Bredene Koksijde Classic 2019 [FULL RACE]

March 22, 2019

Bredene Koksijde Classic 2019 – Bredene – Koksijde : 199,5 km

The Bredene-Koksijde Classic, previously Handzame Classic, is a European single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders, starting in Bredene and finishing in Koksijde. Having been a part of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen from 2002 to 2010, race organisers decided to run the race as a single-day race from 2011 and organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, raised to 1.HC status from 2018. The finish race previously known as Handzame Classic, but was renamed following a decision from the organisers to move the finish from Handzame to Koksijde. The first edition under the new name will be held in 2019.

German champion Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) claimed the newly minted Bredene-Koksijde Classic, winning a chaotic bunch sprint over Team Sky’s Kristoffer Halvorsen. Deceuninck-Quickstep’s Alvaro Hodeg, the defending champion, was third.

The former Handzame Classic was the second win of the season for Ackerman after the Clasica Almeria, and a bit of revenge for a close second place in Nokere Koerse on Wednesday behind Sunweb’s Cees Bol.

“I think we showed already that we were the strongest team on Wednesday, and I had to give something back to the team. That’s what I wanted to do today, and finally we did it, ” Ackermann said.

“It was a headwind in the sprint, and before it was very hectic. I lost a lot of times my lead-out man, but I always came back. I had this final in a good mind because two years ago it was my first race where I was in the top five, and today I said this is my final, I want to win.”

Hodeg was disappointed not to defend his title but said that Ackermann was the strongest. He finished the race on a teammate’s bike after a mechanical with 10km to go.

“I almost crashed with 10km to go, and we lost Fabio Jakobsen. I tried to change my bike, but it was full gas and I needed to do the sprint on another bike. It’s no excuse – Pascal was fastest,” Hodeg said.

“We needed to go really full the last 10kms, I tried to change my bike but it was impossible. The team did an incredible job to put me in the first position for the last corner, but it was a little early because the sprint was into a headwind.”

Dimitri Peyskens (Team Wallonie-Bruxelles), Justin Timmermans (Team Roompot-Charles), Andrea Vendrame (Team Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec), Julian Morice (Vital Concept-B&B Hotels), and Mathias Norsgaard Jorgensen (Riwal Readynez) made up the day’s breakaway, with the U23 Danish time trial champion Norsgaard using his skills to stay clear when the rest were caught with 16.7km to go.

Just as the breakaway was coming back, however, there was a slowing in the peloton and a touch of wheels that caused a number of riders to crash, including Deceuninck-Quickstep’s sprinter Fabio Jakobsen.

His teammate and defending champion Hodeg suffered a mechanical in the melee and had to wait to swap bikes with Pieter Serry, with the Deceuninck team car held up behind. Hodeg made his way back into the peloton with 7km to go on his teammate’s bike, while Remco Evenepoel resumed charge of pace-setting.

Another crash with 2.2km to go took out another half dozen riders, including Cofidis sprinter Hugo Hofstetter, but up front, CCC Team took control for Jakub Mareczko as Deceuninck tried to regroup. With 1km to go, on a wide-open flat roadway, Iljo Keisse led his teammate Hodeg into the final corner, dropping him off out of the turn.

But the chase back from his mechanical cost the Colombian, and Ackermann proved to be the strongest. Halvorsen showed his class, taking the runner-up slot for the second season in a row.

Results :
1 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 4:35:47
2 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Sky
3 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep
4 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team
5 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
6 Sasha Weemaes (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
7 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal
8 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
9 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie
10 Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel Cycling Academy
11 Aksel Nõmmela (Est) Wallonie Bruxelles
12 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team
13 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal
14 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
15 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
16 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
17 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
18 Alfdan De Decker (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
19 Manuel Peñalver Aniorte (Spa) Burgos-BH
20 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
21 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
22 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo
23 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
24 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
25 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon
26 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
27 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Sky
28 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Corendon-Circus
29 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
30 Kevyn Ista (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
31 Nicolai Philip Brochner Nielsen (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
32 Dennis Coenen (Bel) Cibel
33 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
34 Maarten van Trijp (Ned) Corendon-Circus
35 Josip Rumac (Cro) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
36 Daniel Lopez Parada (Spa) Burgos-BH
37 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
38 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot-Charles
39 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:00:09
40 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:12
41 Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Roompot-Charles
42 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:12
43 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:14
44 Sondre Enger (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy
45 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
46 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
47 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
48 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
49 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
50 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:17
51 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
52 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Team 0:00:28
53 Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Team
54 Matteo Spreafico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
55 Jakob Egholm (Den) Hagens Berman Axeon
56 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:33
57 Senne Leysen (Bel) Roompot-Charles
58 Julien Mortier (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
59 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
60 Stan Dewulf (Bel) Lotto Soudal
61 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Team
62 Roy Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
63 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
64 Kim Magnusson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
65 Roy Jans (Bel) Corendon-Circus
66 Gianni Marchand (Bel) Cibel
67 Marcel Meisen (Ger) Corendon-Circus
68 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
69 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
70 Joseph Areruya (Rwa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
71 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
72 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
73 Simon Sellier (Fra) Direct Energie
74 Alvaro Robredo Crespo (Spa) Burgos-BH
75 Stijn Steels (Bel) Roompot-Charles
76 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
77 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
78 Jan Willem van Schip (Ned) Roompot-Charles
79 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:00:37
80 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:45
81 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
82 André Rodrigues Carvalho (Por) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:49
83 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
84 Lennert Teugels (Bel) Cibel
85 Justin Timmermans (Ned) Roompot-Charles
86 Kenny Molly (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:01:00
87 Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
88 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:01:09
89 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Corendon-Circus
90 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky
91 Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
92 Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
93 Lars Boom (Ned) Roompot-Charles
94 Alexis Guerin (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
95 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky
96 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) Direct Energie
97 Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Wallonie Bruxelles
98 Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
99 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
100 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
101 Mathias Norsgaard Jørgensen (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
102 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
103 Emiel Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
104 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
105 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Cycling Academy
106 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
107 Alexander Maes (Bel) Cibel
108 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie
109 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
110 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
111 Jay Mc Carthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
112 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
113 Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Team
114 Axel Journiaux (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:21
115 Glenn Debruyne (Bel) Cibel 0:01:35
116 Stokbro Andreas Nielsen (Den) Riwal Readynez 0:01:51
117 Adam Blythe (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:02:11
118 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:30
119 Willem Jakobus Smit (RSA) Katusha-Alpecin
120 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
121 Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Team 0:02:33
122 Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:02:43
123 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:03:54
124 Milan Menten (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
125 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
126 Ian Garrison (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:04:36
127 Maxime Cam (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
128 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
129 Nuno Matos (Por) Burgos-BH
130 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
131 Matthew Gibson (GBr) Burgos-BH
132 Jonathan Brown (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
133 Justin Mottier (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
134 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin
135 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
136 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
137 Michiel Dieleman (Bel) Cibel
DNS Mikkel Bjerg (Den) Hagens Berman Axeon
DNS Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Corendon-Circus
DNF Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep
DNF Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Rasmus Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal
DNF Tom Bohli (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Marco Mathis (Ger) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Damien Touze (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNF Mattia Viel (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNF Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
DNF Timothy Stevens (Bel) Cibel
DNF Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH
DNF Jonas Aaen (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
DNF Tobias Mørch Kongstad (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
DNF Rasmus Bøgh Wallin (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team