Binche-Chimay-Binche 2021 [FULL RACE]

October 5, 2021

Binche-Chimay-Binche 2021 – Binche – Binche : 198,6 km

Binche-Chimay-Binche is an one-day race held in the Walloon region of Belgium. Binche-Chimay-Binche largely follows a flat course that suits the powerful sprinters of the peloton. The first edition was held back in 1911 as the Binche-Tournai-Binche. The race then suffered a long hiatus between 1931 and 1983 and then another, shorter one between 1997 and 2009. When it returned in 2010 and found a more permanent fixture on the calendar it renamed itself to the Binche-Tournai-Binche/Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke to commemorate the Belgian who died in October 2009 and was, at the time, the last winner of the race.

Danny van Poppel (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert) claimed an emphatic win in Binche-Chimay-Binche, launching a searing attack ahead with some 800 metres to go and opening an unassailable gap to give his team a nice farewell present before moving across to Bora-Hansgrohe in 2022.

Rasmus Tiller (Uno-X) surged to try to reach the Dutch rider on the final ascent but could not match his power and had to settle for second. Alpecin-Fenix rider Lionel Taminiaux also forged clear to complete the podium.

The Deceuninck-Quickstep team, having worked for much of the second half of the race, came up empty handed after Fabio Jakobsen dropped out of the race with two finishing laps to go and Mark Cavendish could not follow the acceleration of Van Poppel across the cobblestones.

The 198.6km 1.1-ranked race saw three riders remain from the early breakaway as the peloton entered the finishing circuits. Jimmy Janssens (Alpecin-Fenix), Ceriel Desal (Bingoal-Pauwels Sauzen WB) and Dries Van Gestel (TotalEnergies) held a slim lead.

With two 16km laps to go, Van Gestel was dropped on the climb but Anthony Turgis followed Kobe Goossens (Lotto Soudal) on a counter-attack and replaced his teammate, making it four riders up front.

Cavendish had to stop for a bike change with 30km to go, but Deceuninck-Quickstep continued controlling the pace, reeling in a move by Alan Riou (Arkéa-Samsic) and Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) as he made his way back into the peloton.

The breakaway had 38 seconds with 20km to go when Turgis attacked but slid out in a wet bend and crashed out of the move.

Janssens lost contact on the finish climb heading into one lap to go, while Deceuninck-Quickstep brought the gap down to 12 seconds with 16km to go. Goossens was the last rider from the move caught with 14km to go just as Arkéa-Samsic trainee Kévin Vauquelin launched an attack.

The 20-year-old only held a handful of seconds and was caught with 5.8km tog o just before a crash in the field took out two riders, Aaron Van Poucke (Sport Vlaanderen) and Alexis Renard (Israel Start-Up Nation).

More attacks flew on the twisting roads ahead of the final 3km, with Josef Cerny (Deceuninck-Quickstep) making a move and, when Guillaume van Keirsbulck (Alpecin-Fenix) attempted to go off in pursuit, he was marked by none other than Mark Cavendish.

The surge caused splits in the field, with a reduced group making contact with the trio ahead of 2km to go.

Danny van Poppel (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert) made a big surge inside 1km to go and there was no response. Rasmus Tiller (Uno-X) tried but failed to catch the flying Dutchman but held on for second.

Results :
1 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 4:44:45
2 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:00:03
3 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:05
4 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation 0:00:07
5 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
6 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic
7 Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
8 Daan Hoole (Ned) Seg Racing Academy
9 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
10 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
11 Vegard Stokke (Nor) Development Team Dsm
12 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
13 Norman Vahtra (Est) Israel Start-up Nation
14 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
15 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
16 Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
17 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:13
18 Jens Reynders (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
19 James Fouche (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
20 Florian Dauphin (Fra) B&B Hotels P/B Ktm
21 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
22 Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:22
23 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
24 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix Development Team
25 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic
26 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
27 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal
28 Morten Hulgaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
29 Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic 0:00:32
30 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
31 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:00:34
32 Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:00:38
33 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:00:39
34 Julius Johansen (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
35 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) TotalEnergies 0:00:41
36 Casper Van Uden (Ned) Development Team Dsm
37 Dylan Guinet (Fra) Evopro Racing
38 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
39 Stan Van Tricht (Bel) Seg Racing Academy
40 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkea-Samsic
41 Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
42 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:45
43 Remy Mertz (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:00:53
44 Jeroen Eyskens (Bel) Evopro Racing 0:00:56
45 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
46 Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix Development Team 0:00:59
47 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:01:08
48 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:09
49 Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
50 Tobias Andresen (Den) Development Team Dsm 0:01:14
51 Jonas Koch (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:21
52 Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation 0:02:12
53 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
54 Boris Vallee (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:02:31
55 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:48
56 Dorian De Maeght (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces Wb 0:04:52
57 Ceriel Desal (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces Wb 0:05:41
58 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
59 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:06:32
60 Charlie Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
61 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) TotalEnergies
62 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
63 Niki Terpstra (Ned) TotalEnergies
66 Stijn Siemons (Bel) Evopro Racing 0:16:57
67 Cyrus Monk (Aus) Evopro Racing
68 Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
DNF Stijn Steels (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
DNF Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
DNF Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep
DNF Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
DNF Elias Van Breussegem (Bel) Tarteletto – Isorex
DNF Julien Van Den Brande (Bel) Tarteletto – Isorex
DNF Brent Van De Kerkhove (Bel) Tarteletto – Isorex
DNF Jacob Relaes (Bel) Tarteletto – Isorex
DNF Marius Mayrhofer (Ger) Development Team Dsm
DNF Enzo Wouters (Bel) Tarteletto – Isorex
DNF Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
DNF Tim Naberman (Ned) Development Team Dsm
DNF Anthony Jullien (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
DNF Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Development Team Dsm
DNF Cedric Beullens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
DNF Bob Jungels (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team
DNF Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
DNF Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
DNF Kamil Malecki (Pol) Lotto Soudal
DNF Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation
DNF Martin Urianstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
DNF Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
DNF Markus Pajur (Est) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Alex Richardson (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF Conn Mc Dunphy (Irl) Evopro Racing
DNF Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies
DNF Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) TotalEnergies
DNF Adrien Petit (Fra) TotalEnergies
DNF Sean De Bie (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
DNF Bernat Font Mas (Spa) Evopro Racing
DNF Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Leon Heinschke (Ger) Development Team Dsm
DNF Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
DNF Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-QuickStep
DNF Kiaan Watts (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
DNF Adrien Lagree (Fra) B&B Hotels P/B Ktm
DNF Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
DNF Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
DNF Aaron Gate (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
DNF Quentin Jauregui (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
DNF Tom Sexton (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
DNF Joshua Kench (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
DNF Sander De Pestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Campbell Stewart (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling
DNS Gil D´Heygere (Bel) Tarteletto – Isorex
DNS Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
DNS Johan Price Pejtersen (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
DNS Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Evopro Racing
DNS Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNS Matis Louvel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic