2019 Halle-Ingooigem (1.1), Belgium
72nd edition: Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Halle-Ingooigem podium history | 2018 edition | Start list
Halle - Ingooigem, 200.9 km
Dries De Bondt wins in Ingooigem
Weather in the finish province of West-Vlaanderen at 2:00 PM, local time: 24C (75F), fair, with the wind from the North at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from third-placed Philippe Gilbert's Deceuninck-Quick Step team.
Philippe Gilbert netted Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s 80th top 3 finish of the season at the 200.9km-long Halle Ingooigem, which took on a course consisting of several short hills and cobblestone segments that many riders used as launch pad inside the final hour of racing in an attempt to destabilize the sprinters’ teams.
Our squad got involved in two of these moves, with neo-pro Mikkel Honoré and “El Tractor” Tim Declercq, who joined the attacks, making sure the Wolfpack would keep their options open at all time. Eventually, with ten kilometers remaining, it all came back together – also with the strong headwind’s help – and the lead-out trains began jostling for position.
Deceuninck – Quick-Step took over the reins with one kilometer to go, but a crash at the head of the bunch took down Davide Martinelli and derailed our sprint train. The one to emerge victorious from the chaos was Dries De Bondt (Corendon-Circus), three seconds ahead of a small group from which Philippe Gilbert sprinted to his fifth top 3 finish of the season.
“We were riding perfectly when the crash happened. Davide was right in front of me and when he crashed, I was lucky to avoid him. I feel really sorry that he hit the ground, but fortunately, he is ok. We were with our train and I told Martinelli in the last kilometer to accelerate, but then that crash occurred and came down. I had to break, and so did Fabio, who was behind and stood still, which stopped him from getting involved in the sprint”, Philippe explained at the finish in Ingooigem.
The Paris-Roubaix victor, who in four days will ride the Belgian Championships in Gent, continued: “Due to what happened, I lost the power and the speed, so I just went again full gas, knowing it wasn’t for the win. We had a strong team today and spent the entire race working in the front, so it’s a pity that this incident ruined our plans. Now it’s time to look forward to Sunday, when I want to give it my all and help keep the beautiful Belgian Champion jersey within the team.”
Complete Results:
200.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.990 km/hr
| 1 | DE BONDT Dries | Corendon-Circus | 4hr 34min 1sec |
| 2 | HAVIK Piotr | Beat Cycling Club | s.t. |
| 3 | GILBERT Philippe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | @ 3sec |
| 4 | HOFSTETTER Hugo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 5 | VALLEE Boris | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 6 | TAMINIAUX Lionel | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 7 | KOCH Jonas | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 8 | ALLEGAERT Piet | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 9 | FREIBERG Michael | Sunshine Coast | s.t. |
| 10 | O'BRIEN Kelland | Sunshine Coast | s.t. |
| 11 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 12 | VAN POPPEL Boy | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 13 | COENEN Dennis | Cibel | s.t. |
| 14 | CAPIOT Amaury | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 15 | WIPPERT Wouter | EvoPro Racing | s.t. |
| 16 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 17 | THOMAS Ryan | Drapac-Cannondale Development | s.t. |
| 18 | TEUGELS Lennert | Cibel | 0:09 |
| 19 | GATE Aaron | EvoPro Racing | s.t. |
| 20 | NAESEN Lawrence | Belgian Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 21 | VAN LERBERGHE Bert | Cofidis | 0:12 |
| 22 | DEPREZ Tuur | Cibel | s.t. |
| 23 | VANTOMME Maxime | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 24 | BERNAS Paweł | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 25 | COOLEN Yves | Beat Cycling Club | s.t. |
| 26 | KREDER Wesley | Wanty-Gobert | 0:15 |
| 27 | STEVENS Timothy | Cibel | 0:22 |
| 28 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 29 | COQUARD Bryan | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 30 | DEBEIR Arno | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 0:24 |
| 31 | BUGTER Luuc | Beat Cycling Club | s.t. |
| 32 | ISTA Kevyn | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 33 | DE CLERCQ Bart | Wanty-Gobert | 0:32 |
| 34 | LIETAER Eliot | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 35 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 36 | MORTIER Julien | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 37 | STUYVEN Jasper | Belgian Cycling Team | 0:34 |
| 38 | HODEG Alvaro | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:36 |
| 39 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | Belgian Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 40 | KEUKELEIRE Jens | Belgian Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 41 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 42 | VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 0:39 |
| 43 | HOEYBERGHS Daan | Beat Cycling Club | s.t. |
| 44 | LEWIS Adam | Beat Cycling Club | 0:40 |
| 45 | TOUZE Damien | Cofidis | 0:42 |
| 46 | SPRENGERS Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 47 | DE VREESE Laurens | Belgian Cycling Team | 0:49 |
| 48 | DE BACKER Bert | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 49 | DEVRIENDT Tom | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 50 | DE WITTE Mathias | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 51 | DE DECKER Alfdan | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 52 | VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd | Roompot-Charles | 1:00 |
| 53 | REZA Kévin | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | 1:03 |
| 54 | LEMOINE Cyril | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 55 | NAESEN Oliver | Belgian Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 56 | STEELS Stijn | Roompot-Charles | 1:06 |
| 57 | VAN STAEYEN Michael | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 58 | DEMPSTER Zak | Israel Cycling Academy | 1:09 |
| 59 | DEHAES Kenny | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 60 | DE VYLDER Lindsay | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 1:13 |
| 61 | PLANCKAERT Edward | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 62 | WAEYTENS Zico | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 63 | DECLERCQ Tim | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 64 | HONORE Mikkel | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:18 |
| 65 | VAN DER POEL David | Corendon-Circus | 1:34 |
| 66 | VERMEERSCH Gianni | Corendon-Circus | s.t. |
| 67 | MERLIER Tim | Corendon-Circus | s.t. |
| 68 | STALLAERT Joeri | Corendon-Circus | s.t. |
| 69 | CLAEYS Dimitri | Cofidis | 1:59 |
| 70 | ROBEET Ludovic | Wallonie-Bruxelles | 2:16 |
| 71 | RÄIM Mihkel | Israel Cycling Academy | 2:59 |
| 72 | VAN WINDEN Dennis | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 73 | HANSEN Lasse | Corendon-Circus | 4:23 |
| 74 | LECROQ Jérémy | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | 6:36 |
| 75 | MONK Cyrus | EvoPro Racing | 8:22 |
| 76 | REYNDERS Jens | Belgian Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 77 | MINALI Riccardo | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
Start list with back numbers, June 25, 2019:
| DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP | |
| 1 | GILBERT Philippe |
| 2 | DECLERCQ Tim |
| 3 | HODEG Alvaro José |
| 4 | HONORE Mikkel |
| 5 | JAKOBSEN Fabio |
| 6 | KEISSE Iljo |
