72nd Dwars Door Vlaanderen, 22nd March 2017, 204 km, WT

[Max Rockatansky]

Roeselare › Waregem (204 km)

1 Nieuwe Kwaremont (112,7k)
2 Kattenberg (93,3k)
Holleweg (92,6k)
Haaghoek (83,9k)
3 Leberg (81k)
4 Berendries (76,8k)
5 Valkenberg (71,8k)
6 Eikenberg (59k)
7 Taaienberg (53,3k)
8 Oude Kwaremont (35,5k)
9 Paterberg (32k)
Varent (26,2k)
10 Vossenhol (21,3k)
11 Holstraat (16,9k)
12 Nokereberg (9,4k)
Herlegemstraat (6,7k)


Lotto Soudal
1 DEBUSSCHERE, Jens
2 BENOOT, Tiesj
3 DE BUYST, Jasper
4 GALLOPIN, Tony
5 HOFLAND, Moreno
6 MAES, Nikolas
7 ROELANDTS, Jurgen
8 WALLAYS, Jelle

Quick-Step Floors
11 GILBERT, Philippe
12 DECLERCQ, Tim
13 DEVENYNS, Dries
14 GAVIRIA, Fernando
15 KEISSE, Iljo
16 LAMPAERT, Yves
17 STYBAR, Zdenek
18 TERPSTRA, Niki

Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team
21 VANMARCKE, Sep
22 LANGEVELD, Sebastian
23 MULLEN, Ryan
24 VAN ASBROECK, Tom
25 VAN BAARLE, Dylan
26 BEVIN, Patrick
27 WIPPERT, Wouter
28 BETTIOL, Alberto

Movistar Team
31 BARBERO, Carlos
32 ARCAS, Jorge
33 BICO, Nuno
34 CARRETERO, Héctor
35 BETANCUR, Carlos
36 QUINTANA, Dayer
37 PEDRERO, Antonio
38 SÜTTERLIN, Jasha

Trek - Segafredo
41 REIJNEN, Kiel
42 DIDIER, Laurent
43 COLEDAN, Marco
44 FELLINE, Fabio
45 PEDERSEN, Mads
46 VAN POPPEL, Boy
47 BEPPU, Fumiyuki
48 THEUNS, Edward

BMC Racing Team
51 VLIEGEN, Loïc
52 DRUCKER, Jean-Pierre
53 ELMIGER, Martin
54 GERTS, Floris
55 KÜNG, Stefan
56 SCOTSON, Miles
57 VENTOSO, Francisco
58 BOHLI, Tom

ORICA-Scott
61 KEUKELEIRE, Jens
62 HAYMAN, Mathew
63 EWAN, Caleb
64 DURBRIDGE, Luke
65 HEPBURN, Michael
66 JUUL-JENSEN, Christopher
67 DOCKER, Mitchell
68 KLUGE, Roger

Team Sunweb
71 MATTHEWS, Michael
72 ARNDT, Nikias
73 DE BACKER, Bert
74 SINKELDAM, Ramon
75 STAMSNIJDER, Tom
76 TEUNISSEN, Mike
77 TIMMER, Albert
78 WAEYTENS, Zico

FDJ
81 DÉMARE, Arnaud
82 DELAGE, Mickaël
83 GUARNIERI, Jacopo
84 HOELGAARD, Daniel
85 KONOVALOVAS, Ignatas
86 LADAGNOUS, Matthieu
87 LE GAC, Olivier
88 SARREAU, Marc

AG2R La Mondiale
91 NAESEN, Oliver
92 BAGDONAS, Gediminas
93 BARBIER, Rudy
94 DENZ, Nico
95 DUVAL, Julien
96 ENGER, Sondre Holst
97 HOULE, Hugo
98 PETERS, Nans

Team LottoNL-Jumbo
101 BOOM, Lars
102 CASTELIJNS, Twan
103 GROENEWEGEN, Dylan
104 JANSEN, Amund Grondahl
105 ROOSEN, Timo
106 VAN HOECKE, Gijs
107 WAGNER, Robert
108 WYNANTS, Maarten

Astana Pro Team
111 BRESCHEL, Matti
112 DE VREESE, Laurens
113 GATTO, Oscar
114 GRUZDEV, Dmitriy
115 KORSAETH, Truls
116 LUTSENKO, Alexey
117 MINALI, Riccardo
118 TLEUBAYEV, Ruslan

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
121 BONIFAZIO, Niccolo
123 BOZIC, Borut
124 COLBRELLI, Sonny
125 GARCIA CORTINA, Ivan
126 INSAUSTI, Jon Ander
127 PER, David
128 PIBERNIK, Luka

