Dwars door West-Vlaanderen 2018 [FULL RACE] (no commentary)

March 04, 2017

Dwars door West-Vlaanderen 2018 – Nieuwpoort – Ichtegem : 151,6 km

Dwars door West-Vlaanderen is a road bicycle race through the Belgian province of West Flanders. The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (English: Tour of the Flemish Ardennes) in 1945 as a one-day race. It remained like that until 1999, when it became a two-day stage race and was renamed Guldensporentweedaagse. In 2003 it was extended to three days and became known as the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (English: Three Days of West Flanders) , and remaine in that format up to 2016. It was also known as the Johan Museeuw Classic. From 2006 to 2016 the race was organized as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In May 2016 it was announced that from 2017 on the race would become again a one-day race under the name Dwars door West-Vlaanderen. Initially as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour but with the aim of becoming a 1.HC event in the near future.

Remi Cavagna landed his first victory as a professional as Quick-Step Floors dominated their second Belgian semi-classic in the space of a week.

“It was super hard and cold today, but I felt good since the start of the race,” Cavagna said. “Actually, I have been feeling good since last season and have waited for this victory for a long time. I wanted this win so badly, I can’t tell you how important it’s for me to finally get it. I have made mistakes in the past, attacking too early, so today I said to myself’‘Don’t attack, wait, wait, wait!’ and it worked out perfectly in the end.”

After Niki Terpstra won Le Samyn in a one-two with Philippe Gilbert, Cavagna did the same with compatriot Florian Senechal.

When the race came to life with just under 50km remaining, the duo went clear together in a three-man group alongside Lotto Soudal’s Frederik Frison. They made the move work and there was little Frison could do when Cavagna, 22, went it alone with 7km to go.

Senechal left Frison in sight of the line to make it a Quick-Step one-two, while neo-pro Fabio Jakobsen took fourth from the next group of four, which also contained fellow neo-pro Jhonatan Narvaez.

“We had the upper hand in that group, but Frison was really strong and at one point I even got dropped on the cobbles, but kept calm, knowing I had enough left in the tank,” Cavagna explained. “My legs were really hurting, but I ignored the pain and managed to come back, and then I launched a now-or-never attack, powering ahead with all I had. I needed this win and it gives me a huge boost of confidence and even more motivation for the next races.”

Results :
1 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 4:28:29
2 Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:03
3 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:10
4 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:55
5 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
6 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
7 Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu) Quick-Step Floors
8 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:59
9 Michael Goolaerts (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
10 Jimmy Duquennoy (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
11 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
12 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
13 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
14 Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
15 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
16 Dorian Godon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
17 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
18 Stephan Bakker (Ned) Monkey Town
19 Peter Lenderink (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
20 Jordi Meeus (Bel) SEG Racing Academy
21 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Quick-Step Floors
22 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
23 Milan Menten (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
24 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Club
25 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
26 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal
27 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
28 Adriaan Janssen (Ned) Delta Cycling Rotterdam
29 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal
30 Peter Schulting (Ned) Monkey Town
31 Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
32 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
33 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
34 Brecht Ruyters (Bel) Cibel-Cebon
35 Roy Jans (Bel) Cibel-Cebon 0:02:35
36 Jelle Mannaerts (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex 0:02:41
37 Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:02:42
38 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal
39 Gianni Marchand (Bel) Cibel-Cebon
40 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
41 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
42 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
43 Sjoerd van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
44 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Cibel-Cebon
45 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept Club
46 Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept Club
47 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept Club
48 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:03:58
49 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Beat Cycling Club
50 Luuc Bugter (Ned) Delta Cycling Rotterdam 0:04:38
51 Piotr Havik (Ned) Beat Cycling Club
52 Ide Schelling (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
53 Henrik Evensen (Nor) Joker Icopal
54 Johan Le Bon (Fra) Vital Concept Club
55 Jason van Dalen (Ned) Delta Cycling Rotterdam 0:04:42
56 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
57 Timothy Stevens (Bel) Cibel-Cebon
58 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Tarteletto-Isorex
59 Justin Timmermans (Ned) Delta Cycling Rotterdam
60 Gijs Meijer (Ned) Delta Cycling Rotterdam
61 David Boucher (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
62 Rens Tulner (Ned) Delta Cycling Rotterdam 0:05:00
63 Marten Kooistra (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
64 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors 0:10:00
65 Simon Sellier (Fra) Direct Energie
66 Sven van Luijk (Ned) Monkey Town
67 Ole Forfang (Nor) Joker Icopal
68 Bas Tietema (Ned) Beat Cycling Club
69 Cees Bol (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
70 Sergio Torres Jorro (Spa) Tarteletto-Isorex
71 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo-Oscaro
72 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
73 Julius van Den Berg (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
74 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo-Oscaro
75 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
76 Aksel Nõmmela (Est) Beat Cycling Club
77 Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Joker Icopal
78 Dennis Coenen (Bel) Cibel-Cebon
DNF Maxime Vantomme (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Mathias Van Gompel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Romain Le Roux (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
DNF Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
DNF Lachlan Norris (Aus) UnitedHealthcare
DNF Travis Mccabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare
DNF Eric Marcotte (USA) UnitedHealthcare
DNF Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare
DNF Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Alexander Cataford (Can) UnitedHealthcare
DNF Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Stijn Steels (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
DNF Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
DNF Elias Van Breussegem (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Axel Journiaux (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Lukas Spengler (Swi) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Kenny Dehaes (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Ludwig De Winter (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Franklin Six (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Senne Leysen (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) UnitedHealthcare
DNF Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Wesley Van Dyck (Bel) Beat Cycling Club
DNF Peter Lenderink (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
DNF Eamon Lucas (USA) Delta Cycling Rotterdam
DNF Wim Kleiman (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team
DNF Joey Van Rhee (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team
DNF Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team
DNF Aksel Fischer Aasheim (Nor) Joker Icopal
DNF Herman Dahl (Nor) Joker Icopal
DNF Alexander Maes (Bel) Tarteletto – Isorex
DNF Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Joker Icopal
DNF Ylber Sefa (Alb) Tarteletto – Isorex
DNF Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal
DNF Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Tim Ariesen (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
DNF Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
DNF Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
DNF Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club
DNF Patrick Müller (Swi) Vital Concept Cycling Club
DNF Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Joker Icopal
DNF Nahom Desale (Eri) Beat Cycling Club
DNF Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF Bram Welten (Ned) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF Marko Kump (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
DNF Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
DNF Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
DNF Alan Banaszek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
DNF Frantisek Sisr (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
DNF Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
DNF Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
DNF Evgeny Kobernyak (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
DNF Polychronis Tzortzakis (Gre) Tarteletto – Isorex
DNF Daniel Abraham Gebru (Ned) Beat Cycling Club
DNF Alex Mengoulas (Ned) Beat Cycling Club
DNF Maxim Rusnac (Mda) Team Differdange Losch
DNF Rick Stemper (Lux) Team Differdange Losch
DNF Joshua Teasdale (GBr) Team Differdange Losch
DNF Tom Thill (Lux) Team Differdange Losch
DNF Larry Valvasori (Lux) Team Differdange Losch
DNF Kevin Verwaest (Bel) Team Differdange Losch
DNF Jan Petelin (Lux) Team Differdange Losch
DNF Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
DNS Maxime Daniel (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNS Zico Waeytens (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNS Andre Looij (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team