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Ypres - Wevelgem, 254 km

Wout van Aert takes the 83rd Gent-Wevelgem. Photo News photo

Weather at the finish city of Wevelgem at 1:25 PM, local time: 13C (55F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 31 kmhr (19 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Neither Trek-Segafredo nor Bora-hansgrohe started because of Covid-19 infections in their teams. That means defending Gent-Wevelgem champion Mads Pedersen did not compete.

The peloton ride through the Menin Gate war memorial in Ypres and head off for several hours of brutal work.

Here's the race organizer's summary:

After the wind broke the peloton into pieces in the Moeren, a front group of 25 riders emerged with some big names in it. The remaining groups were unable to close the gap and after about 180 km on the attack it was Wout Van Aert who became the 50th Belgian ever to win Gent-Wevelgem. He was the fastest sprinter on the Vanackerestraat before Nizzolò and Trentin.

At 10am the peloton started its race in Ypres and the traditional early breakaway quickly formed. Fedorov (Astana - Premier Tech), Rex (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB) and teammates Bisseger and Arroyave Canas (EF Education - NIPPO) joined forces and quickly created a nice gap of 9'30".

Towards the coast, the pace of the chase increased. This year the wind played a big role in the Moeren again. The peloton broke into several pieces, with the first group including: Bennett (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious), Trentin (UAE Team Emirates), Matthews (Team BikeExchange), Küng (Groupama - FDJ), D. Van Poppel (Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux) and European champion Nizzolò (Team Qubeka Assos). In the meantime, the leading group saw its advantage melt away like snow in the sun. In no time, the first chasing group was able to catch the escapees. This resulted in a group of 25 riders at the front that held a two-minute lead for a long time.

The peloton was broken up into echlons.

After the first pass on Kemmelberg, a chasing group of seven riders formed under the attack of Stybar (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), which also included team mate Lampaert, Durbridge (Team BikeExchange), S. Kragh Andersen (Team DSM), Naesen (AG2R Citroën Team) and the duo Riesebeek-Vermeersch (Alpecin-Fenix). However, it was not possible to stay apart, just before the Plugstreets Hill 63 the chasing group was caught again. There AG2R Citroën Team, who missed the battle in the Moeren, had to work hard.

The time difference between the leading group and the rest of the peloton remained about one minute. Van Hooydonck, teammate of Van Aert, took the lead at the second passage on the Kemmelberg. He made a selection in the breakaway and rolled out the red carpet for his leader. The action of the men of Jumbo-Visma ensured that only an elite group remained at the front of the race.

On the third climb of the Kemmelberg - the Ossuaire side - first Trentin and then Van Aert tried to lead the forcing, but there was no big separation. The gap to the chasing group remained virtually unchanged at around one minute. A front group of nine headed for Wevelgem, where a course change awaited in the finale. Due to a fire in Menen, the passage through the centre of Menen was replaced by an alternative route, which extended the race with 1.1 km.

With about 16 km to go, it was Van Hooydonck who shook the tree. The one who had to pay? Bennett. The Irishman had been vomiting a few kilometres earlier and had to let go of the leaders together with Van Poppel. A group of seven raced to the finish. Van Hooydonck played a golden role for his leader in the last 2 km. He kept the pace so high that there were no attacks. His leader Van Aert finished off the job in the sprint and gave the Italians Nizzolò and Trentin the slip.

Complete results:

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254 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.150 km/hr