| 7 | MARTINELLI Davide |
| CCC TEAM | |
| 11 | BARTA William |
| 12 | BERNAS Pawel |
| 13 | KOCH Jonas |
| 14 | MARECZKO Jakub |
| 15 | TEN DAM Laurens |
| 16 | VAN HOECKE Gijs |
| 17 | VENTOSO Francisco José |
| BELGIAN CYCLING TEAM | |
| 21 | DE VREESE Laurens |
| 22 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens |
| 23 | KEUKELEIRE Jens |
| 24 | NAESEN Lawrence |
| 25 | NAESEN Oliver |
| 26 | REYNDERS Jens |
| 27 | STUYVEN Jasper |
| SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | |
| 31 | ALLEGAERT Piet |
| 32 | CAPIOT Amaury |
| 33 | VAN GOMPEL Matthias |
| 34 | PLANCKAERT Edward |
| 35 | SPRENGERS Thomas |
| 36 | VAN GESTEL Dries |
| 37 | DE VYLDER Lindsay |
| WANTY-GOBERT | |
| 41 | DE DECKER Alfdan |
| 42 | DE CLERCQ Bart |
| 43 | DEVRIENDT Tom |
| 44 | DUPONT Timothy |
| 45 | KREDER Wesley |
| 46 | VALLEE Boris |
| 47 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter |
| COFIDIS | |
| 51 | CLAEYS Dimitri |
| 52 | HOFSTETTER Hugo |
| 53 | TOUZE Damien |
| 54 | LEMOINE Cyril |
| 55 | VAN LERBERGHE Bert |
| 56 | VANBILSEN Kenneth |
| 57 | WAEYTENS Zico |
| ROOMPOT-CHARLES | |
| 61 | ASSELMAN Jesper |
| 62 | LIVYNS Arjen |
| 63 | STEELS Stijn |
| 64 | TIMMERMANS Justin |
| 65 | VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd |
| 66 | VAN POPPEL Boy |
| 67 | VAN STAEYEN Michael |
| CORENDON-CIRCUS | |
| 71 | DE BONDT Dries |
| 72 | JANS Roy |
| 73 | HANSEN Lasse Norman |
| 74 | MERLIER Tim |
| 75 | STALLAERT Joeri |
| 76 | VAN DER POEL David |
| 77 | VERMEERSCH Gianni |
| ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY | |
| 81 | VAN ASBROECK Tom |
| 83 | DEMPSTER Zakkari |
| 84 | VAN WINDEN Dennis |
| 85 | MINALI Riccardo |
| 86 | RÄIM Mihkel |
| WALLONIE-BRUXELLES | |
| 91 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste |
| 92 | DEHAES Kenny |
| 93 | ISTA Kevin |
| 94 | MORTIER Julien |
| 95 | LIETAER Eliot |
| 96 | ROBEET Ludovic |
| 97 | TAMINIAUX Lionel |
| VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS | |
| 101 | COQUARD Bryan |
| 102 | BOECKMANS Kris |
| 103 | DE BACKER Bert |
| 104 | GAREL Adrien |
| 105 | LECROQ Jérémy |
| 106 | MORICE Julien |
| 107 | REZA Kévin |
| BEAT CYCLING CLUB | |
| 112 | BUGTER Luuc |
| 113 | COOLEN Yves |
| 114 | DESALE Nahom |
| 115 | HAVIK Piotr |
| 116 | HOEYBERGHS Daan |
| 117 | LEWIS Adam |
| DRAPAC CANNONDALE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT | |
| 121 | BURT Patrick |
| 122 | MAGENNIS Liam |
| 123 | MARTIN Oliver |
| 124 | PLOWRIGHT Jensen |
| 125 | THOMAS Ryan |
| 126 | WHITE Liam |
| 127 | YATES Theodore |
| PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL | |
| 131 | DEBEIR Arno |
| 132 | DEWULF Maxim |
| 133 | FERDINANDE Anton |
| 134 | PEETERS Yannick |
| 135 | SWEECK Diether |
| 136 | VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter |
| EVOPRO RACING | |
| 141 | KEARNEY Aaron |
| 142 | GATE Aaron |
| 143 | MONK Cyrus |
| 144 | MUELA GALVEZ Albert |
| 145 | WIPPERT Wouter |
| 146 | MCGEOUGH Cormac |
| 147 | WHITEHOUSE Daniel |
| PRO RACING SUNSHINE COAST | |
| 151 | SCOTT Cameron |
| 152 | DONOHOE Alistair |
| 153 | FREIBERG Michael |
| 154 | HOWARD Leigh |
| 155 | O'BRIEN Kelland |
| 157 | WELSFORD Samuel |
| TARTELETTO-ISOREX | |
| 161 | BOUCHER David |
| 162 | DE GROOTE Arne |
| 163 | JOSEPH Thomas |
| 164 | MANNAERTS Jelle |
| 165 | SEFA Ylber |
| 166 | VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias |
| 167 | VANTOMME Maxime |
| CIBEL | |
| 171 | COENEN Dennis |
| 172 | DEPREZ Tuur |
| 173 | MAES Alexander |
| 174 | MARCHAND Gianni |
| 175 | RAYMACKERS Cedric |
| 176 | STEVENS Timothy |
| 177 | TEUGELS Lennert |
| START CYCLING TEAM | |
| 181 | AUTRAN CARRILLO Jose Eduardo |
| 182 | BAZAN CLAVELES Oscar |
| 183 | ESPINOZA IBARRA Ignacio Alejandro |
| 184 | GODOY Marcelo Gabriel |
| 185 | JAVELLY Luis |
| 186 | QUINTERO ARTEAGA Leonel |
| 187 | SIERRA Robert |