Nokere Koerse 2022 [FULL RACE] (ladies)

March 16, 2022

Nokere Koerse 2022 WE – Deinze – Nokere : 125,9 km

Danilith Nokere Koerse is one of the newest races on the women’s one-day racing calendar, with its first edition taking place in 2019. The race is held in the Belgian region of Flanders and tackles much of the same terrain that we see in other Flandrian Classics. Like the men’s race that is held on the same day, the women’s race follows a gruelling route from Deinze to Nokere – two small towns in the East Flanders province. This route is peppered with cobblestone sectors, 16 to be exact, and contains a number of short sharp climbs. The toughest of these climbs – the 400m-long Nokereberg – is covered in bone-rattling cobblestones and is tackled five times in the final 60km. The finish line lies on top of this punchy cobbled climb, making this a race for the strong rouleurs and powerful uphill sprinters – those riders who can lay down a huge amount of watts and skip over cobblestones as if they were tarmac.

Lorena Wiebes of Team DSM took a comprehensive victory at Nokere Koerse voor Dames, surging away from the peloton on the final ascent of the Nokereberg to go clear in the closing metres of the 126-kilometre race.

The Dutchwomen, also a winner in Nokere in 2019, was by far the strongest on the uphill cobbled run to the line, taking the win by several bike lengths with a seated sprint.

Belgian champion Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) and Marta Bastianelli (UAE Team ADQ) rounded out the podium some way back.

“I am very happy to take this win,” Wiebes said after the race, the day ahead of her 23rd birthday. “We had some bad luck with the team along the way. Four riders had fallen and three of them had to retire, so we had to have a bit of luck in the course of the race. That turned out all right”

“She is one of the strongest riders on such a finish. So I knew where to sit. I think I’ve had a good winter. I’ve had some training sessions on the slopes and that always does me good. It also helps with sprinting speed.”

The bunch sprint to the line saw Arianna Fidanza (BikeExchange-Jayco) hit the deck in the closing metres, the last crash in a series that marred the race. Wiebes herself had crashed earlier, falling along with her DSM teammate Georgi Pfeiffer and Elynor Backstedt (Trek-Segafredo).

In the early stages of the race, after Mieke Kröger (Human Powered Health) had stolen away to embark on a solo breakaway, a mass crash saw Shari Bossuyt (Canyon-Sram) and Chloe Hosking (Trek-Segafredo) among the fallers, while at 48 kilometres Jesse Vandenbulcke (Le Col-Wahoo) looked to come off worst in the crash that affected Wiebes, Pfeiffer, Backstedt and numerous others.

A handful of kilometres later, Kröger was brought back, setting up the finale which saw several more falls, though none as large as the previous mass crashes. At 20 to go, the Parkhotel Valkenburg duo of Femke Markus and Mischa Bredewold made an ambitious bid for glory, but the pair were brought back just inside the final 10 kilometres as SD Worx pushed the pace.

The Dutch team were setting it up for their leader Kopecky, who won Strade Bianche earlier in the month, but during the dash to the line, the 26-year-old was simply outpaced by Wiebes.

Having positioned herself perfectly on the run to the cobbled finish, she moved out of Kopecky’s wheel before powering on to a clear and decisive victory, her third of the month.

