Anteprima Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne 2016

Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne 2016: domenica 28 febbraio in programma la 68^ edizione della corsa posta nel weekend di apertura della stagione belga. Il record di vittorie appartiene a Tom Boonen (3 successi), mentre nessun italiano è mai riuscito a primeggiare. Il campione uscente è Mark Cavendish (qui il resoconto del 2015).

 Nonostante la sua lunga storia, le tv italiane hanno deciso di non concedere spazio nei  propri palinsesti alla Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne.

 Partenza e arrivo a Kuurne, con 203 km totali da percorrere. Nove le cotes da affrontare, diversi i tatti in pavé, ma la corsa si presenta tradizionalmente adatta ai velocisti: nessuna delle insidie, infatti, si trova in prossimità del traguardo e gli ultimi cinquanta chilometri sono totalmente pianeggianti. In basso l’altimetria e la planimetria.

 Ben 13 i team WorldTour presenti e accanto a loro, alcune compagini Continental, tra cui le italiane Southeast-Venezuela e Nippo Fantini.

Occhio ai velocisti: sono loro i favoriti della corsa. I loro nomi: Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), Alexander Kristoff (Katusha), Tom Boonen (Etixx-QuickStep), Arnaud Demare (FDJ), Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) e gli italiani Elia Viviani (Team Sky), Giacomo Nizzolo e Niccolò Bonifazio (Trek-Segafredo). Non strettamente velocisti, ma corridori che potrebbero inventarsi qualcosa sono Greg Van Avermaet (Bmc) o il nostro Filippo Pozzato (Sooutheast-Venezuela).

In seconda linea inseriamo Soren Kragh Andersen (Giant-Alpecin), Manuel Belletti (Southeast-Venezuela), Sam Bennett (Bora-Argon 18), Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo), Yauheni Hutarovich (Fortuneo-Vital Concept), Preben Van Hecke (TopSport-Vlaanderen) e Daniele Colli (Nippo-Fantini). Di seguito la startlist.

TINKOFF TEAM

1 SAGAN Peter Slovakia
2 BENNATI Daniele Italy
3 BOARO Manuele Italy
4 BODNAR Maciej Poland
5 BLYTHE Adam United Kingdom
6 TRUSOV Nikolai Russia
7 MCCARTHY Jay Australia
8 GATTO Oscar Italy

TEAM SKY

11 VIVIANI Elia Italy
12 KNEES Christian Germany
13 ROWE Luke United Kingdom
14 GOLAS Michal Poland
15 PETERS Alex United Kingdom
16 MOSCON Gianni Italy
17 FENN Andrew United Kingdom
18 PUCCIO Salvatore Italy

LOTTO – SOUDAL

22 ROELANDTS Jurgen Belgium
23 HENDERSON Gregory New Zealand
24 DE BIE Sean Belgium
25 DEBUSSCHERE Jens Belgium
26 SIEBERG Marcel Germany
27 WALLAYS Jelle Belgium
28 BROECKX Stig Belgium

TEAM KATUSHA

31 KRISTOFF Alexander Norway
32 LAGUTIN Sergey Russia
33 ISAYCHEV Vladimir Russia
34 POLITT Nils Germany
35 MORKOV Michael Denmark
36 BYSTROM Sven Erik Norway
37 HALLER Marco Austria
38 TSATEVITCH Alexey Russia

ETIXX – QUICK STEP

41 BOONEN Tom Belgium
42 KEISSE Iljo Belgium
43 VELITS Martin Slovakia
44 MAES Nikolas Belgium
45 VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume Belgium
46 VANDENBERGH Stijn Belgium
47 VERMOTE Julien Belgium
48 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz Poland

IAM CYCLING

51 DEVENYNS Dries Belgium
52 HAUSSLER Heinrich Australia
53 HOLST ENGER Sondre Norway
54 KLUGE Roger Germany
55 NAESEN Oliver Belgium
56 PELUCCHI Matteo Italy
57 HOWARD Leigh Australia
58 VAN GENECHTEN Jonas Belgium

FDJ

61 DEMARE Arnaud France
62 DELAGE Mickael France
63 FISCHER Murilo Antonio Brazil
64 LADAGNOUS Matthieu France
65 HOELGAARD Daniel Norway
66 OFFREDO Yohan France
67 LE BON Johan France
68 KONOVALOVAS Ignatas Lithuania

ORICA GREENEDGE

71 EWAN Caleb Australia
72 HAYMAN Mathew Australia
73 KEUKELEIRE Jens Belgium
74 CORT NIELSEN Magnus Denmark
75 BEWLEY Sam New Zealand
76 DOCKER Mitchell Australia
77 EDMONDSON Alexander Australia
78 JUUL JENSEN Christopher Denmark

BMC RACING TEAM

81 VAN AVERMAET Greg Belgium
82 ZABEL Rick Germany
83 OSS Daniel Italy
84 DRUCKER Jean Pierre Luxembourg
85 QUINZIATO Manuel Italy
86 SCHÄR Michael Switzerland
87 GERTS Floris Netherlands
88 BOHLI Tom Switzerland

AG2R LA MONDIALE

91 DANIEL Maxime France
92 TURGOT Sébastien France
93 BAGDONAS Gediminas Lithuania
94 SERGENT Jesse New Zealand
95 HOULE Hugo Canada
96 GOUGEARD Alexis France

TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO

101 GROENEWEGEN Dylan Netherlands
102 CASTELIJNS Twan Netherlands
103 LEEZER Tom Netherlands
104 TANKINK Bram Netherlands
105 TJALLINGII Maarten Netherlands
106 WAGNER Robert Germany
107 VAN WINDEN Dennis Netherlands
108 WYNANTS Maarten Belgium

TREK FACTORY RACING

111 NIZZOLO Giacomo Italy
112 DEVOLDER Stijn Belgium
113 STUYVEN Jasper Belgium
114 THEUNS Edward Belgium
115 VAN POPPEL Boy Netherlands
116 RAST Grégory Switzerland
117 COLEDAN Marco Italy
118 BONIFAZIO Niccolo Italy

TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN

121 ANDERSEN Søren Kragh Denmark
122 ARNDT Nikias Germany
123 CURVERS Roy Netherlands
124 DE BACKER Bert Belgium
125 DE KORT Koen Netherlands
126 STAMSNIJDER Tom Netherlands
127 TIMMER Albert Netherlands
128 WAEYTENS Zico Belgium

SOUTHEAST-VENEZUELA

131 POZZATO Filippo Italy
132 BELLETTI Manuel Italy
133 FEDI Andrea Italy
134 TEDESCHI Mirko Italy
135 TROSINO Mirko Italy
136 ZHUPA Eugert Albania
137 BUSATO Matteo Italy
138 SANZ UNZUE Enrique Spain

BORA-ARGON 18

141 ARCHBOLD Shane New Zealand
142 BENNETT Sam Ireland
143 DEMPSTER Zakkari Australia
144 MATZKA Ralf Germany
145 POSTLBERGER Lukas Austria
146 SCHILLINGER Andreas Germany
147 SELIG Rüdiger Germany
148 THWAITES Scott United Kingdom

WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT

151 JANS Roy Belgium
152 ANTONINI Simone Italy
153 DE HAES Kenny Belgium
154 DEVRIENDT Tom Belgium
155 MCNALLY Mark United Kingdom
156 STENUIT Robin Belgium
157 VAN MELSEN Kevin Belgium
158 VEUCHELEN Frederik Belgium

FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT

161 HUTAROVICH Yauheni Belarus
162 BONNAMOUR Franck France
163 MCLAY Daniel United Kingdom
164 PERICHON Pierre-Luc France
165 VALLEE Boris Belgium
166 TRONET Steven France
167 JARRIER Benoit France
168 BREEN Vegard Norway

TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE

171 VAN HECKE Preben Belgium
172 CAPIOT Amaury Belgium
173 DECLERCQ Tim Belgium
174 RICKAERT Jonas Belgium
175 FARAZIJN Maxime Belgium
176 VAN HOECKE Gijs Belgium
177 VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter Belgium
178 VAN LERBERGHE Bert Belgium

COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS

181 BOUHANNI Nacer France
182 AHLSTRAND Jonas Sweden
183 BOZIC Borut Slovenia
184 COUSIN Jerome France
185 LAPORTE Christophe France
186 LEMOINE Cyril France
187 SENECHAL Florian France
188 VAN BILSEN Kenneth Belgium

DIRECT ENERGIE

191 ANDERSON Ryan Canada
192 CARDIS Romain France
193 DUCHESNE Antoine Canada
194 GENE Yohann France
195 HUREL Tony France
196 MORICE Julien France
197 PETIT Adrien France
198 PICHOT Alexandre France

NIPPO – VINI FANTINI

201 DE NEGRI Pier Paolo Italy
202 FILOSI Iuri Italy
203 GROSU Eduard Michael Romania
204 KOISHI Yuma Japan
206 MARINI Nicolas Italy
207 STACCHIOTTI Riccardo Italy
208 VIOLA Antonio Italy

ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON

211 ASSELMAN Jesper Netherlands
212 KERKHOF Tim Netherlands
213 KREDER Raymond Netherlands
214 KREDER Wesley Netherlands
215 LOOIJ André Netherlands
216 VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd Netherlands
217 KREDER Michel Netherlands
218 DE VRIES Berden Netherlands

ONE PRO CYCLING

221 BARKER Yanto United Kingdom
222 BIALOBLOCKI Marcin Poland
223 LANDER Sebastian Denmark
224 MCCORMICK Hayden New Zealand
225 MORTENSEN Martin Denmark
226 OPIE Chris United Kingdom
227 WILLIAMS Samuel United Kingdom
228 VON HOFF Steele Australia

CRELAN-VASTGOEDSERVICE CONTINENTAL TEAM

231 BOUCHER David Belgium
232 COENEN Dennis Belgium
233 DRUYTS Gerry Belgium
234 JACOBS Pieter Belgium
235 MEURISSE Xandro Belgium
236 RUIJGH Rob Netherlands
237 ROBERT Frederique Belgium
238 STEVENS Timothy Belgium

TEAM 3M

241 CAMMAERTS Edwig Belgium
242 EVRARD Laurent Belgium
243 VINGERLING Michael Netherlands
244 HAVIK Piotr Netherlands
245 HAVIK Yoeri Netherlands
246 SCHOONBROODT Bob Netherlands
247 SLEURS Christophe Belgium
248 JANSSENS Jimmy Belgium