Dwars door het Hageland 2018 [FULL RACE]

June 15, 2018

Dwars door het Hageland 2018 – Aarschot – Diest : 197,8 km

Dwars door het Hageland is a cycling race held annually in Belgium. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.1. The race was held as a 1.2 event from 2010 to 2012. In 2016, the race was revived as a 1.1 event.

Krists Neilands (Israel Cycling Academy) scored the biggest win of his career, taking out a daring solo victory in the Dwars door het Hageland. The Latvian champion escaped on a section of gravel with Veranda’s Willems-Crelan rider Sean De Bie, but when the Belgian punctured, Neilands was forced to go it alone.

Neilands also punctured with 20km to go, but still managed to hold onto a 33-second advantage at the line – plenty of time to put on an extended victory salute – to take the win.

Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) distanced Gianni Vermeersch (Beobank-Corendon) to claim second place.

“What a day, what can I say – it was a great day for the team, and we rode really strong today. I felt really good. It’s one of the best days of my career,” Neilands said.

The Latvian was part of a large breakaway that went early in the race, and still with 50km to go, he went on the attack.

“The first part was really hard for me, and I didn’t know how it would be later,” Neilands said. “But I felt better and better. We were there around 15 to 20 guys in the last two hours, and then Sean De Bie attacked, and I saw that the guys were not interested to work in the breakaway – so I saw him attack and said I would follow.”

While De Bie’s puncture on a gravel sector spelled the end of his time out front, Neilands managed to get a quick wheel change when he flatted and lost only a fraction of his minute’s lead.

Viviani, who like Neilands raced the Giro d’Italia, said he was really targeting the race and was impressed that Neilands managed to stay away.

“The two guys in front were really strong,” Viviani said. The guy who won today was really impressive, because he punctured with 20km to go and he still arrived with 35 seconds. Behind we were all at the limit and there wasn’t a real collaboration. Chapeau to him because he did a real number today.”

Results :
1 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy 4:34:47
2 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:33
3 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Corendon-Circus
4 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
5 Sean De Bie (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
6 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:43
7 Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:53
8 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:01:00
9 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:01
10 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:01:19
11 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Cibel-Cebon
12 Julius van Den Berg (Ned) SEG Racing Academy 0:01:28
13 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:01:51
14 Sjoerd van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 2:02:05
15 Tim Merlier (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:02:05
16 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:13
17 Emiel Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:15
18 Dennis van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:23
19 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 0:02:26
20 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:03:48
21 Jens Adams (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
22 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:03:52
23 Alex Mengoulas (Ned) Beat Cycling Club
24 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
25 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept Club
26 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:58
27 Michael Boros (Cze) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
28 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:04:05
29 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
30 Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:04:15
31 Andrew Leigh (GBr) Tarteletto-Isorex
32 Jan Willem van Schip (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
33 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:04:17
34 Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
35 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:04:21
36 Roy Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:04:23
37 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:04:25
38 Justin Jules (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
39 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 0:04:27
40 Michiel Dieleman (Bel) Cibel-Cebon 0:04:31
41 Dylan Bouwmans (Ned) Metec-TKH p/b Mantel
42 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:05:10
43 Daan Soete (Bel) Telenet Fidea Lions 0:05:19
44 Piotr Havik (Ned) Beat Cycling Club 0:08:44
45 Jasper de Laat (Ned) Metec-TKH p/b Mantel
46 Jordi Meeus (Bel) SEG Racing Academy
47 Ruben Scheire (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex 0:08:46
48 Laurens Sweeck (Bel) ERA 0:09:11
49 Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
50 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Quick-Step Floors
51 August Jensen (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy
52 Aksel Nõmmela (Est) Beat Cycling Club
53 Milan Menten (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
54 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
55 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Seppe Rombouts (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
DNF Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
DNF Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
DNF Ludovic Robeet (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Yannick Peeters (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
DNF Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo
DNF Tim Ariesen (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
DNF Robbert de Greef (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
DNF Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
DNF Brian van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
DNF Ben Turner (GBr) Corendon-Circus
DNF Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
DNF Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Stijn Steels (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Stan Godrie (Ned) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Sergio Rodriguez Reche (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
DNF Mark McNally (GBr) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
DNF Tom Meeusen (Bel) Corendon-Circus
DNF Lukas Spengler (Swi) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Marcel Meisen (Ger) Corendon-Circus
DNF David van der Poel (Ned) Corendon-Circus
DNF Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Corendon-Circus
DNF Kevyn Ista (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Jimmy Duquennoy (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Ludwig De Winter (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Diether Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
DNF Franklin Six (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Wietse Bosmans (Bel) ERA
DNF Jarno Gmelich Meijling (Ned) Metec-TKH p/b Mantel
DNF Wim Reynaerts (Bel) Cibel-Cebon
DNF Brecht Ruyters (Bel) Cibel-Cebon
DNF Robby Cobbaert (Bel) Cibel-Cebon
DNF Giorgios Stavrakakis (Gre) SEG Racing Academy
DNF Cees Bol (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
DNF Peter Lenderink (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
DNF Marten Kooistra (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
DNF Minne Verboom (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
DNF David Boucher (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
DNF Jelle Cant (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
DNF Arne De Groote (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
DNF Jelle Mannaerts (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
DNF Aitor Gonzalez Prieto (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
DNF Jasper Hamelink (Ned) Metec-TKH p/b Mantel
DNF Danny Maas (Ned) Beat Cycling Club
DNF Tijmen Eising (Ned) Metec-TKH p/b Mantel
DNF Robbie van Bakel (Ned) Metec-TKH p/b Mantel
DNF Jim Lindenburg (Ned) Metec-TKH p/b Mantel
DNF Eli Iserbyt (Bel) Marlux-Bingoal
DNF Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Marlux-Bingoal
DNF Thomas Joseph (Bel) Marlux-Bingoal
DNF Angelo De Clercq (Bel) Marlux-Bingoal
DNF Tijl Pauwels (Bel) Marlux-Bingoal
DNF Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) Marlux-Bingoal
DNF Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal
DNF Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
DNF Marc Fournier (Fra) Vital Concept Club
DNF Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Casper Pedersen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
DNF Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
DNF Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
DNF Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
DNF Gotzon Udondo Santamaria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
DNF Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Johannes De Paepe (Bel) Cibel-Cebon
DNF Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept Club
DNF Dennis Coenen (Bel) Cibel-Cebon
DNF Adrien Garel (Fra) Vital Concept Club
DNF Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept Club
DNF Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept Club
DNF Justin Mottier (Fra) Vital Concept Club
DNF Marco Coledan (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
DNF Luca Raggio (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
DNF Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
DNF Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
DNF Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
DNF Daan Hoeyberghs (Bel) Beat Cycling Club
DNF Nahom Desale (Eri) Beat Cycling Club
DNF Daniel Abraham Gebru (Ned) Beat Cycling Club
DNF Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
DNF Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy