The 2024 Classic Brugge–De Panne was a
road cycling
Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, ...
one-day race that took place on 20 March 2024 in Belgium. It was the 48th edition of the
Three Days of Bruges–De Panne.
Teams
Twenty-three teams were invited to the race, including sixteen
UCI WorldTeams and seven
UCI ProTeams. All but one team, , entered the maximum allowed seven riders.
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Summary
Jasper Philipsen
Jasper Philipsen (born 2 March 1998) is a Belgian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .
Career
In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2 ...
of , who recently triumphed in
Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ...
, participated in the race, aiming to excel once again on the flat terrain suitable for sprinters like him.
From the start, a breakaway formed without much opposition from the peloton, consisting of
Luca De Meester (),
Victor Vercouille (), and
Thomas Gachignard ().
Their advantage grew to over four minutes before the chase from the main bunch intensified, with teams like , , , and working together to reel them in.
As the kilometers passed, the gap gradually shrank, falling below a minute with 31km remaining. Gachignard made a solo break at 24km to go but was eventually caught with 21km left, as the peloton absorbed De Meester and Vercouille.
Despite being visible to the peloton, Gachignard was allowed some leeway, extending his lead to over 30 seconds. However, his advantage dwindled with 10km to go.
In the final phase of the race,
Danny van Poppel had to navigate back to the front after briefly veering off-course. controlled the pace into the last 500 meters before initiated the sprint.
While
Sam Welsford surged ahead,
Philipsen demonstrated his skill by timing his sprint perfectly, securing the victory.
Result
References
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