Dwars Door Vlaanderen 2018 [LAST 20 KM]

March 28, 2018

Dwars Door Vlaanderen 2018 – Roeselare – Waregem : 181 km

The 2018 Dwars door Vlaanderen is a road cycling one-day race that is scheduled to take place on 28 March 2018 in Belgium. It is the 73rd edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen and the twelfth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.

In pouring rain, Lampaert matched a number of key attacks in the final 25 kilometres before sailing away from a five-man break inside the final kilometre. Mike Teunissen (Team Sunweb) and Sep Vanmarcke (EF-Education First) completed the podium.

The five-man group slipped clear on one of the final major sector of cobbles with 25 kilometres to go with Vanmarcke lifting the pace after a dangerous move involving Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) and Tiesj Benoot (Lotto Soudal) was nullified.

Vanmarcke powered clear on the cobbles and only Lampaert was able to follow at first before Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), Teunissen and finally Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) made contact.

With Quick-Step monitoring the chase group, the quintet quickly built up a lead of over 40 seconds, as Van Avermaet tried in vain to mount a counter attack.

With five kilometres to go, it was clear that the break would decide the win, and Vanmarcke was the first to begin hostilities with a stinging attack from the front of group. Once again, it was Lampaert who matched him, and the Quick-Step rider responded with the same tactic as he quashed moves from Teunissen, Boasson Hagen and then Pedersen.

Lampaert appeared the freshest, his rivals knew it, but even their collective might wasn’t enough to change an inevitable outcome.

Pedersen’s surge off the front was swept up with just over 1,000m to go and as the pace slowed and the group began to look at each other, Lampaert sensed the moment to attack. He jumped clear with 850m to go and only looked back as he crossed the line to see the battle for the minor places unfold.

With the win, Lampaert joined an elite club of two-time winners of the race, Johan Museeuw and teammate Niki Terpstra. “It’s fantastic to win. I know I’m not a champion like them but today I felt really great. It’s again a WorldTour race I’ve won, so I’m very happy,” he said.

The 26-year-old’s victory continues Quick-Step’s incredible spring campaign. The Belgian team have already tasted victory on 20 occasions this year, but it has been their home form that has stood out with wins in Le Samyn, the Johan Museeuw Classic, Nokere Koerse, Handzame Classics, De Panne, E3 Harelbeke, and now Dwars door Vlaanderen.

Those wins have been obtained by seven different riders – of whom Lampaert is just the latest – and with the Tour of Flanders just days away – the indications are that their run may continue a little while yet.

Results :

1 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 4:09:40
2 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:02
3 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
5 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
6 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:29
7 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:30
8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:59
9 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors
10 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
12 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
13 Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
14 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:02:42
15 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
16 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
17 Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
18 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
19 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
20 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
21 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
22 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
23 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
24 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb
25 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
26 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
27 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team
28 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
29 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team
30 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo
31 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
32 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
33 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
34 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
35 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
36 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors
37 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
38 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:04:01
39 Justin Jules (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic 0:06:47
40 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
41 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
42 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
43 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
44 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
45 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
46 Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
47 Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data
48 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
49 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
50 August Jensen (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy
51 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
52 Lukas Spengler (Swi) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
53 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
54 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
55 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
56 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team
57 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
58 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
59 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky
60 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
61 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky
62 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
63 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
64 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
65 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott
66 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
67 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
68 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
69 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
70 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
71 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
72 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
73 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
74 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
75 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team
76 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
77 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
78 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
79 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
80 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates
81 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
82 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
83 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
84 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
85 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
86 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
87 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:11:49
88 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
89 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
90 Milan Menten (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
91 Casper Pedersen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport
92 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:11:51
93 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
94 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
95 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
96 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
97 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
98 Stijn Steels (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
99 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
100 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
101 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:11:54
102 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Quick-Step Floors
103 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
104 Dennis van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy
105 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
106 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale
107 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team
108 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
109 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
110 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
111 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
112 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Sky
113 Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
114 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
115 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:12:01
116 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
DNS Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
DNF Alberto Bettiol (Ita) BMC Racing Team
DNF Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Rudy Barbier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
DNF Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
DNF Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
DNF Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team
DNF Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team
DNF Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb
DNF Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Sky
DNF Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
DNF David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
DNF José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
DNF Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data
DNF Thomas Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
DNF Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
DNF Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Sean De Bie (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
DNF Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
DNF Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Simon Sellier (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Shane Archbold (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Peter Koning (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Kenny Dehaes (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Julien Stassen (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Jimmy Duquennoy (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Aviv Yechezkel (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy