Driedaagse Brugge–De Panne 2020 [FULL RACE]

October 21, 2020

Driedaagse Brugge–De Panne 2020 – Brugge – De Panne : 188,6 km

The Three Days of De Panne or Three Days of Bruges–De Panne (Dutch: Driedaagse Brugge–De Panne) is a road cycling race in Belgium in late March. Since 2018 it is raced over two days with a men’s race on Wednesday and a women’s race on Thursday. Both races start in Bruges and finish in the seaside resort of De Panne.

Yves Lampaert won Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne, the final one-day race of the rescheduled 2020 season, after strong winds split the peloton into multiple echelons and caused Mathieu van der Poel to crash into the ditch.

Lampaert was one of four Deceuninck-QuickStep riders in the seven-rider group that emerged on the final windswept circuit and then attacked alone into a headwind with seven kilometres to go.

The former Belgian time trial champion screamed at himself to dig deep and at the race motorbikes for time checks before holding on to win alone.

Tim Declercq attacked in the final kilometre to give Deceuninck-QuickStep first and second, with Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) winning the sprint for third. John Degenkolb (Lotto Soudal) was fourth.

Van der Poel’s race and 2020 road season ended with 16km to go as he was trying to move up on the sheltered side of the group. He was caught by a gust of wind and went down into the deep ditch. He appeared dizzy but eventually got up and was taken to the finish in a team car.

Lampaert gave Deceuninck-QuickStep their 38th victory of this reduced season, ending his own season on a high.

“With the echelons it was incredibly hard but a race I really liked,” he said.

“You had to stay focused all the time, any second something could happen. Look what happened to Mathieu, he crashed in the ditch. I hope he’s fine.

“We had four riders in the eight and so we had the race fully under control and it’s great that Tim got second, too, he deserves that after the work he does for the team. We didn’t speak much but I said I was going to do something. I tried once and then finally went again on the big road and I got away.

“With the wind, I couldn’t hear the radio, so I told the TV guys to give a time gap. The legs were screaming but I went flat out to the finish.”

Even before the podium ceremony, Lampaert was already thinking about how he will enjoy his off-season.

“It’s great to finish off the season with a race like today. I’ll celebrate the end of the season with a huge portion of fries. For sure I’ll enjoy it,” he said.

How it unfolded

Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne traditionally precedes the Tour of Flanders but this year the now-one-day race came as a final curtain call for the sprinters and Classics rider, despite the high number of COVID-19 cases in Belgium limiting the number of spectators.

The wind is traditionally a factor in the spring and was even stronger in late October, with organisers deciding to reduce the final 46km circuit to avoid crashes and complications.

It was a day for the strong men, with three groups forming after just 12km and an early crash taking out Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers), Sep Vanmarcke (EF Pro Cycling), while Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) was also distanced.

The first hour was raced at 51.7kph and the second at 47.65kph, with a group of 14 riders forming up front.

The presence of van der Poel and three Alpecin-Fenix teammates and Kasper Asgreen, Lampaert, Van Bert Lerberghe and Tim Declercq there for Deceuninck-QuickStep meant there was no way back for the rest of the peloton. Jumbo-Visma closed the gap to 20 seconds at one point but when the crosswinds blew, the front group spat out riders almost one by one by one and was never seen again.

De Buyst, Van Keirsbulck, Lawless, and Sénéchal were soon scattered into oblivion, as every acceleration and squeeze on the echelon revealed the weakest in the front group.

Piotr Havik (Riwal Securitas) crashed after an apparent touch of wheels and then Hugo Hofstetter (Israel Start-Up Nation) was cruelly spat out alone after struggling to hold a wheel. Some riders managed to fight back after being caught on the wrong side of a split but paid a huge price for their efforts the next time the wind blew.

Van der Poel was strong as he seemed to work for his teammates as pay back for his Tour of Flanders victory. However, even a rider of the calibre of van der Poel makes mistakes and he paid dearly for trying to move up along the gutter with a high-speed tumble into the ditch. He didn’t move for a while and was dizzy once he stood up but was no doubt just happy not to be seriously injured.

As van der Poel realised his road season was over, Deceuninck-QuickStep prepared for one final show of strength on home roads. Declercq attacked first and then Lampaert made his move, powering away into the headwind to end the 2020 Classic season on a high.

Results :
1 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-Quickstep 3:57:12
2 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-Quickstep 0:00:21
3 Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:22
4 John Degenkolb (Ger) Lotto Soudal
5 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Bora-Hansgrohe
6 Matteo Trentin (Ita) CCC Team
7 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-Quickstep
8 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
9 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-Quickstep
10 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:28
11 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:31
12 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis 0:01:37
13 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) NTT Pro Cycling 0:02:41
14 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-Up Nation
15 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix 0:02:43
16 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team
17 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep 0:02:45
18 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:02:49
19 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:52
20 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:03:16
21 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal
22 Taco Van der Hoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
23 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:19
24 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:21
25 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
26 Romain Cardis (Fra) Total Direct Energie
27 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
28 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team
29 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix
30 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
31 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkea-Samsic
32 Owain Doull (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
33 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation
34 Bert De Backer (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
35 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
36 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
37 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) NTT Pro Cycling
38 Adrien Petit (Fra) Total Direct Energie
39 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Pro Cycling 0:03:27
40 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic
41 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:03:35
42 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
43 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Pro Cycling
44 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:04:15
45 Tobias Mørch Kongstad (Den) Riwal Readynez 0:06:52
46 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
47 Fabio Van den Bossche (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:06:55
48 Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:11:48
49 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:11:53
DNF Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Pro Cycling
DNF Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Team
DNF Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) CCC Team
DNF Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) CCC Team
DNF Matis Louvel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Jonas Castrique (Bel) Bingoal Wb
DNF Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Pro Cycling
DNF Stefan Bissegger (Swi) Ef Pro Cycling
DNF Moreno Hofland (Ned) EF Pro Cycling
DNF Norman Vahtra (Est) Israel Start-Up Nation
DNF Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Pro Cycling
DNF Donavan Vincent Grondin (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Aksel Nõmmela (Est) Bingoal WB
DNF Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Travis McCabe (USA) Israel Start-Up Nation
DNF Nils Politt (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation
DNF Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Christophe Noppe (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Juan Diego Alba Bolivar (Col) Movistar Team
DNF Iñigo Elosegui Momeñe (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma
DNF Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
DNF August Jensen (Nor) Riwal Readynez
DNF Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Riwal Readynez
DNF Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) Riwal Readynez
DNF Piotr Havik (Ned) Riwal Readynez
DNF Joel Suter (Swi) Bingoal WB
DNF Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-Quickstep
DNF Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-Quickstep
DNF Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal WB
DNF Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal Wb
DNF Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
DNF Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team
DNF Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Bingoal WB
DNF Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF Mark Cavendish (GBr) Bahrain McLaren
DNF Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain McLaren
DNF Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain McLaren
DNF Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain McLaren
DNF Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain McLaren
DNF Chun kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain McLaren
DNF Oscar Gatto (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Lotto Soudal
DNF Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Bingoal WB
DNF Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
DNF Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert
DNF Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R la Mondiale
DNF Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R la Mondiale
DNF Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R la Mondiale
DNF Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
DNF Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R la Mondiale
DNF Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
DNF Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis
DNF Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
DNF Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis
DNF Julien Vermote (Bel) Cofidis
DNF Damien Touze (Fra) Cofidis
DNF Leonardo Basso (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
DNF Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
DNF Christian Knees (Ger) Ineos Grenadiers
DNF Alfdan De Decker (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert
DNF Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Circus – Wanty Gobert
DNF Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Circus-Wanty Gobert
DNF Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Circus-Wanty Gobert
DNF Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Robbe Ghys (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Sasha Weemaes (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Cedric Beullens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
DNF Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF Mathieu Van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
DNF Charles Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Total Direct Energie
DNF Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Samuele Battistella (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling
DNF Michael Gogl (Aut) NTT Pro Cycling
DNF Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling
DNF Rasmus Tiller (Nor) NTT Pro Cycling
DNF Florian Maitre (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez
DNF Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
DNF Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie
DNF Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
DNF Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
DNF Elmar Reinders (Ned) Riwal Readynez
DNF Tom Bohli (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
DNF Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
DNF Kris Boeckmans (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
DNF Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
DNS Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team