2015 Brabantse Pijl Apr 15th 1.HC 205.4km

[lemon cheese cake]

After last Wednesdays sprint fest at Scheldeprijs, we have the final event in Belgium by the organisers Flanders Classics.
Route and Profile:

Hellingen:
1. Rue de Hal (na 57 km)
2. Alsemberg (69 km)
3. Bruineput (75 km)
4. Krabosstraat (77 km)
5. Rue de Nivelles (85 km)
6. Chaussée de Bruxelles (95 km)
7. Rue François Dubois (112 km)
8. Hertstraat (118 km)
9. Holstheide (125 km)
10. IJskelderlaan (131 km)
11. Schavei (135 km)
12. Hagaard (138 km)
13. Hertstraat (142 km)
14. Holstheide (148 km)
15. IJskelderlaan (154 km)
16. Schavei (158 km)
17. Hagaard (161 km)
18. Hertstraat (165 km)
19. Holstheide (171 km)
20. IJskelderlaan (178 km)
21. Schavei (182 km)
22. Hagaard (184 km)
23. Hertstraat (188 km)
24. Holstheide (194 km)
25. IJskelderlaan (201 km)
26. Schavei (205 km)

Information:
Website
Steephill
A bigger route and profile on Steephill
A bigger route and profile on the official website.

Streams:
Procyclinglive (streams appear on the day of the event)
Cyclingfans (streams appear on the day of the event)

Last years top ten:
BEL 1 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC RACING) 4:54:26
AUS 2 MATTHEWS, Michael (ORICA GreenEDGE)
FRA 3 GALLOPIN, Tony (LOTTO BELISOL)
GER 4 GESCHKE, Simon (GIANT-SHIMANO)
BEL 5 LEUKEMANS, Björn (WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT)
AUS 6 HAAS, Nathan (GARMIN SHARP)
ITA 7 REBELLIN, Davide (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE)
BEL 8 VERMOTE, Julien (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP)
SUI 9 REICHENBACH, Sébastien (IAM CYCLING)
RUS 10 TSATEVITCH, Alexey (KATUSHA)

Teams:
BMC RACING (BMC)
USA
1 GILBERT Philippe BEL
2 CARUSO Damiano ITA
3 DILLIER Silvan SUI
4 FLAKEMORE Campbell AUS
5 HERMANS Ben BEL
6 MOINARD Amaël FRA
7 ROSSKOPF Joseph USA
8 TEUNS Dylan BEL


AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM)
FRA
11 BARDET Romain FRA
12 BAKELANTS Jan BEL
13 CHEREL Mikael FRA
14 GASTAUER Ben LUX
15 JAUREGUI Quentin FRA
16 KADRI Blel FRA
17 MINARD Sébastien FRA
18 TURGOT Sébastien FRA


ETIXX - QUICK STEP (EQS)
BEL
21 MEERSMAN Gianni BEL
22 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA
24 LAMPAERT Yves BEL
25 MAES Nikolas BEL
26 VAKOC Petr CZE
27 VERMOTE Julien BEL


IAM CYCLING (IAM)
SUI
31 CHAVANEL Sylvain FRA
32 BRANDLE Matthias AUT
33 DEGAND Thomas BEL
34 DEVENYNS Dries BEL
35 LANG Pirmin SUI
36 REYNES MIMO Vicente ESP
37 SCHELLING Patrick SUI
38 TANNER David AUS


LOTTO SOUDAL (LTS)
BEL
41 GALLOPIN Tony FRA
42 ARMEE Sander BEL
43 DE GENDT Thomas BEL
44 DOCKX Gert BEL
45 LIGTHART Pim NED
46 VAN DER SANDE Tosh BEL
47 VANENDERT Dennis BEL
48 VERVAEKE Louis BEL


ORICA GreenEDGE (OGE)
AUS
51 MATTHEWS Michael AUS
52 HAYMAN Mathew AUS
53 HOWARD Leigh AUS
54 HOWSON Damien AUS
55 LANCASTER Brett AUS
56 MEIER Christian CAN
57 MEYER Cameron AUS
58 TUFT Svein CAN


CANNONDALE - GARMIN (TCG)
USA
62 BETTIOL Alberto ITA
63 BROWN Nathan USA
64 HAAS Nathan AUS
66 MOHORIC Matej SLO
67 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas LTU
68 VILLELLA Davide ITA


GIANT - ALPECIN (TGA)
GER
71 CURVERS Roy NED
72 FAIRLY Caleb USA
73 FRÖHLINGER Johannes GER
74 HUPOND Thierry FRA
75 JI Cheng CHN
76 LUDVIGSSON Fredrik SWE
77 STAMSNIJDER Tom NED
78 WAEYTENS Zico BEL


LOTTO NL - JUMBO (TLJ)
NED
81 KELDERMAN Wilco NED
82 BULGAC Brian NED
83 DE WEERT Kevin BEL
84 LINDEMAN Bertjan NED
85 MARTENS Paul GER
86 TEUNISSEN Mike NED
87 VAN DER LIJKE Nick NED
88 HOFLAND Moreno NED


TREK FACTORY RACING (TFR)
USA
91 STUYVEN Jasper BEL
92 BEPPU Fumiyuki JPN
93 FELLINE Fabio ITA
94 STEEGMANS Gert BEL
95 VAN POPPEL Danny NED
96 VANDEWALLE Kristof BEL
97 WATSON Calvin AUS
98 DEVOLDER Stijn BEL


ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI (AND)
ITA
101 BANDIERA Marco ITA
102 BENFATTO Marco ITA
103 CHICCHI Francesco ITA
104 EBSEN John Kronborg DEN
105 GALVIZ Carlos VEN
106 NARDIN Alberto ITA
107 PADOUR Frantisek CZE
108 TABORRE Fabio ITA


BARDIANI CSF (BAR)
ITA
111 COLBRELLI Sonny ITA
112 ANDREETTA Simone ITA
113 BARBIN Enrico ITA
114 BATTAGLIN Enrico ITA
115 BOEM Nicola ITA
116 PIECHELE Andrea ITA
117 PIRAZZI Stefano ITA
118 RUFFONI Nicola ITA


BORA-ARGON 18 (BOA)
GER
121 BAUHAUS Phil GER
122 BENEDETTI Cesare ITA
123 BUCHMANN Emanuel GER
124 DEMPSTER Zakkari AUS
125 HUZARSKI Bartosz POL
126 KONRAD Patrick AUT
127 NERZ Dominik GER
128 VOSS Paul GER


BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT (BSE)
FRA
131 HIVERT Jonathan FRA
132 BIDEAU Jean-Marc FRA
133 DELAPLACE Anthony FRA
134 FEILLU Brice FRA
135 FONSECA Armindo FRA
136 GERARD Arnaud FRA
137 PERICHON Pierre-Luc FRA
138 VACHON Florian FRA


CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE (CCC)
POL
141 REBELLIN Davide ITA
142 BOLE Grega SLO
143 MARYCZ Jaroslaw POL
144 MATYSIAK Bartlomiej POL
145 PATERSKI Maciej POL
146 RUTKIEWICZ Marek POL
147 SAMOILAU Branislau BLR
148 SCHUMACHER Stefan GER


COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS (COF)
FRA
151 SIMON Julien FRA
152 EDET Nicolas FRA
153 HARDY Romain FRA
154 MATE MARDONES Luis Angel ESP
155 MOLARD Rudy FRA
156 PETIT Adrien FRA
157 ROSSETTO Stéphane FRA
158 VENTURINI Clément FRA


CULT ENERGY PRO CYCLING (CLT)
DEN
161 GERDEMANN Linus GER
162 GULDHAMMER Rasmus DEN
163 HNIK Karel CZE
164 KIRSCH Alex LUX
165 MAGER Christian GER
166 MORTENSEN Martin DEN
167 REIHS Michael DEN
168 ZANGERLE Joel LUX


MTN - QHUBEKA (MTN)
RSA
171 SBARAGLI Kristian ITA
172 BERHANE Natnael ERI
173 DOUGALL Nick RSA
174 JIM Songezo RSA
175 PAUWELS Serge BEL
176 REGUIGUI Youcef ALG
177 TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel ERI
178 THOMSON Jay Robert RSA


TEAM ROOMPOT (ROO)
NED
181 HOOGERLAND Johnny NED
182 ASSELMAN Jesper NED
183 DE MAAR Marc NED
184 DUIJN Huub NED
185 HONIG Reinier NED
186 KREDER Michel NED
187 LAMMERTINK Maurits NED
188 TERPSTRA Mike NED


SOUTHEAST (STH)
ITA
191 PETACCHI Alessandro ITA
192 BUSATO Matteo ITA
193 CECCHINEL Giorgio ITA
194 CONTI Samuele ITA
195 FAVILLI Elia ITA
196 GAVAZZI Francesco ITA
197 PONZI Simone ITA
198 ZHUPA Eugert ALB


EUROPCAR (EUC)
FRA
201 VOECKLER Thomas FRA
202 ARASHIRO Yukiya JPN
203 COQUARD Bryan FRA
204 COUSIN Jerome FRA
205 HUREL Tony FRA
206 MORICE Julien FRA
207 NAULLEAU Bryan FRA
208 TULIK Angelo FRA


NOVO NORDISK (TNN)
USA
211 DE MESMAEKER Kevin BEL
212 HENTTALA Joonas FIN
213 LEFRANCOIS Nicolas FRA
214 LOZANO RIBA David ESP
215 MEGIAS LEAL Javier ESP
216 PERON Andrea ITA
217 PLANET Charles FRA
218 WILLIAMS Christopher AUS


TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE (TSV)
BEL
221 CAMPENAERTS Victor BEL
222 DE TIER Floris BEL
223 HELVEN Sander BEL
224 JACOBS Pieter BEL
225 SPRENGERS Thomas BEL
226 VAN HECKE Preben BEL
227 VAN OVERBERGHE Arthur BEL
228 VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter BEL


UNITEDHEALTHCARE (UHC)
USA
231 CANOLA Marco ITA
232 BAZZANA Alessandro ITA
233 EUSER Lucas USA
234 FRATTINI Davide ITA
235 JONES Christopher USA
236 RATTO Daniele ITA
237 REIJNEN Kiel USA
238 ZURLO Federico ITA


WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT (WGG)
BEL
241 LEUKEMANS Björn BEL
242 DE GREEF Francis BEL
243 EIJSSEN Yannick BEL
244 MINNAARD Marinus Cornelis NED
245 MARCATO Marco ITA
246 SELVAGGI Mirko ITA
247 SEYNAEVE Lander BEL
248 DE TROYER Tim BEL

 

[Velolover2]

Gerro vs. Gilbert.

 

[hfer07]

Re:

Gerro vs. Gilbert.

hopefully NOT

Like this race a lot because of the abundance of attacks & straight forward racing.

 

[Bronstein]

Easy win for Felline.

 

[Gloin22]

Lotto with so many options! Gallopin Wellens Jelle and maybe even Roelandts...hopefully they get a win!

 

[Sasquatch]

Matthews or Felline

 

[greenedge]

I'm going to say Bakelants FTW as a dark horse because AG2R have a really strong team.
Matthews, Gilbert and Gallopin seem most likely to win.

Colbrelli, Simon and Haas are 3 others who could challenge.

 

[Oliver]

Re:

Lotto with so many options! Gallopin Wellens Jelle and maybe even Roelandts...hopefully they get a win!

Wellens, Jelle & Roelandts won't ride... but Gallopin has a really good chance!

 

[Jagartrott]

Always an attractive race, this one.
Weather: sunny & 25°C.

 

[ILovecycling]

Re: Re:

Lotto with so many options! Gallopin Wellens Jelle and maybe even Roelandts...hopefully they get a win!

Wellens, Jelle & Roelandts won't ride... but Gallopin has a really good chance!

He was great last year iirc,despite his puncture in final k's
He really likes this race I think

 

[jens_attacks]

ponzi or rebellin i hope

 

[BeagRigh]

Bardiani actually have a strong team and some nice options here and they won't be heavily marked

 

[Asero831]

Rebellin for me

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Matthews will take it if action ends in an uphill sprint, but lets see what the Frenchies, Voeckler and Chava, can offer.

Great race usually.

 

[Brullnux]

I really want to see Villella here, he could be good in the future.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Re: Re:

Lotto with so many options! Gallopin Wellens Jelle and maybe even Roelandts...hopefully they get a win!

Wellens, Jelle & Roelandts won't ride... but Gallopin has a really good chance!

Then why is Wellens on the startlist thats in the Origanal Post?

 

[SafeBet]

Coquard or Felline for me.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Re: Re:

Wellens, Jelle & Roelandts won't ride... but Gallopin has a really good chance!

Then why is Wellens on the startlist thats in the Origanal Post?

Because you put it there, and have not yet corrected it

 

[Vesica]

^^ updated list from cyclingfever:

41 GALLOPIN Tony France
42 ARMEE Sander Belgium
43 DE GENDT Thomas Belgium
44 DOCKX Gert Belgium
45 LIGTHART Pim Netherlands
46 VAN DER SANDE Tosh Belgium
47 VANENDERT Dennis Belgium
48 VERVAEKE Louis Belgium

 

[TurboButton]

Re:

Rebellin for me

Would be nice, however Rebellin has shown nothing so far this season to treat him as a favourite against such a field with Gilbert, Gallopin etc.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Re: Re:

^^ updated list from cyclingfever:

41 GALLOPIN Tony France
42 ARMEE Sander Belgium
43 DE GENDT Thomas Belgium
44 DOCKX Gert Belgium
45 LIGTHART Pim Netherlands
46 VAN DER SANDE Tosh Belgium
47 VANENDERT Dennis Belgium
48 VERVAEKE Louis Belgium

Wellens, Jelle & Roelandts won't ride... but Gallopin has a really good chance!

Then why is Wellens on the startlist thats in the Origanal Post?

Because you put it there, and have not yet corrected it

Original Post Updated.

 

[manafana]

Hoping people can mix it up if not Matthews beats Felline

 

[NUFCrichard]

I'll take Felline in a tired legs sprint.

 

[search]

I can't see how this is supposed to be suited to Felline. Sure, he is the kind of rider who can climb fairly well and still sprint, but for a race like Brabant totally different skills are needed, you need to be attentive every second, riding at the front, following the right moves and so on - not sitting in the last position of the bunch for the whole race, as Felline usually does.

 

[DBotero]

Hopefully Gilbert will get this.