Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne 2025
Latest News from the Race
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Opening Weekend mega tech gallery, Part 2: Through the scrum at Kuurne
Bigger chainrings, new derailleurs, unreleased wheels -
Cancellara’s Classics column: Visma-Lease A Bike are dominant, but they can destroy themselves too
Wout van Aert and Visma may outgun the peloton, but tactics-wise and racing-wise Opening Weekend showed they're far from flawless -
7 conclusions from Opening Weekend 2024 – Invincibility, long-range deciders and triumphant returns
Taking a closer look at the key themes emerging from the cobbled curtain-raisers
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Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne 20252 March 2025 | Kuurne | 1.Pro
Latest Content on the Race
![10 riders to watch Opening Weekend 2022](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UYVNU5SAS7UBadGGUnzY9Q-320-80.jpg)
10 riders to watch at Opening Weekend 2022
By Kirsten Frattini, Daniel Ostanek published
Feature Kopecky, Lampaert, Balsamo, Pidcock among our picks for the first cobbled Classics of the season
![KUURNE BELGIUM MARCH 01 Podium Giacomo Nizzolo of Italy and Team NTT Pro Cycling Kasper Asgreen of Denmark and Team DeceuninckQuickstep Alexander Kristoff of Norway and UAE Team Emirates Celebration Miss Hostess Legs Beer Donkey Trophy Champagne Detail view during the 72nd KuurneBrusselKuurne 2020 a 201km race from Kuurne to Kuurne KBK20 KuurneBxlKuurne KBK on March 01 2020 in Kuurne Belgium Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8SMnhyK8SpMa9nSmSH9nJ9-320-80.jpg)
Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne 2022 - Race Preview
By Patrick Fletcher published
Preview Sprinters vs attackers once again on 'revamped' course that still features 50km run-in
![Sep Vanmarcke (Israel Start-Up Nation)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iGQJgNd7tsM3rcqpaiaN9W-320-80.jpg)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad comes too soon for Sep Vanmarcke
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Off-season knee injury means Belgian has done 50 days less training
![Tom Boonen tests himself on the Taaienberg in the 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mxa8caHRhS2xayctEPYZcR-320-80.jpg)
'Often we get our asses kicked there' - The QuickStep approach to Opening Weekend
By Barry Ryan published
Feature Directeur sportif Tom Steels discusses the biggest cobbled Classics dress rehearsal in pro cycling
![TORRENT SPAIN FEBRUARY 03 LR Mikkel Honor of Denmark Fabio Jakobsen of Netherlands Michael Morkov of Denmark and Remco Evenepoel of Belgium and Team QuickStep Alpha Vinyl Yellow Leader Jersey compete during the 73rd Volta A La Comunitat Valenciana 2022 Stage 2 a 1715km stage from Btera to Torrent VCV2022 on February 03 2022 in Torrent Spain Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zx7PQhQzbZ77dCzDbYbtV-320-80.jpg)
Asgreen and Jakobsen lead QuickStep-AlphaVinyl at Opening Weekend
By Stephen Farrand published
News Declercq misses Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne with heart pericarditis
![Deceuninck-QuickStep team manager Patrick Lefevere talks to the press on the second rest day at the 2019 Tour de France](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JK4j7ctUUmsVHMtdtfqjFG-320-80.jpg)
Lefevere: Deceuninck-QuickStep can beat Van Aert and Van der Poel by isolating them
By Cyclingnews published
News 'Everybody knows me, I like winning'
![Jhonatan Narvaez on the attack with Mathieu van der Poel at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B2eVkx2EAByEbnVu3HzLHo-320-80.jpg)
Narváez shows his Classics potential by joining Van der Poel's attack
By Cyclingnews published
News Ecuadorian joined audacious move at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
![NINOVE BELGIUM FEBRUARY 27 Silvan Dillier of Switzerland and Team AlpecinFenix Jean Pierre Drucker of Luxembourg and Team Cofidis during the 76th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2021 Mens Race a 2005km race from Ghent to Ninove Wall of Geraardsbergen Mur de Huy De Muur Cobblestones OmloopHNB OHN21 FlandersClassic on February 27 2021 in Ninove Belgium Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PpHv6je9QXa3nhobn8sFXK-320-80.jpg)
Dillier breaks collarbone in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne crash
By Daniel Ostanek published
News Swiss rider suffers third break in three seasons after crashing in closing metres
Top News on the Race
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Wellens 'satisfied' with 'highest achievable' result behind Van Aert at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
Belgian takes second despite revamped training plan with focus on peaking later in spring -
Wout van Aert completes another perfect Opening Weekend for Visma-Lease A Bike
'It was the logical tactic for us to make the race so hard' says Belgian after day of Visma dominance at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne -
Wout van Aert aims to make Omloop Het Nieuwsblad too tough for sprinters
'I can sprint too ... But we always want to make the game tough' says overwhelming favourite
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How to watch Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne 2024
Find out how to stream the return of the spring Classics this weekend -
Alaphilippe, Asgreen, Lampaert lead Soudal-QuickStep at Opening Weekend
Moscon and Lamperti also in Belgian team's squad at Omloop and Kuurne -
Lefevere: Jumbo-Visma are now the team we were a few years ago
Soudal-QuickStep boss analyses where it went wrong for his team at Opening Weekend
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Benoot savours comeback Kuurne win seven months after neck fracture
'A few months ago I doubted whether I was going to be a cyclist anymore' says Belgian -
'I gambled for a sprint' - Taco van der Hoorn narrowly misses podium at Kuurne
Intermarché-Circus-Wanty rider works way into early break, then holds in winning move but dash to line ends with fourth -
'We didn't expect this' – Lotto-Dstny on Arnaud De Lie's rapid rise
Team will continue careful development after 20-year-old takes second and seventh at Omloop and Kuurne
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