Binche-Chimay-Binche 2016

October 4, 2016

Binche-Chimay-Binche 2016– Binche – Binche – 192 KM

Arnaud Demare made an important statement of intent ahead of the World Championships with a well-timed and executed victory at Binche-Chimay-Binche.

After Nacer Bouhanni took victory at the Tour de Vendee on Sunday, Demare made his own case for leadership of the French team in Doha next month, outsprinting Zdenek Stybar (Etixx-QuickStep) as a cobbled climb shattered the bunch in the final kilometre.

Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Soudal) finished third, several seconds back, alongside Greg Van Avermaet (BMC), after a quartet emerged on the climb under the impetus of the Olympic champion. Stybar was the only one able to respond when Demare made a long-range bid for victory but, with a slight downhill run to the line, he was never able to get on terms.

“It was a strange sprint – I knew we had a corner before the finish and decided to launch my sprint going into the corner,” said Demare. “The team worked really well and I knew I was in good shape.”

Having been named alongside Bouhanni in the French Worlds team, with tensions long having existed between the pair, Demare picked a good time to collect his first victory since June’s Route du Sud.

“We’re both in good form, both have good legs at the moment. We’ll see what happens, but I think we’ll work well together,” said Demare diplomatically.

The 29th edition of Binche-Chimay-Binche, the Belgian race first held in 1911, featured a relatively benign out-and-back route to and from Chimay, with the racing coming to the boil on the four laps of a 16km finishing circuit.

Lars Bak (Lotto Soudal) and Vegard Stake Laengen (IAM) formed a two-up breakaway and stayed away until the start of the final lap, where the attacks began to kick off in earnest in the bunch.

A seven-man move, made up of Jens Debuscherre (Lotto Soudal), Fernando Gaviria (Etixx-QuickStep), Marco Marcato (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Jempy Drucker (BMC), Oliver Naesen (IAM), Preben Van Hecke (Topsprot Vlaanderen-Baloise), and Huub Duijn (Roompot), looked dangerous with a small gap for a while, but a lack of commitment saw it come to nought.

With six kilometres to go Cofidis’ Kenneth Van Bilsen went for an optimistic solo effort but he was soon caught, and the bunch would enter the final kilometre all together.

Van Avermaet, keen not to let it come down to a mass sprint, took command on the cobbles and drove the pace, and by the top a quartet had formed, with Demare, Stybar, and Roelandts in attendance. The Olympic champion’s legs were still reeling from the climb, and only Stybar could react when Demare pinged off from range.

With a slight downhill ahead of the line, Stybar was never able to get back on terms and Demare punched the air in what will be a big boost to the confidence.

Results :
1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 4:32:28
2 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step
3 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:02
4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
5 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:00:04
6 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
7 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
8 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
9 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling
10 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling
11 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
12 Aksel Nõmmela (Est) Leopard Pro Cycling
13 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling
14 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
15 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team
16 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
17 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
18 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
19 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
20 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:10
21 Jimmy Duquennoy (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
22 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
23 Gert Joeaar (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:13
24 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
25 John Mandrysch (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling
26 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
27 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
28 Kevin Ista (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
29 Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
30 Tom Dernies (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
31 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
32 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
33 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:16
34 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
35 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect 0:00:18
36 Floris Gerfs (Ned) BMC Racing Team
37 Gordon De Winter (Bel) Color Code – Arden’beef
38 Reinier Honig (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
39 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
40 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
41 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ
42 Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
43 Jan Brockhoff (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling
44 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 0:00:23
45 Niels De Rooze (Bel) VER 0:00:25
46 Loic Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
47 Brecht Dhaene (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
48 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
49 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
50 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling
51 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
52 Sam Lennertz (Bel) VER
53 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) VER
54 Christophe Masson (Fra) VER
55 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
56 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
57 Marco Tizza (Ita) d’Amico Bottecchia
58 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:00:33
59 Axel Flet (Fra) VER 0:00:36
60 Frantisek Sisr (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step
61 Huub Duyn (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
62 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
63 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
64 Michel Kreder (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:00:41
65 Olivier Chevalier (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
66 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:00:43
67 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
68 Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
69 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step
70 Maximilien Picoux (Bel) Color Code – Arden’beef
71 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
72 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
73 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
74 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:47
75 Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:00:52
76 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
77 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling
78 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
79 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ
80 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:56
81 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:59
82 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:01:01
83 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
84 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
85 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:03
86 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
87 Jonathan Dufrasne (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
88 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
89 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ
90 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:01:06
91 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 0:01:10
92 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
93 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling
94 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:27
95 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:35
96 Simon Sellier (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:42
97 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:57
98 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team 0:02:08
99 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:17
100 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling 0:02:21
101 Dorian Godon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:46
102 Camille Guerin (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:04:11
103 Antoine Loy (Bel) Color Code – Arden’beef 0:04:44
104 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ 0:05:37
105 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
106 Zhi Hui Jiang (Chn) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
107 Julien Mortier (Bel) Color Code – Arden’beef
108 Alexis Caresmel (Fra) VER
109 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie
110 Iltjan Nika (Alb) d’Amico Bottecchia 0:07:06
111 Hugo De Winter (Bel) Color Code – Arden’beef 0:07:09
112 Taylor Eisenhart (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:07:33
113 Auxence Buntinx (Bel) T.Palm – Pôle Continental Wallon 0:07:53
114 Matthias Legley (Bel) VER 0:07:57
115 Giorgio Bocchiola (Ita) d’Amico Bottecchia 0:07:59
116 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:08:03
117 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:08:56
118 Thomas Petit (Bel) T.Palm – Pôle Continental Wallon 0:10:20
119 Maxime Vekeman (Bel) T.Palm – Pôle Continental Wallon
DNF Fabian Lienhard (Swi) BMC Racing Team
DNF Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Marc Fournier (Fra) FDJ
DNF Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
DNF Marlon Gaillard (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Romain Guillemois (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Boris Vallee (Bel) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
DNF Justin Mottier (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
DNF Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
DNF Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
DNF Charlie Arimont (Bel) Color Code – Arden’beef
DNF Martin Palm (Bel) Color Code – Arden’beef
DNF Marvin Tasset (Bel) Color Code – Arden’beef
DNF Tim De Troyer (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
DNF Guillaume Delvaux (Bel) T.Palm – Pôle Continental Wallon
DNF Dylan Bodchon (Bel) T.Palm – Pôle Continental Wallon
DNF Guillaume Haag (Bel) T.Palm – Pôle Continental Wallon
DNF Alexandre Toubeau (Bel) T.Palm – Pôle Continental Wallon
DNF Victor Van Bost (Bel) T.Palm – Pôle Continental Wallon
DNF Arnaud Voss (Bel) VER
DNF Carmelo Foti (Ita) Leopard Pro Cycling
DNF Fabio Silvestre (Por) Leopard Pro Cycling
DNF Laurent Van Den Bak (Bel) Leopard Pro Cycling
DNF Fabio Chinello (Ita) d’Amico Bottecchia
DNF Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) d’Amico Bottecchia
DNF Nicola Genovese (Ita) d’Amico Bottecchia
DNF Pietro Di Genova (Ita) d’Amico Bottecchia
DNF Antonio Parrinello (Ita) d’Amico Bottecchia