35 | Alec Segaert |
| 36 | Harm Vanhoucke |
| 37 | Jarno Widar |
| TDT-Unibet | |
| 41 | Hartthijs De Vries |
| 42 | Owen Geleijn |
| 43 | Jelle Johannink |
| 44 | Tomas Kopecky |
| 45 | Zeb Kyffin |
| 46 | Lander Loockx |
| 47 | Adam Toupalik |
| Team Flanders-Baloise | |
| 51 | Kamiel Bonneu |
| 52 | Toon Clynhens |
| 53 | Gilles De Wilde |
| 54 | Elias Maris |
| 55 | Vincent Van Hemelen |
| 56 | Noah Vandenbranden |
| Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 61 | Negasi Haylu Abreha |
| 62 | Gianluca Brambilla |
| 63 | Walter Calzoni |
| 64 | Marcel Camprubí |
| 65 | Manuel Oioli |
| 66 | Szymon Sajnok |
| 67 | Rory Townsend |
| Bingoal-WB | |
| 71 | Lucas Jacques |
| 72 | Johan Meens |
| 73 | Dimitri Peyskens |
| 74 | Jens Reynders |
| 75 | Lennert Teugels |
| 76 | Loic Vliegen |
| 77 | Giacomo Villa |
| USA | |
| 81 | Luke Arens |
| 82 | Sean Christian |
| 83 | Ian Lopez |
| 84 | Henry Neff |
| 85 | Gabriel Shipley |
| 86 | Brockton Smith |
| Israel Premier Tech Academy | |
| 91 | Joseph Blackmore |
| 92 | Pier-André Côté |
| 93 | Emry Faingezicht |
| 94 | Alvaro Garcia |
| 95 | Hugo Hofstetter |
| 96 | Daniel Lima |
| 97 | Pau Marti |
| Development Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | |
| 101 | Vlad Van Mechelen |
| 102 | Jacob Bush |
| 103 | Axel Källberg |
| 104 | Mees Vlot |
| 105 | Oliver Peace |
| 106 | Frank Van Den Broek |
| 107 | Thom Van Der Werff |
| Beat Cycling Club | |
| 111 | Stijn Appel |
| 112 | Bram Dissel |
| 113 | Jochem Kerckhaert |
| 114 | Lars Loohuis |
| 115 | Michiel Coppens |
| 116 | Jeroen Van Krimpen |
| 117 | Thijs Zonneveld |
| VolkerWessels Cycling Team | |
| 121 | Rindert Buiter |
| 122 | Finn Crockett |
| 122 | Stijn Daemen |
| 123 | Timo De Jong |
| 124 | Jasper Haest |
| 125 | Niek Hoornsman |
| 126 | Bert-Jan Lindeman |
| 127 | Jago Willems |
| Metec-Solarwatt-Mantel | |
| 131 | Victor Broex |
| 132 | Thijs De Lange |
| 133 | Jordan Habets |
| 134 | Karst Hayma |
| 135 | Roy Hoogendoorn |
| 136 | Eskil Huiting |
| 137 | Roan Konings |
| Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 141 | Yanne Dorenbos |
| 142 | Vincent Hoppezak |
| 143 | Martijn Rasenberg |
| 144 | Mike Schuch |
| 145 | Nils Sinschek |
| 146 | Niek Voogt |
| 147 | Meindert Weulink |
| Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team | |
| 151 | Jan Kino |
| 152 | Paul Magnier |
| 153 | Cormac Nisbet |
| 154 | Pepijn Reinderink |
| 155 | Gauthier Servranckx |
| 156 | Viktor Soenens |
| 157 | Jonathan Vervenne |
| Universe Cycling Team | |
| 161 | Jeen De Jong |
| 162 | Roy Duijvesteijn |
| 163 | Sjors Handgraaf |
| 164 | Lars Quaedvlieg |
| 165 | Luuk Schuurmans |
| 166 | Jip Steman |
| 167 | Stefan Verhoeff |
| Team Lotto Kern-Haus PSD Bank | |
| 171 | Leon Arenz |
| 172 | Jan Hugger |
| 173 | Joshua Huppertz |
| 174 | Ben Jochum |
| 175 | Mathieu Kockelmann |
| 176 | Mil Morang |
| 177 | Romet Pajur |
| Diftar Continental Cycling Team | |
| 181 | Marien Bogerd |
| 182 | Mike Bronswijk |
| 183 | Robin Lowik |
| 184 | Rick Ottema |
| 185 | Lars Rouffaer |
| 186 | Peter Schulting |
| 187 | Vincent Van Dorp |
| Victoria Sports Pro Cycling Team | |
| 191 | Ean Cajucom |
| 192 | Nicolas Sessler |
| 193 | Jeroen Meijers |
| 194 | Jose Mendes |
| 195 | Edgar Nieto |
| 196 | Carlos Ochoa |
| 197 | Nichol Pareja |
| Rembe Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | |
| 201 | Yago Aguirre |
| 202 | Henri Appelbaum |
| 203 | Julian Borresch |
| 204 | Silas Koech |
| 205 | Sebastian Niehues |
| 206 | Jacob Scott |
| 207 | Lennart Voege |
| Philippe Wagner-Bazin | |
| 211 | Alan Boileau |
| 212 | Théo Bonnet |
| 213 | Alexis Guérin |
| 214 | Alexandre Kess |
| 215 | Gwen Leclainche |
| 216 | Thibaut Ponsaerts |
| 217 | Tristan Scherpenbergh |
| Tarteletto-Isorex | |
| 221 | Robbe Claeys |
| 222 | Maxime De Poorter |
| 223 | Timothy Dupont |
| 224 | Thomas Joseph |
| 225 | Gianni Marchand |
| 226 | Jacob Relaes |
| 227 | Mauro Verwilt |
| Team Storck-Metropol Cycling | |
| 231 | Marc Clauss |
| 232 | Robin Fischer |
| 233 | Arne Hoppe |
| 234 | Campo Schmitz |
| 235 | Patrick Schubert |
| 236 | Ole Theiler |
| 237 | Noe Ury |