Gent – Wevelgem 2016
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| General | |||
| output | 78. Gent – Wevelgem | ||
| Racing series | UCI WorldTour 2016 1st UWT | ||
| date | March 27, 2016 | ||
| overall length | 242.8 km | ||
| Host countries |
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| begin | Deinze | ||
| target | Wevelgem | ||
| Teams | 25th | ||
| Driver at the start | 196 | ||
| Driver at the finish | 82 | ||
| Average speed | 41.006 km / h | ||
| Result | |||
| winner |
 Peter Sagan ( Tinkoff ) |
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| Second |
Sep Vanmarcke ( LottoNL-Jumbo ) |
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| Third |
 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov ( Katusha ) |
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| ◀ 2015 | 2017 ▶ | ||
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The 78th Gent – Wevelgem 2016 was a one-day race in Belgium in the region of Flanders . It took place on Easter Sunday , March 27, 2016 . The bike race is also part of the UCI WorldTour 2016 and was the seventh of a total of 28 races in the series.
The race was overshadowed by a fall of the Belgian Antoine Demoitié from the Belgian team Wanty-Groupe Gobert , who died of serious head injuries on the night of Easter Monday .
Participating teams
Race result
| # | driver | team | time |
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| winner |
 Peter Sagan
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Tinkoff | 5h 55 '12 " |
| 2. |
 Sep Vanmarcke
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Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | equal time |
| 3. |
 Viacheslav Kuznetsov
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Team Katusha | equal time |
| 4th |
 Fabian Cancellara
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Trek-Segafredo | equal time |
| 5. |
 Arnaud Démare
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FDJ | + 0 '11 " |
| 6th |
 Fernando Gaviria
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Etixx-Quick Step | equal time |
| 7th |
Jürgen Roelandts
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Lotto Soudal | equal time |
| 8th. |
 Jacopo Guarnieri
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Team Katusha | equal time |
| 9. |
Greg Van Avermaet
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BMC Racing Team | equal time |
| 10. |
 Michael Mørkøv
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Team Katusha | equal time |
Web links
Commons : Gent – Wevelgem 2016 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Gent – Wevelgem 2016 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
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^ Antoine Demoitié the following Gent-Wevelgem crash. cyclingnews.com, March 28, 2016, accessed March 27, 2016 . Cycling: Antoine Demoitié succumbs to injuries. Spiegel Online , March 28, 2016, accessed March 28, 2016 .