UAE Team Emirates
131 MARCATO, Marco
132 MODOLO, Sacha
133 KUMP, Marko
134 LAENGEN, Vegard Stake
135 CONSONNI, Simone
136 GANNA, Filippo
137 TROIA, Oliviero
138 ZURLO, Federico

Team Katusha - Alpecin
141 BIERMANS, Jenthe
142 HOLLENSTEIN, Reto
143 KUZNETSOV, Viacheslav
144 MATHIS, Marco
145 PLANCKAERT, Baptiste
146 POLITT, Nils
147 WÜRTZ SCHMIDT, Mads
148 ZABEL, Rick

Bora - Hansgrohe
151 BENNETT, Sam
153 BAŠKA, Erik
154 PFINGSTEN, Christoph
155 PÖSTLBERGER, Lukas
156 SAGAN, Juraj
157 SARAMOTINS, Aleksejs
158 SELIG, Rüdiger
159 SAGAN, Peter

Direct Energie
161 CHAVANEL, Sylvain
162 COQUARD, Bryan
163 CARDIS, Romain
164 ANDERSON, Ryan
165 DUCHESNE, Antoine
166 GENE, Yohann
167 PETIT, Adrien
168 PICHOT, Alexandre

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
171 VANBILSEN, Kenneth
172 CLAEYS, Dimitri
173 LAPORTE, Christophe
174 LEMOINE, Cyril
175 SÉNÉCHAL, Florian
176 TURGIS, Anthony
177 VAN STAEYEN, Michael
178 CHETOUT, Loïc

Wanty - Groupe Gobert
181 VAN KEIRSBULCK, Guillaume
182 BACKAERT, Frederik
183 BAUGNIES, Jerome
184 KREDER, Wesley
185 PASQUALON, Andrea
186 ANTONINI, Simone
187 VAN MELSEN, Kevin
188 VANSPEYBROUCK, Pieter

Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
191 VAN LERBERGHE, Bert
192 FARAZIJN, Maxime
193 DELTOMBE, Kevin
194 PLANCKAERT, Edward
195 RICKAERT, Jonas
196 SALOMEIN, Jarl
197 STEELS, Stijn
198 VAN HECKE, Preben

Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij
201 LIGTHART, Pim
202 ASSELMAN, Jesper
203 KREDER, Raymond
204 MOURIS, Jens
205 VAN DER HOORN, Taco
206 VAN GINNEKEN, Sjoerd
207 VAN GOETHEM, Brian
208 VERMELTFOORT, Coen

Vérandas Willems-Crelan
211 CORDEEL, Sander
212 DE BONDT, Dries
213 DUPONT, Timothy
214 GOOLAERTS, Michael
215 KRUOPIS, Aidis
216 PREMONT, Christophe
217 VAN BREUSSEGEM, Elias
218 VAN ZUMMEREN, Stef

Gazprom-RusVelo
221 LAGUTIN, Sergey
222 BRUTT, Pavel
223 PORSEV, Alexander
224 SAVITSKIY, Ivan
225 SHALUNOV, Evgeny
226 SOLOMENNIKOV, Andrei
227 TSATEVICH, Alexey
228 TRUSOV, Nikolay

Israel Cycling Academy
231 DEMPSTER, Zakkari
232 BOIVIN, Guillaume
233 PERRY, Ben
234 RAIM, Mihkel
235 SAGIV, Guy
236 SCHREURS, Hamish
237 VAN WINDEN, Dennis
238 WILLIAMS, Tyler

WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
241 JANS, Roy
242 DE WINTER, Ludwig
243 ISTA, Kevyn
244 KIRSCH, Alex
245 NAESEN, Lawrence
246 DERUETTE, Thomas
247 STASSEN, Julien
248 VANTOMME, Maxime

 

[Lexman]

weather forecast predicts rain...

hard to say if it will be bunchsprint or small group...

 

[saganist]

Is Sagan really doing this? He did not mention it in the last interview about his program.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Re:

Is Sagan really doing this? He did not mention it in the last interview about his program.

I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't know what his schedule is. After Omloop Het Nieuwsblad he said he didn't know it was a World Tour.

 

[Netserk]

 

[King Boonen]

Re:

Is Sagan really doing this? He did not mention it in the last interview about his program.

I don't think he's ever actually ridden this race has he? Pretty sure his program is always E3, GW, RVV. I don't think he's even ridden De Panne since leaving Cannondale.

 

[sQiD]

Re:

Is Sagan really doing this? He did not mention it in the last interview about his program.

