Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne 2021
Latest News from the Race
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Asgreen and Jakobsen lead QuickStep-AlphaVinyl at Opening Weekend
Declercq misses Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne with heart pericarditis -
Lefevere: Deceuninck-QuickStep can beat Van Aert and Van der Poel by isolating them
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Narváez shows his Classics potential by joining Van der Poel's attack
Ecuadorian joined audacious move at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
Mads Pedersen wins Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) proved quickest in the bunch sprint to win the 2021 edition of Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne ahead of Anthony Turgis (Total Direct Energie) and Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers).
The bunch sprint was hardly assured as the peloton chased after a leading quintet including Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix), only making the catch 1,600 metres from the line.
The race is known as the more sprint-friendly of the two Opening Weekend races but Van der Poel looked to disrupted the normal flow of events, going on the attack with a massive 83km still to race, bridging across with Jhonatan Narvaez (Ineos Grenadiers) to an earlier breakaway.
Qhubeka Assos and Bahrain-Victorious worked to reel them in but it was a tense finale as Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-QuickStep) attacked with Heinrich Haussler (Bahrain-Victorious) inside the final 4km and finally nailed the breakaway back. Despite a counter from Soren Kragh Andersen (DSM) the bunch came together for the sprint and Pedersen prevailed.
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 4:37:04 |
2 | Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie | |
3 | Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
4 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
5 | Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation | |
6 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | |
7 | Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
8 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team | |
9 | Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
10 | Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
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Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne 202128 February 2021 | Kuurne | 1.Pro
Latest Content on the Race
Asgreen and Jakobsen lead QuickStep-AlphaVinyl at Opening Weekend
By Stephen Farrand published
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Lefevere: Deceuninck-QuickStep can beat Van Aert and Van der Poel by isolating them
By Cyclingnews published
News 'Everybody knows me, I like winning'
Narváez shows his Classics potential by joining Van der Poel's attack
By Cyclingnews published
News Ecuadorian joined audacious move at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
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
Greg Van Avermaet: Results don’t show our strong performances at Opening Weekend
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'We were always quite good and in the front’ says AG2R Citroën's top classics contender
Trentin: Two top-10s was not what I came for at Opening Weekend
By Brecht Decaluwé published
News 'I can go home being about 60 per cent happy' says UAE Team Emirates' classics contender
Mads Pedersen puts Trek-Segafredo back on the Classics map
By Brecht Decaluwé published
News Sprint victory in Kuurne after lackluster Omloop performance
Tom Pidcock closes Opening Weekend with third in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
By Daniel Benson last updated
News Ineos Grenadiers rider makes the podium after strong showing in Omloop
Top News on the Race
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Greg Van Avermaet: Results don’t show our strong performances at Opening Weekend
'We were always quite good and in the front’ says AG2R Citroën's top classics contender -
Trentin: Two top-10s was not what I came for at Opening Weekend
'I can go home being about 60 per cent happy' says UAE Team Emirates' classics contender -
Mads Pedersen puts Trek-Segafredo back on the Classics map
Sprint victory in Kuurne after lackluster Omloop performance
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Mathieu van der Poel goes down swinging in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne with 80km break
Dutch rider caught inside the final 2km of racing -
Tom Pidcock closes Opening Weekend with third in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
Ineos Grenadiers rider makes the podium after strong showing in Omloop -
Opening Weekend Q&A with Yves Lampaert
Belgian talks form, team strength and decisive moments at Omloop and Kuurne
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Van Avermaet and Naesen: Our partnership can be an advantage at Opening Weekend
AG2R Citroën duo kick off Classics collaboration at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad -
Gilbert: I would invite riders to open their emails
Wellens also supports UCI position bans as Lotto Soudal pair look ahead to Opening Weekend -
Mads Pedersen: You can't just rely on horsepower in the Spring Classics
Dane leads Trek-Segafredo’s one-two punch with Stuyven in Opening Weekend
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2021 Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne - Start list
Starters as of February 27, 2021