Van Poppel wins Binche-Chimay-Binche
Lampaert is second, Naesen third
Danny van Poppel (LottoNL-Jumbo) won the 2018 Binche-Chimay-Binche, attacking on the short, cobbled climb in the finale of the Belgian one-day race to win solo.
The Dutchman was well set up by his teammates, who took full responsibility in chasing down a dangerous break that formed on the second of the four laps of a 16.2 finishing circuit in Binche. Zdenek Stybar had gone solo from that group on the final lap, and they clawed their way back to the Quick-Step Floors rider with one kilometre to go, just as the climb up Rue de Pepinière began.
It seemed LottoNL might be bringing star sprinter Dylan Groenewegen back into the equation, but he effectively led Van Poppel out on the incline. Such was the intensity of Van Poppel’s acceleration, he turned right over the top of the climb with a sufficient advantage to see him through the final few hundred metres.
Yves Lampaert, who had seemingly given Quick-Step the tactical upper hand by joining Stybar in that late break, finished second from a vastly reduced and fragmented peloton, with AG2R La Mondiale’s Oliver Naesen third.
“This is really nice and funny that I win my first and my last race of the season," Van Poppel said. "The shape is still good and I wanted to ride. It is nice to end the year this way. The team did a great job and everything fell into place. It is never easy, but this time everything worked out well. That’s the difference with some other races this season. We were able to play two cards at the end, with Dylan and me. Dylan gave me the chance to go for it, and I’m glad I could finish it this way.”
With this the last in the Napoleon Games Cup series of small Belgian one-day races, Timothy Dupont (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) rode an aggressive race to take the overall title. With leader Sean De Bie (Veranda’s Willems-Crelan) abandoning early, and second-placed Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) absent, Dupont made it into breaks and scored points at the intermediate sprints, which, along with his eighth-place finish, catapulted him to the top of the standings.
It was non-stop action on a wet and windy day in Southern Belgium for the 31st edition of the race, now referred to as the Mémorial Frank Vandenbroucke. The 194.7km route plotted a fairly flat course south to Chimay before returning for the four local laps.
An early break of six riders - Timothy Dupont (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Dries De Bondt, Stijn Steels (Veranda’s Willems-Crelan), Dimitri Peyskens (WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic), Ide Schelling (SEG Racing Academy), Angelo Tulik (Direct Energie) - went away but only lasted 65 kilometres.
Soon after the catch was made, another six-rider group went clear on a trio of short climbs. Peyskens was in there again, along with Quentin Jauregui (AG2R La Mondiale), Tom Devriendt (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Clement Orceau (Direct Energie), Cedric Raymackers (Cibel-Cebon), Lennert Teugels (Cibel-Cebon). De Bondt set off in lone pursuit but never made it across.
Soon after the return to Binche and the entry to the local laps, with 65km remaining, it was all back together again, triggering a chaotic period of constant attacking.
The key move went on the second lap, with 2016 champion Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) heading up the road, along with the Quick-Step duo of Stybar and Lampaert. Twenty riders initially made the cut but soon after crossing the finish line for the second time, it had been cut in two.
Those who made the cut were: Stybar, Démare, Dupont, Stijn Vandenbergh (AG2R La Mondiale), Sander Armee (Lotto Soudal), Maarten Wynants (LottoNL-Jumbo), Benjamin Declercq (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), and Ludwig De Winter (WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic). After initially policing moves in the group behind, Lampaert set off and made his way over with Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) to make it 10.
With 25km to go Vandenbergh went solo and took the bell as the lone leader but was soon pegged back, at which point Stybar immediately launched his move. At that point the peloton, which was rapidly advancing under the stewardship of LottoNL-Jumbo, had caught the dropped breakaway riders and was just under a minute off the front of the race.
Stybar opened a lead of around 30 seconds as his breakaway companions drifted back, but he came up against a fully committed LottoNL-Jumbo train in what was essentially an uneven pursuit. Such was the Dutch squad’s forcing, they temporarily split the reduced peloton on the run-in to Binche.
