Brussels Cycling Classic 2017

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General
output 97th Brussels Cycling Classic
Racing series UCI Europe Tour 2017 1st HC
date 2nd September 2017
overall length 201.3 km
Host country BEL Belgium
begin City of Brussels
target City of Brussels
Teams 23
Driver at the start 183
Driver at the finish 155
Average speed 43.169 km / h
Result
winner FRA Arnaud Démare ( FDJ )
Second SLO Marko Kump ( UAE Team Emirates )
Third GER André Greipel ( Lotto-Soudal )
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The 97th Brussels Cycling Classic 2017 was a Belgian road bike race with start and finish in Brussels after 201.3 km . It took place on Saturday , September 2nd, 2017 . It was also part of the UCI Europe Tour 2017 and classified in the 1st HC category.

The winner in the mass sprint was the Frenchman Arnaud Démare from FDJ ahead of the Slovenian cyclist Marko Kump from UAE Team Emirates .

Participating teams

WorldTeams (9)
  1. BEL Quick-Step Floors
  2. FRA AG2R La Mondiale
  3. FRA FDJ
  4. BEL Lotto Soudal
  5. KAZ Astana
  6. GER Bora-Hansgrohe
  7. GER Sunweb
  8. UAE UAE Emirates
  9. United States Trek-Segafredo
Professional Continental Teams (13)
  1. FRA Cofidis
  2. FRA Delko Marseille Provence KTM
  3. BEL Wanty-Groupe Gobert
  4. POLE CCC Sprandi Polkowice
  5. FRA Direct energy
  6. FRA Fortuneo Oscaro
  7. RUS Gazprom-RusVelo
  8. ITA Nippo-Vini Fantini
  9. NED Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
  10. BEL Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
  11. BEL Verandas Willems-Crelan
  12. BEL WB-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect
  13. ITA Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
Continental team
  1. BEL Cibel-Cebon
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route

On the 201 km long circuit around Brussels included a total of 13 climbs, the last of which 20 km from the finish. The destination was on avenue Houba de Strooper in Brussels.

Race course

Shortly after the start, five drivers led by Dimitri Peyskens (Belgium / WB Veranclassic) pulled away. The group had a lead of a maximum of five minutes and was overtaken with ten kilometers to go. In the selective middle part of the race with the many climbs, the co-favorites to win, Marcel Kittel (Germany / Quick Step) and Nacer Bouhanni (France / Cofidis), got out. After the escape group was overtaken , Matthias Brändle attacked in order to achieve the goal as a soloist. But Brändle was stopped a few kilometers from the finish. It came to a mass sprint. Arnaud Démare (France / FDJ) won the sprint ahead of Marko Kump (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) and André Greipel (Germany / Lotto Soudal).

Race result

# driver team time
winner FranceFrance Arnaud Démare FDJ 4h 39 '47 "
2. SloveniaSlovenia Marko Kump UAE Team Emirates equal time
3. GermanyGermany André Greipel Lotto Soudal equal time
4th BelgiumBelgium Kenny Dehaes Wanty-Groupe Gobert equal time
5. BelgiumBelgium Jasper Stuyven Trek-Segafredo equal time
6th BelgiumBelgium Jasper De Buyst Lotto Soudal equal time
7th ItalyItaly Riccardo Minali Astana Pro Team equal time
8th. ItalyItaly Marco Canola Nippo-Vini Fantini equal time
9. ItalyItaly Manuel Belletti Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia equal time
10. ItalyItaly Davide Martinelli Quick-Step Floors equal time

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Will favorite Kittel, Greipel or recovered Degenkolb win? radsport-news.com, September 1, 2017, accessed September 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Démare wins on the third attempt, Greipel is third. radsport-news.com, September 2, 2017, accessed September 2, 2017 .

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