Bredene Koksijde Classic 2022 [FULL RACE]

March 18, 2022

Bredene Koksijde Classic 2022 – Bredene – Koksijde : 200,9 km

The Bredene Koksijde Classic may be one of the youngest races in Flanders, starting out as recently as 2002, but it has wasted none of this time in finding its own unique niche on the Belgian cycling calendar. While most Flandrian one-day races favour the rouleurs and master tacticians, this one favours the pure sprinters and offers them a rare opportunity to add a semi-Classic to their palmares. Up until 2019, the race was known as the Handzame Classic and regularly followed a flat route from Bredene to Handzame. In 2019 the finish was moved to Koksijde and the name of the race was duly changed. This didn’t change the flavour of the race however, like the 16 editions that had come before the 2019 race still heavily favoured the sprinters.

Pascal Ackermann (UAE Team Emirates) claimed victory at the Bredene Koksijde Classic on Friday.

The German beat Hugo Hofstetter (Arkea-Samsic) and Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) to the line in a bunch sprint.

It was Ackermann’s first win since the Deutschland Tour last summer, and his first for UAE Team Emirates since moving from Bora-Hansgrohe over the winter.

“I was not really lucky in the last weeks but my shape was really good,” an elated Ackermann said after hitting out early to the victory.

“I was thinking about what’s wrong but I think the mistake just was waiting too long in the sprints. Today I decided to go early like in the last years and it worked out again. I’m really happy about it.”

It’s Ackermann’s second win at the Bredene Koksijde Classic after a similar finale in 2019.

“I have good memories about this race, I won it three years ago. I hope that was the final kick for me and now it’s going forward to the next races. I already felt good in the last days, I was just a bit unsure because I had now 10 race days in 12 days. Now I stop the first part of the season with a victory and can look forward to the next race in De Panne next week.

“My shape is really good, my level is higher than the last years – my sprint power is better than last year. I am looking forward to the next races. It’s really special because for the first time in my career I’ll do the Classics, so I’m really looking forward to it and hope I can do something in the next weeks. I’m really proud to be part of the team and now it’s time to give something back.”

Results :
1 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) UAE Team Emirates 4:29:30
2 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
3 Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
4 Sam Welsford (Aus) Team DSM
5 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
6 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
7 Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
8 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-KTM
9 Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto Soudal
10 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
11 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
12 Colin Joyce (USA) Human Powered Health
13 Pier Andre Cote (Can) Human Powered Health
14 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) TotalEnergies
15 Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
16 Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel-Premier Tech
17 Barnabás Peák (Hun) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
18 Ethan Vernon (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
19 Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates
20 Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team DSM
21 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
22 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel-Premier Tech
23 Sasha Weemaes (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
24 Gil D´Heygere (Bel) Minerva Cycling Team
25 Thimo Willems (Bel) Minerva Cycling Team
26 Arne Marit (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
27 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
28 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
29 Sandy Dujardin (Fra) TotalEnergies
30 Andreas Goeman (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
31 Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Pol) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
32 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
33 Lennert Teugels (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
34 Cedric Beullens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
35 Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
36 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel-Premier Tech
37 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
38 Adrien Petit (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
39 Thomas Joseph (Bel) Minerva Cycling Team
40 Enrico Zanoncello (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
41 Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
42 Tuur Dens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
43 Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe
44 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Cofidis
45 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
46 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Team DSM
47 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel-Premier Tech
48 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
49 Gilles Borra (Bel) Minerva Cycling Team
50 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Arkea-Samsic
51 Ceriel Desal (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
52 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
53 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Hansgrohe
54 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
55 Markus Pajur (Est) Arkea-Samsic
56 Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM
57 Dayer Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic
58 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:00:12
59 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates
60 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:00:16
61 Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
62 Jeremy Cabot (Fra) TotalEnergies
63 Marco Frigo (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
64 Jeroen Eyskens (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
65 Gage Hecht (USA) Human Powered Health
66 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
67 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
68 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:00:19
69 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
70 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
71 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Lotto Soudal
72 Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
73 Karl Patrick Lauk (Est) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:00:21
74 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:00:22
75 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Arkea-Samsic 0:00:26
76 Kasper Saver (Bel) Minerva Cycling Team 0:00:33
77 Taj Jones (Aus) Israel-Premier Tech 0:00:34
78 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:00:36
79 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Human Powered Health 0:00:39
80 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Lotto Soudal
81 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:00:41
82 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Cofidis 0:00:47
83 Stijn Steels (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:00:48
84 Matthew Walls (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe
85 Thibau Verhofstadt (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex 0:00:57
86 Leon Heinschke (Ger) Team DSM 0:01:14
87 Daan Hoole (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
88 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Cofidis 0:01:28
89 Robbe Ghys (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:19
90 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
91 August Jensen (Nor) Human Powered Health 0:02:23
92 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
93 Jacob Relaes (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
94 Sander De Pestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
95 Niki Terpstra (Ned) TotalEnergies 0:03:00
96 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
97 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix
98 Jakob Egholm (Den) Trek-Segafredo
99 Morten Hulgaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
DSQ Robin Carpenter (USA) Human Powered Health
DNS Jonas Koch (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNS Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
DNS Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM
DNS Dries Van Gestel (Bel) TotalEnergies
DNF Simon Dehairs (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix Development Team
DNF Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF Alexys Brunel (Fra) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Antonio Puppio (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Marc Brustenga Masague (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis
DNF André Carvalho (Por) Cofidis
DNF Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis
DNF Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Development Team DSM
DNF Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Development Team DSM
DNF Michel Ries (Lux) Arkea-Samsic
DNF Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
DNF Raphael Parisella (Can) B&B Hotels-KTM
DNF Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
DNF Julien Morice (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
DNF Adrien Lagree (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
DNF Bas Tietema (Ned) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
DNF Johnatan Cañaveral Vargas (Col) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
DNF Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
DNF Alessandro Santaromita Villa (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
DNF Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
DNF Kenneth Caethoven (Bel) Minerva Cycling Team
DNF Stefano Museeuw (Bel) Minerva Cycling Team
DNF Gianni Marchand (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
DNF Kobe Vanoverschelde (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex