Anteprima Dwars Door Vlaanderen 2017

La stagione delle Classiche comincia ufficialmente con la Milano-Sanremo e, mercoledì 22 marzo 2017, andrà in scena la prima delle grandi prove belghe, la Dwars Door Vlaanderen / Attraverso le Fiandre, che quest’anno può festeggiare l’ingresso nel calendario WorldTour.

 Diretta Eurosport 2 alle ore 14.30.

 Siamo nelle Fiandre, dove il ciclismo è passione allo stato puro. Si parte da Roselaire e si arriva a Waregem dopo 203 km. Lungo il tracciato da percorrere troviamo dodici i muri, il primo dei quali, il Nuovo Kwaremont, collocato dopo 90 km di gara.

Seguiranno Kattenberg, Leberg, Berendries, Valkenberg, Eikenberg, Taaienberg, Oude Kwaremont, Paterberg, Tiegemberg, Holstraat e Nokereberg, affiancati da quattro tratti in pavé, ovvero Holleweg, Haaghoek, Varentraat e Herlemgeenstraat. L’ultima cote è posta a novemila metri alla conclusione, sufficientemente pochi per un attacco in grado di scardinare le resistenze altrui. Qui la cronotabella. Di seguito l’altimetria e la planimeria. In basso informazioni sulla startlist.

 Venticinque le formazioni al via della Dwars Door Vlaanderen 2017. Per il suo primo anno nel WorldTour, arrivano ben sedici formazioni della massima serie su diciotto (assenti soltanto Team Sky e Dimension Data), affiancate dalle 9 Professional SportVlaanderen-Baloise, Wanty-Gobert, Veranda’s Willems-Crelan, WB Veranclassic, Cofidis, Direct Energie, Roompot Nederlandse Loterij, Gazprom-RusVelo e Israel Cycling Academy.

Alcuni calibri da novanta entreranno in scena ad Harelbeke due giorni dopo, ma i big neppure qui mancano, specie dopo l’ingresso della corsa nel WorldTour. Ecco i leader schierati dai team: Jens Debusschere, Tiesj Benoot e Tony Gallopin (Lotto Soudal), Fernando Gaviria, Zdenek Stybar e Niki Terpstra (Quick Step Floors), Sep Vanmarcke (Cannondale-Drapac), Jens Keukelaire (Orica-Scott), Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb), Arnaud Démare (FDJ), Oliver Naesen (Ag2R La Mondiale), Lars Boom (LottoNL-Jumbo) Dylan Theuns (BMC Racing Team), Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie), Guillame Van Keirsbulck (Wanty-Groupe Gobert).

Tra gli italiani che su questo genere di percorsi possono far bene si segnalano Fabio Felline (Trek-Segafredo), Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida), Marco Marcato (UAE Team Emirates) e l’unico azzurro capace di trionfare in questa Classica, ossia Oscar Gatto (Astana).

La startlist.

LOTTO – SOUDAL 1 DEBUSSCHERE Jens Belgium 2 BENOOT Tiesj Belgium 3 DE BUYST Jasper Belgium 4 GALLOPIN Tony France 5 SIEBERG Marcel Germany 6 MAES Nikolas Belgium 7 ROELANDTS Jurgen Belgium 8 WALLAYS Jelle Belgium

QUICK STEP FLOORS 11 GILBERT Philippe Belgium 12 DECLERCQ Tim Belgium 13 DEVENYNS Dries Belgium 14 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando Colombia 15 KEISSE Iljo Belgium 16 LAMPAERT Yves Belgium 17 STYBAR Zdenek Czech Republic 18 TERPSTRA Niki Netherlands

CANNONDALE-DRAPAC PRO CYCLING TEAM 21 VANMARCKE Sep Belgium 22 LANGEVELD Sebastian Netherlands 23 MULLEN Ryan Ireland 24 VAN ASBROECK Tom Belgium 25 VAN BAARLE Dylan Netherlands 26 BEVIN Patrick New Zealand 27 WIPPERT Wouter Netherlands 28 BETTIOL Alberto Italy

MOVISTAR TEAM 31 BARBERO CUESTA Carlos Spain 32 ARCAS PEÑA Jorge Spain 33 BICO MATOS Nuno Miguel Alves Portugal 34 CARRETERO Hector Spain 35 BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto Colombia 36 QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney Colombia 37 PEDRERO LOPEZ Antonio Spain 38 SÜTTERLIN Jasha Germany

TREK-SEGAFREDO 41 COLEDAN Marco Italy 42 DIDIER Laurent Luxembourg 43 REIJNEN Kiel United States 44 FELLINE Fabio Italy 45 PEDERSEN Mads Denmark 46 VAN POPPEL Boy Netherlands 47 BEPPU Fumiyuki Japan 48 THEUNS Edward Belgium

BMC RACING TEAM TEUNS Dylan Belgium 51 VLIEGEN Loïc Belgium 52 DRUCKER Jean Pierre Luxembourg 53 ELMIGER Martin Switzerland 54 GERTS Floris Netherlands 55 KÜNG Stefan Switzerland 56 SCOTSON Miles Australia 57 VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco José Spain 58 BOHLI Tom Switzerland

ORICA – SCOTT 61 KEUKELEIRE Jens Belgium 62 HAYMAN Mathew Australia 63 EWAN Caleb Australia 64 DURBRIDGE Luke Australia 65 HEPBURN Michael Australia 66 JUUL JENSEN Christopher Denmark 67 DOCKER Mitchell Australia 68 KLUGE Roger Germany

TEAM SUNWEB 71 MATTHEWS Michael Australia 72 CURVERS Roy Netherlands 73 DE BACKER Bert Belgium 74 SINKELDAM Ramon Netherlands 75 STAMSNIJDER Tom Netherlands 76 TEUNISSEN Mike Netherlands 77 TIMMER Albert Netherlands 78 WAEYTENS Zico Belgium

FDJ 81 DEMARE Arnaud France 82 DELAGE Mickael France 83 GUARNIERI Jacopo Italy 84 HOELGAARD Daniel Norway 85 KONOVALOVAS Ignatas Lithuania 86 LADAGNOUS Matthieu France 87 LE GAC Olivier France 88 SARREAU Marc France

AG2R LA MONDIALE 91 NAESEN Oliver Belgium 92 BAGDONAS Gediminas Lithuania 93 BARBIER Rudy France 94 DENZ Nico Germany 95 DUVAL Julien France 96 HOLST ENGER Sondre Norway 97 HOULE Hugo Canada 98 PETERS Nans France

TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 101 BOOM Lars Netherlands 102 CASTELIJNS Twan Netherlands 103 GROENEWEGEN Dylan Netherlands 104 GROENDAHL JANSEN Amund Norway 105 ROOSEN Timo Netherlands 106 VAN HOECKE Gijs Belgium 107 WAGNER Robert Germany 108 WYNANTS Maarten Belgium

ASTANA PRO TEAM 111 BRESCHEL Matti Denmark 112 DE VREESE Laurens Belgium 113 GATTO Oscar Italy 114 GRUZDEV Dmitriy Kazahkstan 115 KORSAETH Truls Engen Norway 116 LUTSENKO Alexey Kazahkstan 117 MINALI Riccardo Italy 118 TLEUBAYEV Ruslan Kazahkstan

BAHRAIN – MERIDA 121 BONIFAZIO Niccolo Italy 122 FENG Chun Kai Taiwan 123 BOZIC Borut Slovenia 124 COLBRELLI Sonny Italy 125 GARCIA CORTINA Ivan Spain 126 INSAUSTI IRASTORZA Jon Ander Basque Country 127 PER David Slovenia 128 PIBERNIK Luka Slovenia

UAE – TEAMEMIRATES 131 MARCATO Marco Italy 132 MODOLO Sacha Italy 133 KUMP Marko Slovenia 134 LAENGEN Vegard Stake Norway 135 CONSONNI Simone Italy 136 GUARDINI Andrea Italy 137 TROIA Oliviero Italy 138 ZURLO Federico Italy

TEAM KATUSHA-ALPECIN 141 BIERMANS Jenthe Belgium 142 HOLLENSTEIN Reto Switzerland 143 KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav Russia 144 MATHIS Marco Germany 145 PLANCKAERT Baptiste Belgium 146 POLITT Nils Germany 147 WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads Denmark 148 ZABEL Rick Germany

BORA-HANSGROHE 151 BENNETT Sam Ireland 152 KOLAR Michal Slovakia 153 BASKA Erik Slovakia 154 PFINGSTEN Christoph Germany 155 POSTLBERGER Lukas Austria 156 SAGAN Juraj Slovakia 157 SARAMOTINS Aleksejs Latvia 158 SELIG Rüdiger Germany

DIRECT ENERGIE 161 CHAVANEL Sylvain France 162 COQUARD Bryan France 163 CARDIS Romain France 164 ANDERSON Ryan Canada 165 DUCHESNE Antoine Canada 166 GENE Yohann France 167 PETIT Adrien France 168 PICHOT Alexandre France

COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS 171 VAN BILSEN Kenneth Belgium 172 CLAEYS Dimitri Belgium 173 LAPORTE Christophe France 174 LEMOINE Cyril France 175 SENECHAL Florian France 176 TURGIS Anthony France 177 VAN STAEYEN Michael Belgium 178 CHETOUT Loïc Basque Country

WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT 181 VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume Belgium 182 BACKAERT Frederik Belgium 183 BAUGNIES Jérôme Belgium 184 KREDER Wesley Netherlands 185 OFFREDO Yoann France 186 ANTONINI Simone Italy 187 VAN MELSEN Kevin Belgium 188 VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter Belgium

SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 191 VAN LERBERGHE Bert Belgium 192 FARAZIJN Maxime Belgium 193 DELTOMBE Kevin Belgium 194 PLANCKAERT Edward Belgium 195 RICKAERT Jonas Belgium 196 SALOMEIN Jarl Belgium 197 STEELS Stijn Belgium 198 VAN HECKE Preben Belgium

ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ 201 LIGTHART Pim Netherlands 202 ASSELMAN Jesper Netherlands 203 KREDER Raymond Netherlands 204 MOURIS Jens Netherlands 205 VAN DER HOORN Taco Netherlands 206 VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd Netherlands 207 VAN GOETHEM Brian Netherlands 208 VERMELTFOORT Coen Netherlands

VERANDA’S WILLEMS-CRELAN 211 CORDEEL Sander Belgium 212 DE BONDT Dries Belgium 213 DUPONT Timothy Belgium 214 GOOLAERTS Michael Belgium 215 KRUOPIS Aidis Lithuania 216 PREMONT Christophe Belgium 217 VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias Belgium 218 VAN ZUMMEREN Stef Belgium

GAZPROM – RUSVELO 221 BOEV Igor Russia 222 BRUTT Pavel Russia 223 PORSEV Alexander Russia 224 SAVITSKY Ivan Russia 225 MAIKIN Roman Russia 226 SOLOMENNIKOV Andrey Russia 227 TSATEVITCH Alexey Russia 228 TRUSOV Nikolai Russia

ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY 231 DEMPSTER Zakkari Australia 232 BOIVIN Guillaume Canada 233 PERRY Benjamin Canada 234 RÄIM Mihkel Estonia 235 SAGIV Guy Israel 236 SCHREURS Hamish New Zealand 237 VAN WINDEN Dennis Netherlands 238 WILLIAMS Tyler United States

WB-VERANCLASSIC AQUALITY PROTECT 241 JANS Roy Belgium 242 DE WINTER Ludwig Belgium 243 ISTA Kevin Belgium 244 KIRSCH Alex Luxembourg 245 NAESEN Lawrence Belgium 246 DERUETTE Thomas Belgium 247 STASSEN Julien Belgium 248 VANTOMME Maxime Belgium