Stybar gave it everything and started the cobbled climb in pole position but Groenewegen came bursting past, about to unleash Van Poppel for what turned out to be a commanding and stylish third victory of the season for the 25-year-old.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | 4:33:02 |
2 | Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick - Step Floors | 0:00:03 |
3 | Oliver Naesen (Bel) Ag2R La Mondiale | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Taco Van Der Hoorn (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Bmc Racing Team | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept Cycling Club | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:00:07 |
9 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Cees Bol (Ned) Seg Racing Academy | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Mikkel Frølich Honoré (Den) Team Waoo | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Olivier Pardini (Bel) Team Differdange Losch | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick - Step Floors | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Jan Willem Van Schip (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:00:10 |
19 | Dennis Coenen (Bel) Cibel - Cebon | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama - Fdj | 0:00:14 |
21 | Jan Maas (Ned) Seg Racing Academy | 0:00:16 |
22 | Laurenz Rex (Bel) Ago - Aqua Service | 0:00:22 |
23 | Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Bram Welten (Ned) Team Fortuneo - Samsic | 0:00:30 |
25 | Julien Mortier (Bel) Wb Aqua Protect Veranclassic | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama - Fdj | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | 0:00:34 |
28 | Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Wb Aqua Protect Veranclassic | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Gordon De Winter (Bel) Ago - Aqua Service | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Bmc Racing Team | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Zdenek Štybar (Cze) Quick - Step Floors | 0:00:48 |
32 | Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:00:52 |
34 | Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:00:54 |
36 | Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Julien Duval (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:01:01 |
38 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:01:08 |
39 | Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Bmc Racing Team | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:12 |
41 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | 0:01:19 |
42 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | 0:01:25 |
43 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie | 0:01:29 |
44 | Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Robbert De Greef (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | 0:01:46 |
46 | Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:52 |
47 | Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:56 |
48 | Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick - Step Floors | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Brecht Ruyters (Bel) Cibel - Cebon | 0:02:02 |
53 | Pierre Gouault (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:02:11 |
54 | Polychronis Tzortzakis (Gre) Tarteletto - Isorex | 0:03:22 |
55 | Tom Vermeer (Ned) Team Differdange Losch | 0:03:26 |
56 | Sergio Torres Jorro (Spa) Tarteletto - Isorex | 0:04:08 |
57 | Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Bmc Racing Team | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Lukas Spengler (Swi) Wb Aqua Protect Veranclassic | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Tom Bohli (Swi) Bmc Racing Team | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Gil D'heygere (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Crelan | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Luuc Bugter (Ned) Delta Cycling Rotterdam | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Groupama - Fdj | 0:04:13 |
64 | Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama - Fdj | 0:04:16 |
65 | Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Israel Cycling Academy | 0:04:27 |
66 | Kevyn Ista (Bel) Wb Aqua Protect Veranclassic | 0:04:30 |
67 | Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:04:33 |
68 | Jérémy Frehen (Bel) Ago - Aqua Service | 0:05:32 |
69 | Andreas Andersson (Swe) T.Palm - Pôle Continental Wallon | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Ross Lamb (GBr) T.Palm - Pôle Continental Wallon | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Cedric Raymackers (Bel) Cibel - Cebon | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Tom Van Vuchelen (Bel) Ago - Aqua Service | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Anthony Debuy (Bel) Ago - Aqua Service | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Laurent Evrard (Bel) Sovac - Natura4Ever | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Davide Rebellin (Ita) Sovac - Natura4Ever | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | August Jensen (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Félix Dopchie (Bel) Ago - Aqua Service | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Adam Lewis (GBr) T.Palm - Pôle Continental Wallon | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Samsic | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept Cycling Club | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Tom Dernies (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Lander Seynaeve (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Omer Goldsteiin (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Simon Sellier (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Yorick Slagmulders (Bel) T.Palm - Pôle Continental Wallon | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda's Willems - Crelan | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Wb Aqua Protect Veranclassic | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Emiel Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Lars Boom (Ned) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Wb Aqua Protect Veranclassic | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Stijn Steels (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Crelan | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick - Step Floors | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:05:52 |
103 | Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie | 0:06:00 |
104 | Thomas Joly (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Miles Scotson (Aus) Bmc Racing Team | 0:06:02 |
106 | Ide Schelling (Ned) Seg Racing Academy | 0:06:06 |
107 | Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Ago - Aqua Service | 0:06:08 |
108 | Adrien Garel (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 0:06:18 |
109 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick - Step Floors | 0:07:06 |
DNF | Quentin Jauregui (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Justin Jules (Fra) Wb Aqua Protect Veranclassic | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Samuel Mobberley (NZl) Team Differdange Losch | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Balázs Rózsa (Hun) Team Differdange Losch | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jelle Donders (Bel) Team Differdange Losch | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tiago Da Silva (Lux) Team Differdange Losch | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Bmc Racing Team | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Wim Reynaerts (Bel) Cibel - Cebon | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rudy Barbier (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lennert Teugels (Bel) Cibel - Cebon | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexis Gougeard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gianni Marchand (Bel) Cibel - Cebon | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Cibel - Cebon | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama - Fdj | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama - Fdj | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama - Fdj | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dries De Bondt (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Crelan | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Samuel Leroux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tomas Petit (Bel) T.Palm - Pôle Continental Wallon | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Clement Orceau (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maxime Daniel (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Samsic | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Clement Russo (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Samsic | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romain Le Roux (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Samsic | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sean De Bie (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Crelan | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Florentin Lecamus Lambert (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Samsic | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Zico Waeytens (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Crelan | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jelle De Ville (Bel) T.Palm - Pôle Continental Wallon | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Giorgios Stavrakakis (Gre) Seg Racing Academy | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jordi Meeus (Bel) Seg Racing Academy | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alberto Dainese (Ita) Seg Racing Academy | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sean Bero (Bel) Sovac - Natura4Ever | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Louis Deguide (Bel) Sovac - Natura4Ever | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexander Geuens (Bel) Sovac - Natura4Ever | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matthias Legley (Bel) Sovac - Natura4Ever | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Justin Mottier (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jerome Mainard (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Max Emil Boholm Kørner (Nor) T.Palm - Pôle Continental Wallon | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Boucher (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Clément Carisey (Fra) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Louis Verhelst (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arne De Groote (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jelle Cant (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrew Leigh (GBr) Tarteletto - Isorex | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daan Hoole (Ned) Seg Racing Academy | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Florian Deriaux (Fra) Sovac - Natura4Ever | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
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