Results :
1 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM Women 3:14:47
2 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) SD Worx 0:00:01
3 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
4 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
5 Maria Apolonia Van ‘T Geloof (Ned) Le Col Wahoo
6 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women
7 Noemi Rüegg (Swi) Jumbo-Visma Women
8 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
9 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
10 Shari Bossuyt (Bel) Canyon-Sram Racing
11 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women
12 Kathrin Schweinberger (Aut) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
13 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo Women
14 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
15 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women
16 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women
17 Teniel Campbell (TTo) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
18 Julie De Wilde (Bel) Plantur-Pura
19 Mylene de Zoete (Ned) NXTG by Experza
20 Christine Majerus (Lux) SD Worx
21 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) UAE Team ADQ
22 Laura Süßemilch (Ger) Plantur-Pura
23 Amber Kraak (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women
24 Maike Van der Duin (Ned) Le Col Wahoo
25 Marta Lach (Pol) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
26 Linda Riedmann (Ger) Jumbo-Visma Women
27 Kylie Waterreus (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies
28 Yara Kastelijn (Ned) Plantur-Pura
29 Magdeleine Vallieres Mill (Can) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
30 Justine Ghekiere (Bel) Plantur-Pura
31 Kaia Schmid (USA) Human Powered Health Women
32 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
33 Kiona Crabbé (Bel) Plantur-Pura
34 Lieke Nooijen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
35 Femke Markus (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
36 Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-Sram Racing
37 Mieke Docx (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
38 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-Sram Racing
39 Ilse Pluimers (Ned) NXTG by Experza
40 Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
41 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
42 Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Le Col Wahoo
43 Makayla Macpherson (USA) Human Powered Health Women
44 Maria Martins (Por) Le Col Wahoo
45 Sara Poidevin (Can) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
46 Danique Braam (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport
47 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Human Powered Health Women
48 Roxane Fournier (Fra) SD Worx
49 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
50 Mijntje Geurts (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:00:16
51 Romy Kasper (Ger) Jumbo-Visma Women
52 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:00:18
53 Julie Van De Velde (Bel) Plantur-Pura 0:00:19
54 Maaike Boogaard (Ned) UAE Team ADQ
55 Sofie van Rooijen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
56 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:00:22
57 Charlotte Kool (Ned) Team DSM Women 0:00:24
58 Anastasia Carbonari (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:00:32
59 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
60 Lonneke Uneken (Ned) SD Worx 0:00:42
61 Georgia Baker (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco Women 0:01:02
62 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women 0:01:03
63 Nina Kessler (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
64 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
65 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health Women 0:01:28
66 Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women 0:01:47
67 Tanja Erath (Ger) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB 0:02:01
68 Marith Vanhove (Bel) Parkhotel Valkenburg
69 Margaux Vigie (Fra) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:02:05
70 Maureen Arens (Ned) NXTG by Experza
71 Franziska Brauße (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
72 Claudia Jongerius (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport 0:02:09
73 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women
74 Sarah Gigante (Aus) Movistar Team Women 0:02:10
75 Cassia Boglio (Aus) NXTG by Experza 0:02:12
76 Jessica Allen (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco Women 0:02:16
77 Anna Trevisi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
78 Henrietta Christie (NZl) Human Powered Health Women 0:02:19
DNF Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM Women
DNF Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM Women
DNF Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women
DNF Laura Tomasi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
DNF Abi Smith (GBr) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
DNF Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women
DNF Esmée Peperkamp (Ned) Team DSM Women
DNF Kathrin Hammes (Ger) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
DNF Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Women
DNF Chloe Hosking (Aus) Trek-Segafredo Women
DNF Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo Women
DNF Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Trek-Segafredo Women
DNF Elise Uijen (Ned) Team DSM Women
DNF Martina Fidanza (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
DNF Emma Redaelli (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
DNF Kirstie van Haaften (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
DNF Julie Leth (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women
DNF Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Le Col Wahoo
DNF Gladys Verhulst (Fra) Le Col Wahoo
DNF Mieke Kröger (Ger) Human Powered Health Women
DNF Yuli Van Der Molen (Ned) NXTG by Experza
DNF Aafke Soet (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women
DNF Barbara Sniezynska (Pol) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport
DNF Minke Bakker (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport
DNF Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-Sram Racing
DNF Stine Borgli (Nor) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
DNF Karolina Kumiega (Pol) Valcar-Travel & Service
DNF Josie Knight (GBr) Lotto Soudal Ladies
DNF Grace Brown (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
DNF Maud Oudeman (Ned) Canyon-Sram Racing
DNF Elise Vander Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
DNF Sterre Vervloet (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
DNF Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-Sram Racing
DNF Amber Aernouts (Bel) NXTG by Experza
DNS Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope