2022 Dwars Door Vlaanderen (WorldTour), Belgium
A travers la Flandre - Across Flanders
76th edition: Wednesday, March 30, 2022
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Roeselare - Waregem, 183.7 km
Mathieu van der Poel celebrates another victory. Sirotti photo
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Weather at the finish city of Waregem at 2:00 PM, local time: 11C (52F), rain showers in the vicinity with occasional rain continuing through 5:00 PM. The wind is from the east at 10 km/hr (7 mph).
The race: The riders started at about 12:55 PM.
Five riders did not start: Soren Waerenskjold (Uno-X), Jordi Warlop (B&B Hotels), Jenthe Biermans & Guillaume Bauvin (both Israel-Premier Tech), Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious).
Here's the organizer's race report:
In the 76th edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen, the riders treated the fans to an eventful race. This included Mathieu van der Poel, who accelerated for the first time 90 km from the finish line. The Dutchman eventually went to the line with Benoot and sprinted to his second win in Waregem. Pidcock finished in 3rd place.
True to tradition, the breakaway formed in the first hour of the race after the start in Roeselare. 5 escapees will colour the race: Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe), Jacobs (Movistar Team), O'Brien (Team BikeExchange - Jayco), Verwilst (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise) and Paasschens (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB). They have a maximum lead of 4'50".
We don't have to wait until deep into the final to see real racing. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin Fenix) didn't come to just ride along, as it turned out with 90km to go. The Dutchman puts on a first gear, but it doesn't make a difference. At 75 km from the finish Campenaerts (Lotto Soudal), who made this race a goal, thinks his moment has come. He gets Küng (Groupama FDJ) and Turner (INEOS Grenadiers) along, but they do not get away either.
A new attempt follows at Berg Ten Houte. There the men of INEOS Grenadiers put the fuse on. An interesting group is formed: Pidcock, Turner, Küng, Van der Poel and Benoot (Jumbo-Visma). Who missed the battle? The men of Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl and also Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates). On the Kanarieberg, Stybar tries to put things right and Van Avermaet (AG2R Citroën Team) also tries to attack. It's only when Pogacar takes over that the gap opens. The Slovenian goes looking for the group of Van der Poel by himself.
On the way to the Trieu, Pogacar looks to close the gap on the chasing group. He comes up to 8 seconds, but can't close that last gap. Chasse-patate for the two-time Tour winner, who is caught up by the peloton. In the meantime, the lead of the leading group of 5 is shrinking. At 48 km from the finish their story is over and the group of Van der Poel comes to the front. We now have a leading group of 11 with about 20 seconds advantage on the group Pogacar which formed on the Trieu, with Van Avermaet, Tratnik (Bahrain-Victorious), Kragh Andersen (Team DSM), Madouas (Groupama-FDJ) and Coquard (Cofidis).
Küng and Benoot accelerate on Ladeuze. Everyone is in the lead, except for early escapees Paasschens, Verwilst and Jacobs, for whom the pace is too high. Partly because of that acceleration, the advantage of the 8 leaders on the chasers increases to 40 seconds. On the cobbles of the Doorn, Pogacar, Tratnik and Madouas accelerate again, bringing the gap to just under half a minute.
In front, Van der Poel accelerates again on the cobbles of Nokereberg, but everyone follows. A little later Campenaerts thinks his moment has come, his attack is also nipped in the bud. Due to the various accelerations, the leading group is now winning time on the Pogacar group. On the last climb of the day, Holstraat, Van der Poel and Küng try to accelerate, but it is Campenaerts who breaks away in the descent. Campenaerts seems to start a solo, but after Pidcock and Benoot jump in Campenaerts’ slipstream, also Van der Poel brings the rest back.
At about 3 km from the finish Campenaerts throws himself into the descent once again. Again it's Benoot who jumps, but that story also fails. Pidcock closes the gap under the banner of the 2 final kilometres and attacks. Benoot attacks from behind and brings Van der Poel with him. The duo ride together to the Verbindingsweg where Van der Poel launches the sprint from the front. He wins Dwars door Vlaanderen for the second time. Benoot comes second in the wake of the Dutchman. Pidcock sprints to the third place.
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Complete results:
There were five non-starters and 166 riders on the start-line. 58 riders abandoned leaving 108 classified finishers.
