Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 2019 [FULL RACE]

September 20, 2019

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 2019 – Koolskamp – Koolskamp : 185,1 km

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

Deceuninck-QuickStep’s strength in depth produced yet another victory in Belgium on Friday, with German stagiaire Jannik Steimle winning the Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen race with a late solo attack after his teammates helped control the chase.

23-year-old Steimle won a Belgian kermesse hours after signing a two-year contract with Deceuninck-QuickStep. Today took his chance again, attacking in the cross winds and staying away. Behind him the Jumbo-Visma and Corendon-Circus teams tried to lead the chase but Fabio Jakobsen and Mikkel Honoré rode generously to slow the chase.

Timo Roosen (Jumbo-Visma) eventually distanced chasing companions Jonas Rickaert (Corendon-Circus) and Pieter Serry (Deceuninck-Quickstep) and set off alone in pursuit finished just one second shy of catching Steimle in second place.

Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) won the sprint for third place four seconds behind Steimle.

The autumn sun made for an enjoyable day of racing in Belgium but crosswinds on the circuit around Koolskamp offered plenty of opportunities to race aggressively. The crosswinds and a concerted attack by Deceuninck-QuickStep split the peloton mid-race with 20 or so riders making the selection. In there was also Mark Cavendish and Dimension Data teammate Giacomo Nizzolo, who went on to finish eighth.

Other attacks came in the final circuits around the fields of Koolskamp, with Steimle making the best move, perhaps trying to soften-up the group and hurt Groenewegen to help Jakobsen for the finishing sprint. However the German got a gap and kept going, with his Deceuninck-QuickStep doing the rest and frustrating the chase a number of times.

Steimle had to ride into a headwind in the finale but used his power and determination to fight to the line, throwing himself on the ground past the line, in a mix of fatigue and disbelief.

“For sure it’s unbelievable week. On Monday I signed two-year contract and then won a kermesse. Today I’ve taken the next win. I don’t know what’s going on,” he said.

“When you ride in this jersey, you believe in and have so strong teammates and that pushes you on.”

Results :
1 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-QuickStep 4:03:55
2 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:01
3 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:04
4 Adrien Petit (Fra) Total Direct Energie
5 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb
6 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal
7 Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
8 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data
9 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
10 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
11 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
12 Piotr Havik (Ned) Beat Cycling Club
13 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
14 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
15 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
16 Ylber Sefa (Alb) Tarteletto-Isorex
17 Mikkel Frølich Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
18 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Team
19 Tim Merlier (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal
20 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
21 Jan Willem van Schip (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:00:12
22 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:00:14
23 Brent Cle (Bel) Corendon-Circus
24 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep
25 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 0:00:20
26 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:00:22
27 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:00:23
28 Guillaume Seye (Bel) Beat Cycling Club 0:00:35
29 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:33
30 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:02:24
31 Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Corendon-Circus
32 Romain Cardis (Fra) Total Direct Energie
33 Jordi Meeus (Bel) SEG Racing Academy
34 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal
35 Reto Müller (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy
36 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team
37 Alexander Konychev (Ita) Dimension Data Continental
38 Wim Reynaerts (Bel) Cibel
39 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
40 Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
41 Thomas Joseph (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
42 Pierre Gouault (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
43 Yves Coolen (Bel) Beat Cycling Club
44 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team
45 Tom Paquot (Bel) Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team
46 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
47 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
48 Tom Wirtgen (Lux) Wallonie Bruxelles
49 Alfred Wright (GBr) CCC Team
50 Mathias Reutimann (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy
51 Yves Lütolf (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy
52 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
53 Pierre Barbier (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
54 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
55 Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data
56 Lars Bak (Den) Dimension Data
57 Aksel Nõmmela (Est) Wallonie Bruxelles
58 Sven Burger (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
59 Alan Riou (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
60 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos
61 Kaden Groves (Aus) SEG Racing Academy
62 Yoeri Havik (Ned) Vlasman
63 Roy Jans (Bel) Corendon-Circus
64 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
65 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Corendon-Circus
66 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
67 André Greipel (Ger) Arkéa Samsic
68 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
69 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
70 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
71 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal
72 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Roompot-Charles
73 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Charles
74 Stijn Steels (Bel) Roompot-Charles
75 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
76 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal
77 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Gobert
78 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:34
79 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:02:57
80 Sjoerd van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:03:18
81 Marten Kooistra (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
82 Jesper Rasch (Ned) SEG Racing Academy 0:06:40
83 Jonas Goeman (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
84 David Boucher (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
85 Jacob Relaes (Bel) Cibel
86 Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis
87 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo
88 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
89 Alex Mengoulas (Ned) Beat Cycling Club
90 Adam Lewis (GBr) Beat Cycling Club
91 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
92 Lukas Rüegg (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy
93 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Total Direct Energie
94 Dylan Bouwmans (Ned) Metec-TKH Continental Cyclingteam p/b Mantel
95 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
96 Alfdan De Decker (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
97 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
98 Jelle Wolsink (Ned) Vlasman
99 Stef Krul (Ned) Metec-TKH Continental Cyclingteam p/b Mantel
100 Glenn Debruyne (Bel) Cibel
101 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:06:51
102 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
103 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
104 Serge Pauwels (Bel) CCC Team
105 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) CCC Team
DNF Floris De Tier (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma
DNF Gianni Marchand (Bel) Cibel
DNF Samuel Leroux (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
DNF Jasper Bovenhuis (Ned) Vlasman
DNF Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Wallonie Bruxelles
DNF Bryan Boussaer (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
DNF Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Alexander Evans (Aus) SEG Racing Academy
DNF Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Luuc Bugter (Ned) Beat Cycling Club
DNF Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Ineos
DNF Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Nahom Desale (Eri) Beat Cycling Club
DNF Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
DNF Alex Vogel (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy
DNF Rasmus Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal
DNF Laurens Huys (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
DNF Florentin Lecamus Lambert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Dennis Coenen (Bel) Cibel
DNF Melvin van Zijl (Ned) Vlasman
DNF Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Pierre Idjouadiene (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
DNF Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Vlasman
DNF Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
DNF Minne Verboom (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
DNF Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
DNF Fabian Paumann (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy
DNF Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
DNF Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Clement Orceau (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Tuur Deprez (Bel) Cibel
DNF Christophe Masson (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
DNF Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
DNF Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
DNF Owain Doull (GBr) Team Ineos
DNF Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Ineos
DNF Sasha Weemaes (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Ruben Eggenberg (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy
DNF Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
DNF Stijn Devolder (Bel) Corendon-Circus
DNF Damien Gaudin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Polychronis Tzortzakis (Gre) Tarteletto-Isorex
DNF Michiel Dieleman (Bel) Cibel
DNF Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Roompot-Charles
DNF Hartthijs de Vries (Ned) Vlasman
DNF Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb
DNF Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
DNF Sean De Bie (Bel) Roompot-Charles
DNF Nicolas Debeaumarché
DNF Tiago Antunes (Por) SEG Racing Academy
DNF Samuel Gaze (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep
DNF Aime De Gendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
DNF Bas Ottevanger (Ned) Vlasman