The 2021 Danilith Nokere Koerse was the 75th edition of the

Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Starting in 2016 it was a 1.HC event. The Nokere Koerse was c ...

road cycling one day race, which was held on 16 March 2021, starting in

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and finishing in the titular town of

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. The 1.Pro-category race was initially scheduled to be a part of the inaugural edition of the

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, but after the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the

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, it made its UCI ProSeries debut in

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, while also still being a part of the

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and

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had been part of the initial eight-man breakaway of the race, and with 15 kilometers to go, they dropped their breakaway companions just before a late cobble sector. In the final two kilometers, with them being in sight of the peloton, Robeet dropped Gaudin with a hard acceleration to solo away for his second professional win. Gaudin managed to hold on and finish in second place ahead of the peloton. Meanwhile,

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, who had been one of the late attackers that unsuccessfully tried to bridge across to the leading duo, managed to just stay ahead of the peloton to finish third on the line ahead of Jordi Meeus, who was the fastest of the bunch behind.

Teams

Thirteen of the nineteen

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s, eleven UCI ProTeams, and one

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team made up the twenty-five teams that participated in the race. Though teams were allowed to enter up to seven riders, four teams, those being , , , and , only entered six each, while and only entered five each. Of the 167 riders entered into the race, there were 86 finishers and one non-starter. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * * * * * * UCI Continental Teams *

Result

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nokere Koerse, 2021