The organizers announced his participation 10 days ago. They were also hoping GVA would ride too but apparently it's not the case.
I think the fact that's a WT race and a good preparation for Roubaix attracted him.

 

[dlwssonic]

Re: Re:

Is Sagan really doing this? He did not mention it in the last interview about his program.

The organizers announced his participation 10 days ago. They were also hoping GVA would ride too but apparently it's not the case.
I think the fact that's a WT race and a good preparation for Roubaix attracted him.

Don't know why GVA won't ride, I know there is E3 and GW but its still a cobbled WT race.

 

[sprints n stones]

Just curious. Does Sagan having bib number 9 in group while Bennett is 1 mean he is riding for Bennett or because he is late addition?

 

[Ricco']

Re:

Just curious. Does Sagan having bib number 9 in group while Bennett is 1 mean he is riding for Bennett or because he is late addition?

With a number 9 it means that he was a reserve for this race at the beginning.

 

[sQiD]

Re:

Just curious. Does Sagan having bib number 9 in group while Bennett is 1 mean he is riding for Bennett or because he is late addition?

 

[sprints n stones]

Re: Re:

Just curious. Does Sagan having bib number 9 in group while Bennett is 1 mean he is riding for Bennett or because he is late addition?

With a number 9 it means that he was a reserve for this race at the beginning.

Thanks for that info. That makes the race a whole lot more interesting. Notice when they announced Sagan's participation organisers were still hoping to tempt GVA to ride.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Very good lineup, good they promoted it to WT.

Considering its the smallest of the 3 upcoming races, I say we are in for a surprise. Naesen, Matthews, Keukeleure, Gallopin, Phil Gil or Gaviria? Or just Peter smashing the Kwaremont and trying to beat that strava segment at Flanders to keep him motivated.

 

[Flamin]

This just screams overkill. Two races in 3 days on basically the SAME parcours with (almost) the same riders. Meh. DDV was good how it was, the young prospects making a serious goal of it vs the occasional top rider showing up and using it as prep.

 

[Red Rick]

How did DDV change compared to last years?

 

[Netserk]

It's WT now and they have added 800m of cobbles in the end, so the route is almost the same as usual.

2016:

2017:

 

[Flamin]

WT this year...? Hence it will have a very similar field to E3.

 

[Red Rick]

So the whole overkill revolves around it being WT now? Seems right-ish. I've never had a problem with DDV being a cobbled race that can be won by 'lesser' riders

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

The added cobble section at the end, i.e. the Herlegemstraat, is the same cobbled stretch that was added to Nokere Koerse this year, but in Nokere Koerse they only did the beginning of it, here they will do all of it. Even if it's a few 100 meters longer, the cobbles of Herlegemstraat didn't do much in Nokere Koerse; I doubt they'll be significant here. Well I guess in the deep finale of a hard race even very easy cobbles can provide a last opportunity for somebody to try and escape from a small group or something. I like finale's like that, where the hard part and the real selection is further away from the finish but where there are still a few obstacles that provide an opportunity for riders who want to avoid a sprint with a small group to go solo.

 

[Flamin]

Re:

So the whole overkill revolves around it being WT now? Seems right-ish. I've never had a problem with DDV being a cobbled race that can be won by 'lesser' riders

Yep. It might also devaluate E3 as THE benchmark for de Ronde (ok, G Thomas and Kwia already messed a bit with that narrative lately but it's usually an important yardstick), which would be a shame. Some might use DDV as one of the final tests, some E3,..

Indeed, like when the Topsport guys beat the world champ in 2015. That was great.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I say the more top-level racing, the better, especially in this kind of terrain. After all there aren't that many cobbled classics. Im probably greedy that way, but Im far more entertained when the best riders duke it out than 3rd tier riders. There are many other races for that purpose.

 

[Billie]

Sagan is not riding. Only E3 and GW. Also not riding de Panne.

 

[KGB]

Yes he will ride it.Good training for him.

 

[StryderHells]

Re:

I say the more top-level racing, the better, especially in this kind of terrain. After all there aren't that many cobbled classics. Im probably greedy that way, but Im far more entertained when the best riders duke it out than 3rd tier riders. There are many other races for that purpose.

I'm more entertained by good racing and it doesn't matter if it's the big names or no name Conti riders, in fact I often find the 2nd/3rd tier races and riders to be more entertaining as WT racing can be quite boring as the races are more controlled by the big teams making the races and results predictable. In saying that we have seen some good racing at WT level this season, one of the better starts to a season I've seen.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Re:

Yes he will ride it.Good training for him.

He was still in Italy yesterday.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/dwars-door-vlaanderen-2017/start-list/

I don't know why he was still on the list yesterday. He is definitely out.