2021 Ronde van Drenthe (HC), Netherlands

Formerly "Albert Achterhes Profonde van Drenthe" and "Dwars door Drenthe"

58th edition: Sunday, October 24, 2021

Ronde van Drenthe podium history | 2019 edition (race not run in 2020) | 2022 edition | Start list

Assen - Hoogeveen, 188.5 km

Rune Herregodts has left everyone else behind. Photo: Kim Stellingwerf

Weather at the finish city of Hoogeveen at 2:30 PM, local time: 12C (54F), sunny, with the wind from the south-southeast at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: The Ronde van Drenthe was postponed until late October, making it the last major road race of the season. We'll be covering important cyclocross races for the next couple of months and then probably start the 2022 road season with Australia's Santos Festival of Cycling.

Here's the report from third-place Dylan Groenewegen's Jumbo-Visma team:

Dylan Groenewegen has finished third in the Tour of Drenthe. The 28-year-old Dutchman was in the front all day, but the peloton came too late to catch early fugitive Rune Herregodts. Groenewegen was defeated in the sprint by Andrea Pasqualon.

It really is Fall in the Netherlands. Here, thirty minutes into the race, a three-man break has a lead of 2min 45sec.

“We rode a good race as a team”, said Groenewegen, who competed as a guest rider with the Development Team. “We were always in control. Unfortunately, we lost Owen Geleijn and Hidde van Veenendaal due to crashes. I crashed as well, and as a result I got quite far behind. Fortunately, the team brought me back into position. In the final, Rick Pluimers was very good in the local laps. When that group was caught, we rode fast, but we couldn’t catch the leader anymore. In the sprint, I was stuck for a moment and the number two created a gap. In the end we rode a mature and good race.”

Sports director Sierk Jan de Haan was pleased with the team’s performance. “It was a tough day today, a real knockout race. It was cold at the start and the wind came into play as the race went on. That made it nervous towards the cobbled sections, and the first section caused some crashes. Unfortunately, Hidde and Owen were the first to crash, but they are okay. It made us switch gears a bit. We could ride the final with the four remaining guys. We tried to play Dylan, but one man stayed ahead. He was very strong. Dylan finished on the podium and we could compete in the final, so we can head into the winter with a good feeling.”

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Complete Results:

108 starters, 38 abandons, 70 classified finishers

188.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.149 km/hr

1	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4hr 22min 7sec
2	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	@ 13sec
3	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma Developement	s.t.
4	Coen Vermeltfoort	VolkerWessels	s.t.
5	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
6	Timo de Jong	VolkerWessels	s.t.
7	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
8	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
9	Jon Knolle	SKS Sauerland NRW	s.t.
10	Victor Broex	Metec-Solarwatt	s.t.
11	Nick van der Lijke	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
12	Joshua Huppertz	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
13	Kenneth van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
14	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
15	Sean Flynn	SEG Racing Academy	s.t.
16	Ceriel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
17	Dorian de Maeght	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
18	Dominik Neuman	Elkov-Kasper	s.t.
19	Jordy Bouts	BEAT Cycling	s.t.
20	Jeroen Eyskens	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
21	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
22	Stijn Siemons	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
23	Jan Maas	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
24	Daan van Sintmaartensdijk	VolkerWessels	s.t.
25	Adne Koster	Metec-Solarwatt	s.t.
26	Gilles de Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
27	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
28	Rick Pluimers	Jumbo-Visma Developement	s.t.
29	Morten Nortoft	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
30	Nils Wolfenbuttel	VolkerWessels	s.t.
31	Loe van Belle	Jumbo-Visma Developement	s.t.
32	Jan Barta	Elkov-Kasper	s.t.
33	Adriaan Janssen	Abloc CT	s.t.
34	Sjoerd Bax	Metec-Solarwatt	s.t.
35	Tijmen Eising	VolkerWessels	0:21
36	Kim Heiduk	Lotto-Kern Haus	0:34
37	Matej Zahalka	Elkov-Kasper	0:42
38	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	0:53
39	Lars Boven	Jumbo-Visma Developement	1:59
40	Michiel Stockman	SKS Sauerland NRW	2:15
41	Casper van Uden	Team DSM	s.t.
42	Conn McDunphy	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
43	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	s.t.
44	Tim Marsman	Metec-Solarwatt	s.t.
45	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
46	Luuc Bugter	BEAT Cycling	s.t.
47	Jasper Rasch	SEG Racing Academy	s.t.
48	Andre Luijk	Abloc CT	2:50
49	Cedric Pries	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
50	Johannes Hodapp	SKS Sauerland NRW	s.t.
51	Aden Paterson	Abloc CT	s.t.
52	Bram Dissel	BEAT Cycling	2:53
53	Stef Krul	Nationale Selectie Nederland	s.t.
54	Sven Burger	BEAT Cycling	s.t.
55	Michael van Staeyen	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
56	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
57	Peter Schulting	VolkerWessels	s.t.
58	Tobias Kongstad	Riwal Cycling	5:33
59	Bodi del Grosso	Abloc CT	s.t.
60	Christoffer Lisson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
61	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels	s.t.
62	Harry Sweering	Nationale Selectie Nederland	s.t.
63	Sven de Haan	Nationale Selectie Nederland	s.t.
64	Meindert Weulink	Abloc CT	s.t.
65	Stijn Appel	Abloc CT	s.t.
66	Bernat Font Mas	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
67	Tom Devriendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
68	Florian Stork	Team DSM	s.t.
69	Pierre-Pascal Keup	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
70	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-WB	8:18