183.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.869 km/hr
| 1 | Mathieu van der Poel | Alpecin-Fenix | 4hr 5min 39sec |
| 2 | Tiesj Benoot | Jumbo-Visma | @ 1sec |
| 3 | Tom Pidcock | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:05 |
| 4 | Victor Campenaerts | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 5 | Nils Politt | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 6 | Stefan Küng | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 7 | Kelland O'Brien | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 8 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:12 |
| 9 | Jan Tratnik | Bahrain Victorious | 2:08 |
| 10 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 11 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 12 | Andrea Pasqualon | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 3:48 |
| 13 | Amaury Capiot | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 14 | Jannik Steimle | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 15 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 16 | Greg Van Avermaet | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 17 | Søren Kragh Andersen | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 18 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 19 | Matis Louvel | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 20 | Alexis Gougeard | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 21 | Niki Terpstra | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 22 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 23 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 24 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | s.t. |
| 25 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | 4:09 |
| 26 | Gianni Vermeersch | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 27 | Yves Lampaert | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 28 | Mike Teunissen | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 29 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Fenix | 4:12 |
| 30 | Matteo Trentin | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 31 | Alexander Kristoff | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 32 | Piet Allegaert | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 33 | Danny van Poppel | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 34 | Iván García Cortina | Movistar | s.t. |
| 35 | Clément Russo | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 36 | Luka Mezgec | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 37 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 38 | John Degenkolb | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 39 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 40 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 41 | Victor Koretzky | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 42 | Hugo Houle | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 43 | Dries De Bondt | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 44 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 45 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 46 | Stan Dewulf | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 47 | Arjen Livyns | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 48 | Joris Nieuwenhuis | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 49 | Ward Vanhoof | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 50 | Jonas Rutsch | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 51 | Brent Van Moer | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 52 | Edvald Boasson-Hagen | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 53 | Fabian Lienhard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 54 | Edward Theuns | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 55 | Wesley Kreder | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 56 | Connor Swift | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 57 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 58 | Aimé De Gendt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 59 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 60 | Filip Maciejuk | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 61 | Zdenek Stybar | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 62 | André Carvalho | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 63 | Jonas Koch | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 64 | Luke Durbridge | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 65 | Daniel Oss | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 66 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 67 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 68 | Otto Vergaerde | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 69 | Mads Pedersen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 70 | Bob Jungels | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 71 | Dylan Van Baarle | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 72 | Anthony Turgis | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 73 | Michael Valgren | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 74 | Aaron Verwilst | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 5:05 |
| 75 | Julius Johansen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 5:09 |
| 76 | Mathijs Paasschens | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 77 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | 5:21 |
| 78 | Jens Reynders | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 8:43 |
| 79 | Erik Resell | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 80 | Mathias Norsgaard | Movistar | s.t. |
| 81 | Artyom Zakharov | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 82 | Manuele Boaro | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 83 | Markus Pajur | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 84 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 85 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | s.t. |
| 86 | Christophe Noppe | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 87 | Rui Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 88 | Julien Morice | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 89 | Tim Declercq | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 90 | Marijn Van Den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 91 | Ryan Mullen | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 92 | Stijn Steels | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 93 | Kevin Vermaerke | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 94 | Alexys Brunel | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 95 | Daan Hoole | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 96 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 97 | Sebastian Langeveld | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 98 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 99 | Florian Vermeersch | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 100 | Olav Kooij | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 101 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 102 | Thomas Scully | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 103 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 104 | Elia Viviani | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 105 | Mick Van Dijke | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 106 | Timo Roosen | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 107 | Dylan Groenewegen | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 108 | Heinrich Haussler | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
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Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Starting ceremonies, Team Groupama-FDJ is introduced.
Mathieu van der Poel before the race start.
On the start line, Tadej Pogacar and Jens Debusschere
Yves Lampaert & Niki Terpstra
Mathieu van der Poel wins Dwars door Vlaanderen for a second time while second-place Tiesj Benoot is a good sportsman and applauds.
Van der Poel enjoys the moment.
Tom Pidcock (left) beats Victor Campenaerts for third place.
Bahrain Victorious rider Jan Tratnik leads in Tadej Pogacar and Valentin Madouas for 9th - 11th places.
Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert rider Andrea Pasqualon is 12th as he leads in a group at 3min 48sec
The podium, from left: Tiesj Benoot (2nd), Mathieu van der Poel (1st) & Tom Pidcock (3rd)
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Start list with back numbers: March 29, 2022
| INEOS GRENADIERS | |
| DS | Roger Hammond |
| 1 | VAN BAARLE Dylan |
| 2 | PIDCOCK Thomas |
| 3 | HEIDUK Kim |
| 4 | SHEFFIELD Magnus |
| 5 | SWIFT Ben |
| 6 | TURNER Ben |
| 7 | VIVIANI Elia |
| UAE TEAM EMIRATES | |
| DS | Fabio Baldato |
| 11 | POGACAR Tadej |
| 12 | ACKERMANN Pascal |
| 13 | BJERG Mikkel |
| 14 | LAENGEN Vegard Stake |
| 15 | TROIA Oliviero |
| 16 | OLIVEIRA Rui |
| 17 | TRENTIN Matteo |
| QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL | |
| DS | Wilfried Peeters |
| 21 | LAMPAERT Yves |
| 22 | BALLERINI Davide |
| 24 | JAKOBSEN Fabio |
| 25 | STEIMLE Jannik |
| 26 | STYBAR Zdenek |
| 27 | VAN LERBERGHE Bert |
| AG2R CITROEN | |
| DS | Nicolas Guille |
| 31 | VAN AVERMAET Greg |
| 32 | NAESEN Oliver |
| 33 | NAESEN Lawrence |
| 34 | VAN HOECKE Gijs |
| 35 | RAUGEL Antoine |
| 36 | JUNGELS Bob |
| 37 | DEWULF Stan |
| JUMBO-VISMA | |
| DS | Grischa Jan Niermann |
| 41 | BENOOT Tiesj |
| 42 | DEKKER David |
| 43 | EENKHOORN Pascal |
| 44 | ROOSEN Timo |
| 45 | TEUNISSEN Mike |
| 46 | KOOIJ Olav |
| 47 | VAN DIJKE Mick |
| ALPECIN-FENIX | |
| DS | Bart Leysen |
| 51 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu |
| 52 | PHILIPSEN Jasper |
| 53 | DE BONDT Dries |
| 54 | VERMEERSCH Gianni |
| 55 | GOGL Michael |
| 56 | BAYER Tobias |
| 57 | VERMOTE Julien |
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| DS | Steven De Jongh |
| 61 | PEDERSEN Mads |
| 62 | HOOLE Daan |
| 63 | SKUJINS Toms |
| 64 | KIRSCH Alex |
| 65 | SIMMONS Quinn |
| 66 | THEUNS Edward |
| 67 | VERGAERDE Otto |
| LOTTO SOUDAL | |
| DS | Mario Aerts |
| 71 | CAMPENAERTS Victor |
| 72 | BEULLENS Cedric |
| 73 | VERMEERSCH Florian |
| 74 | DE LIE Arnaud |
| 75 | VAN MOER Brent |
| 76 | FRISON Frederik |
| 77 | WELLENS Tim |
| ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN | |
| DS | Mario Manzoni |
| 81 | MOSCON Gianni |
| 82 | BOARO Manuele |
| 83 | BASSO Leonardo |
| 84 | FEDOROV Yevgeniy |
| 85 | GAZZOLI Michele |
| 86 | MARTINELLI Davide |
| 87 | ZAKHAROV Artyom |
| BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | |
| DS | Enrico Poitschke |
| 91 | HAUSSLER Heinrich |
| 92 | TRATNIK Jan |
| 93 | MACIEJUK Filip |
| 94 | MILAN Jonathan |
| 95 | GRADEK Kamil |
| 96 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha |
| 97 | WRIGHT Fred |
| BORA-HANSGROHE | |
| DS | Jean-Pierre Heynderickx |
| 101 | BENNETT Sam |
| 102 | HALLER Marco |
| 103 | MEEUS Jordi |
| 104 | MULLEN Ryan |
| 105 | POLITT Nils |
| 106 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas |
| 107 | VAN POPPEL Danny |
| COFIDIS | |
| DS | Alain Deloeuil |
| 111 | COQUARD Bryan |
| 112 | ALLEGAERT Piet |
| 113 | BOHLI Tom |
| 114 | KREDER Wesley |
| 115 | VANBILSEN Kenneth |
| 116 | WALLAYS Jelle |
| 117 | CARVALHO André |
| EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | |
| DS | Andreas Kleir |
| 121 | BETTIOL Alberto |
| 122 | BISSEGGER Stefan |