1	VAN AERT Wout	Jumbo-Visma	5hr 45min 11sec
2	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
3	TRENTIN Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
4	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	MATTHEWS Michael	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
6	KUNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
7	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	Jumbo-Visma	@ 3sec
8	VAN BAARLE Dylan	INEOS Grenadiers	0:52
9	TURGIS Anthony	Total Direct Energie	0:54
10	VERMEERSCH Gianni	Alpecin-Fenix	1:25
11	LECROQ Jeremy	B&B Hotels	s.t.
12	VAN AVERMAET Greg	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
14	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
15	BAUER Jack	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
16	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r-Citroën	1:27
17	DOULL Owain	INEOS Grenadiers	1:52
18	GARCIA Iván	Movistar	1:56
19	VAN GESTEL Dries	Total Direct Energie	1:57
20	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
21	GOLAS Michal	INEOS Grenadiers	2:00
22	LEMOINE Cyril	B&B Hotels	s.t.
23	VAN POPPEL Danny	IntermarchE-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
24	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar	s.t.
25	STYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:04
26	WALSCHEID Max	Qhubeka-Assos	2:22
27	DEGENKOLB John	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
28	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
29	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
30	DE GENDT Aime	IntermarchE-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
31	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
32	STANNARD Robert	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
33	CLAEYS Dimitri	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
34	MERLIER Tim	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
35	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team DSM	3:19
36	FRISON Frederik	Lotto Soudal	4:18
37	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	PHILIPSEN Jasper	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
39	GIBBONS Ryan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
40	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
41	DURBRIDGE Luke	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
42	DUPONT Timothy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
43	RICKAERT Jonas	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
44	DEMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
45	HOFSTETTER Hugo	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
46	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
47	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	MAS LluIs	Movistar	s.t.
49	VAN MOER Brent	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
50	BISSEGGER Stefan	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
51	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
52	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
53	COQUARD Bryan	B&B Hotels	s.t.
54	MCLAY Daniel	ArkEa-Samsic	4:34
55	BENNETT Sam	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:40
56	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Education-Nippo	8:36
57	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	B&B Hotels	s.t.
58	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	11:24
59	TERPSTRA Niki	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
60	MENTEN Milan	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
61	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
62	CONSONNI Simone	Cofidis	s.t.
63	WILLEMS Thimo	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
64	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	s.t.
65	VAN POPPEL Boy	IntermarchE-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
66	STOKBRO Andreas	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
67	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
68	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	JACOBS Johan	Movistar	s.t.
70	BEULLENS Cedric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
71	VINJEBO Emil	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
72	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	LIENHARD Fabian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	BASSO Leonardo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	DILLIER Silvan	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
76	MOLLY Kenny	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
77	DE BACKER Bert	B&B Hotels	s.t.
78	LAPORTE Christophe	Cofidis	s.t.
79	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
80	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
81	EEKHOFF Nils	Team DSM	s.t.
82	SWIFT Connor	ArkEa-Samsic	s.t.
83	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
84	WARLOP Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
85	CASTRIQUE Jonas	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
86	DRUCKER Jempy	Cofidis	s.t.
87	PERRY Benjamin	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	SCHÄR Michael	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
89	AMADOR Andrey	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11:30

Race map & profile:

2021 Gent-Wevelgem map

2021 Gent-Wevelgem profile

2021 Gent-Wevelgem photos by Photoreporter Sirotti:

Is there anything more colorful than a racing peloton on a spring day?

A dusty patch of road.

A heartbreaking scene. "In Flanders fields the poppies blow, between the crosses row upon row."

Wout van Aert takes the race.

John Degenkolb is part of a group that comes in at 2min 22sec

The podium, from left: Giacomo Nizzolo (2nd), Wout van Aert (1st) & Matteo Trentin (3rd)

Winner Wout van Aert

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Start list with back numbers, March 27, 2021:

	TREK-SEGAFREDO Did not start because of Covid-19 cases in team
1	PEDERSEN Mads
2	STUYVEN Jasper
3	THEUNS Edward
4	DE KORT Koen
5	SIMMONS Quinn
6	REIJNEN Kiel
7	MULLEN Ryan
	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP
11	LAMPAERT Yves
12	BENNETT Sam
13	BALLERINI Davide
14	MORKOV Michael
15	STEELS Stijn
16	STYBAR Zdenek
17	VAN LERBERGHE Bert
	LOTTO SOUDAL
21	GILBERT Philippe
22	DEGENKOLB John
23	FRISON Frederik
24	DE BUYST Jasper
25	KLUGE Roger
26	VAN MOER Brent
27	VERMEERSCH Florian
	INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT MATÉRIAUX
31	KOCH Jonas
32	VAN DER HOORN Taco
33	DE GENDT Aimé
34	VAN POPPEL Boy
35	VAN POPPEL Danny
36	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter
37	VLIEGEN Loïc
	AG2R-CITROEN
41	VAN AVERMAET Greg
42	NAESEN Oliver
43	DEWULF Stan
44	SARREAU Marc
45	SCHÄR Michael
46	TOUZÉ Damien
47	VAN HOECKE Gijs
	JUMBO-VISMA
51	VAN AERT Wout
52	EENKHOORN Pascal
53	ROOSEN Timo
54	AFFINI Edoardo
55	VAN EMDEN Jos
56	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan
57	WYNANTS Maarten
	BORA-HANSGROHE Did not start because of Covid-19 cases in team.
61	POLITT Nils
62	ACKERMANN Pascal
63	BURGHARDT Marcus
64	OSS Daniel
65	SCHWARZMANN Michael
66	BODNAR Maciej
67	SELIG Rüdiger
	ISRAEL START-UP NATION
71	VANMARCKE Sep
72	VAHTRA Norman
73	GREIPEL André
74	HOFSTETTER Hugo
75	VAN ASBROECK Tom
76	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads
77	ZABEL Rick
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
81	HAUSSLER Heinrich
82	COLBRELLI Sonny
83	FENG Chun Kai
84	HALLER Marco
85	BAUHAUS Phil
86	MILAN Jonathan
87	SIEBERG Marcel
	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH
91	FEDOROV Yevgeniy
92	GIDICH Yevgeniy
93	GRUZDEV Dmitriy
94	HOULE Hugo
95	ZAKHAROV Artyom
96	MARTINELLI Davide
97	PERRY Benjamin
	COFIDIS
101	LAPORTE Christophe
102	CONSONNI Simone
103	DRUCKER Jean Pierre
104	ALLEGAERT Piet
105	CARVALHO André
106	VANBILSEN Kenneth
107	WALLAYS Jelle
	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE
111	BAUER Jack
112	DURBRIDGE Luke
113	MATTHEWS Michael
114	EDMONDSON Alexander
115	MEZGEC Luka
116	JANSEN Amund
117	STANNARD Robert
	MOVISTAR
121	CULLAIGH Gabriel
122	ERVITI Imanol
123	GARCIA  Ivan
124	HOLLMANN Juri
125	JACOBS Johan
126	MAS BONET Lluis
127	MORA Sebastian
	TEAM DSM
131	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
132	DENZ Nico
133	BOL Cees
134	MÄRKL Niklas
135	PEDERSEN Casper
136	EEKHOFF Nils
137	SÜTTERLIN Jasha
	QHUBEKA-ASSOS
141	NIZZOLO Giacomo
142	GOGL Michael
143	NIELSEN Andreas
144	CLAEYS Dimitri
145	VINJEBO Emil Nygaard
146	WALSCHEID Max
147	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
151	KRISTOFF Alexander
152	BYSTROM Sven Erik
153	BJERG Mikkel
154	GIBBONS Ryan
155	RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel
156	OLIVEIRA Ivo
157	TRENTIN Matteo
	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO
161	BETTIOL Alberto
162	KEUKELEIRE Jens
163	BISSEGGER Stefan
164	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael
165	ARROYAVE  Daniel
166	LANGEVELD Sebastian
167	VAN DEN BERG Julius
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
171	DEMARE Arnaud
172	GENIETS Kevin
173	KÜNG Stefan
174	LE GAC Olivier
175	LIENHARD Fabian
176	GUARNIERI Jacopo
177	SINKELDAM Ramon
	INEOS GRENADIERS
182	DOULL Owain
183	GOLAS Michal
185	BASSO Leonardo
186	VAN BAARLE Dylan
187	WURF Cameron
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
191	BEULLENS Cedric
192	DE VYLDER Lindsay
193	MARIT Arne
194	VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio
196	WARLOP Jordi
197	WILLEMS Thimo
198	GHYS Robbe
	ALPECIN-FENIX
201	PHILIPSEN Jasper
202	MERLIER Tim
203	DILLIER Silvan
204	RICKAERT Jonas
205	RIESEBEEK Oscar
206	THWAITES Scott
207	VERMEERSCH Gianni
	BINGOAL-WB
211	DUPONT Timothy
212	CASTRIQUE Jonas
213	REX Laurenz
214	ROBEET Ludovic
215	MENTEN Milan
216	MOLLY Kenny
217	VANENDERT Jelle
	B&B HOTELS
221	COQUARD Bryan
222	MORICE Julien
223	DE BACKER Bert
224	DEBUSSCHERE Jens
225	LECROQ Jérémy
226	LEMOINE Cyril
227	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas
	ARKÉA-SAMSIC
231	CAPIOT Amaury
232	DECLERCQ Benjamin
233	RUSSO Clement
234	SWIFT Connor
235	WELTEN Bram
236	MCLAY Daniel
237	NOPPE Christophe
	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE
241	TERPSTRA Niki
242	GAUDIN Damien
243	PETIT Adrien
244	SOUPE Geoffrey
245	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
246	TURGIS Anthony
247	VAN GESTEL Dries