Course map: The provence of Drenthe is northeast of Amsterdam.

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Start list with back numbers, October 23, 2021:

	INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT
1	DAEMEN Stijn
2	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter
3	DEVRIENDT Tom
4	PASQUALON Andrea
5	MINALI Riccardo
6	VAN DER HOORN Taco
7	BAKELANTS Jan
	JUMBO-VISMA DEVELOPMENT TEAM
11	BOVEN Lars
12	GELEIJN Owen
13	PLUIMERS Rick
14	VAN BELLE Loe
16	VAN VEENENDAAL Hidde
17	GROENEWEGEN Dylan
	TEAM DSM
21	MAYRHOFER Marius
22	EEKHOFF Nils
23	LEIJNSE Enzo
24	MÄRKL Niklas
25	NABERMAN Tim
26	STORK Florian
27	VAN UDEN Casper
	BINGOAL-WB
31	DE MAEGHT Dorian
33	DESAL Ceriel
35	PAASSCHENS Mathijs
36	ROBEET Ludovic
37	WIRTGEN Tom
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
41	HERREGODTS Rune
42	VAN ROOY Kenneth
43	VERWILST Aaron
44	WILLEMS Thimo
45	MARIT Arne
46	REYNDERS Jens
47	DE WILDE Gilles
	ELKOV-KASPER
51	BARTA Jan
52	KUKRLE Michael
53	NEUMAN Dominik
54	OTRUBA Jakub
55	KELEMEN Petr
56	KANKOVSKY Alois
57	ZAHÁLKA Matej
	LEOPARD PRO CYCLING
61	BETTENDORFF Loic
63	HEIDERSCHEID Colin
64	PRIES Cédric
65	MAAS Jan
66	MOBACH Jarno
67	WENZEL Mats
	SEG RACING ACADEMY
71	DRAKOS Nikolas
72	FLYNN Sean
73	KRUL Wessel
75	RASCH Jesper
77	ZIJLAARD Maikel
	LOTTO-KERN HAUS
81	KUHN Jan
82	BETZINGER Klaus
83	CZASA Moritz
84	HEIDUK Kim
86	HUPPERTZ Joshua
87	KEUP Pierre-Pascal
	RIWAL CYCLING
91	KONGSTAD Tobias
92	LINDEMAN Adrie
93	LISSON Christopher
94	NORTOFT Morten
95	REINDERS Elmar
97	VAN DER LIJKE Nick
	METEC-SOLARWATT
101	BROEX Victor
102	BAX Sjoerd
103	DE LANGE Thijs
104	VAN DEN DOOL Jens
105	KOSTER Adne
106	MARSMAN Tim
107	OTTEMA Rick
	BEAT CYCLING
111	BOUTS Jordy
112	BUDDING Martijn
113	BUGTER Luuc
114	BURGER Sven
115	DISSEL Bram
116	BÜCHLI Matthijs
	EVOPRO RACING
121	SIEMONS Stijn
122	EYSKENS Jeroen
123	MONK Cyrus
124	FONT MAS Bernat
125	MCDUNPHY Conn
126	VAN STAEYEN Michael
127	GUINET Dylan
	SKS SAUERLAND NRW
131	BORRESCH Julian
132	STOCKMAN Abram
133	STOCKMAN Michiel
134	HODAPP Johannes
135	KNOLLE Jon
136	KULBE Lars
137	MÜNSTERMANN Per
	ABLOCK CT
141	APPEL Stijn
142	DEL GROSSO Bodi
143	JANSSEN Adriaan
144	LUIJK Andre
145	VAN DE GRACHT Niels
146	PATERSON Aden
147	WEULINK Meindert
	VOLKERWESSELS
151	DE JONG Timo
152	EISING Tijmen
153	SCHULTING Peter
154	KROONEN Max
155	VAN SINTMAARTENSDIJK Daan
156	VERMELTFOORT Coen
157	WOLFENBUTTEL Nils
	NATIONALE SELECTIE NEDERLAND
161	BAKKER Björn
162	EEFTING Roy
163	KRUL Stef
164	DE HAAN Sven
165	LANGE Wessel
166	SWEERING Harry
167	MERX Peter