| 123 | VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael |
| 124 | KEUKELEIRE Jens |
| 125 | LANGEVELD Sebastian |
| 126 | RUTSCH Jonas |
| 127 | SCULLY Thomas |
| GROUPAMA-FDJ | |
| DS | Frederic Guesdon |
| 131 | KÜNG Stefan |
| 132 | ASKEY Lewis |
| 133 | MADOUAS Valentin |
| 134 | GENIETS Kevin |
| 135 | LE GAC Olivier |
| 136 | LIENHARD Fabian |
| 137 | LUDVIGSSON Tobias |
| INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT MATÉRIAUX | |
| DS | Steven De Neef |
| 141 | KRISTOFF Alexander |
| 142 | DE GENDT Aimé |
| 143 | JOHANSEN Julius |
| 144 | PASQUALON Andrea |
| 145 | PETIT Adrien |
| 146 | VAN DER HOORN Taco |
| 147 | VAN MELSEN Kevin |
| ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | |
| DS | Dirk Demol |
| 151 | VANMARCKE Sep |
| 153 | HOULE Hugo |
| 154 | JONES Taj |
| 155 | BOIVIN Guillaume |
| 156 | VAN ASBROECK Tom |
| 157 | BIERMANS Jenthe |
| MOVISTAR TEAM | |
| DS | Jose Garcia Acosta |
| 161 | GARCIA CORTINA Ivan |
| 162 | ELÓSEGUI Iñigo |
| 163 | ERVITI Imanol |
| 164 | ARANBURU DEBA Alex |
| 165 | JACOBS Johan |
| 166 | JØRGENSEN Mathias |
| 167 | KANTER Max |
| TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO | |
| DS | Mathew Hayman |
| 171 | GROENEWEGEN Dylan |
| 172 | EDMONDSON Alexander |
| 173 | STEWART Campbell |
| 174 | KONYCHEV Alexander |
| 175 | MEYER Cameron |
| 176 | DURBRIDGE Luke |
| 177 | O'BRIEN Kelland |
| TEAM DSM | |
| DS | Pim Ligthart |
| 181 | DEGENKOLB John |
| 182 | EEKHOFF Nils |
| 183 | DAINESE Alberto |
| 184 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren |
| 185 | MÄRKL Niklas |
| 186 | NIEUWENHUIS Joris |
| 187 | BOL Cees |
| TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC | |
| DS | Arnaud Gerard |
| 191 | CAPIOT Amaury |
| 192 | DECLERCQ Benjamin |
| 193 | LOUVEL Matis |
| 194 | NOPPE Christophe |
| 195 | PAJUR Markus |
| 196 | RUSSO Clement |
| 197 | SWIFT Connor |
| TOTALENERGIES | |
| DS | Dominique Arnould |
| 201 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald |
| 202 | BODNAR Maciej |
| 203 | OSS Daniel |
| 204 | SOUPE Geoffrey |
| 205 | TERPSTRA Niki |
| 206 | TURGIS Anthony |
| 207 | VAN GESTEL Dries |
| B&B HOTELS-KTM | |
| DS | Jummy Engoulvent |
| 211 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens |
| 212 | MOZZATO Luca |
| 213 | GOUGEARD Alexis |
| 214 | MORICE Julien |
| 215 | KORETZKY Victor |
| 216 | LECROQ Jérémy |
| 217 | WARLOP Jordi |
| SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | |
| DS | Hans De Clercq |
| 221 | COLMAN Alex |
| 222 | DE WILDE Gilles |
| 223 | FRETIN Milan |
| 224 | REYNDERS Jens |
| 225 | VAN POUCKE Aaron |
| 226 | VANHOOF Ward |
| 227 | VERWILST Aaron |
| BINGOAL-PAUWELS SAUCES WB | |
| DS | Jean-Denis Vandenbroucke |
| 231 | LIVYNS Arjen |
| 232 | ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw |
| 233 | PAASSCHENS Mathijs |
| 234 | DUPONT Timothy |
| 235 | REX Laurenz |
| 236 | ROBEET Ludovic |
| 237 | VIVIANI Attilio |
| UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
| DS | Leonard Snoeks |
| 241 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer |
| 242 | LEVY William Blume |
| 243 | GUDMESTAD Tord |
| 244 | LARSEN Niklas |
| 245 | URIANSTAD Martin Bugge |
| 246 | SKAARSETH Anders |
| 247 | WAERENSKJOLD Søren |