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.
The Nokere Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the ''Grand Prix Jules Lowie'' in honour of 1938 Paris–Nice winner Jules Lowie who ...
road cycling one day race, which was held on 16 March 2021, starting in
Deinze
Deinze () is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Lei ...
and finishing in the titular town of
Nokere
Kruishoutem (; , also used in English) is a village and was a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprised the towns of Kruishoutem proper, Nokere and Wannegem-Lede. ...
. The 1.Pro-category race was initially scheduled to be a part of the
inaugural edition of the
UCI ProSeries
The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road bicycle racer, road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020 UCI ProSeries, 2020. The series is placed below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits.
Devel ...
, but after the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, it made its UCI ProSeries debut in
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
, while also still being a part of the
2021 UCI Europe Tour
The 2021 UCI Europe Tour was the 17th season of the UCI Europe Tour. The season began on 24 January 2021 with the Clà ssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 – Gran Premio Valencia and ended on 24 October 2021 with the Ronde van Drenthe.
Throughout t ...
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Ludovic Robeet
Ludovic Robeet (born 22 May 1994) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career
Robeet won the combativity award at stage 2 of the 2016 Tour de Wallonie. He competed in the 2017 Liège–Bastogneâ ...
and
Damien Gaudin
Damien Gaudin (born 20 August 1986) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2021 for the , and / squads.
During his professional career, Gaudin took six victories – the 2013 Cholet-Pays de Loire an ...
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,
Luca Mozzato, 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
Jordi Meeus (born 1 July 1998 in Lommel) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
A sprinter, his most noteworthy victory was the last stage of the 2023 Tour de France on the Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France, Cham ...
, who was the fastest of the bunch behind.
Teams
Thirteen of the nineteen
UCI WorldTeam
A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road bicycle racing, road cycling, the UCI World Tou ...
s, eleven
UCI ProTeams, and one
UCI Continental
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...
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.
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Result
References
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2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
Nokere Koerse
Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders.
The Nokere Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the ''Grand Prix Jules Lowie'' in honour of 1938 Paris–Nice winner Jules Lowie who ...
Nokere Koerse
Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders.
The Nokere Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the ''Grand Prix Jules Lowie'' in honour of 1938 Paris–Nice winner Jules Lowie who ...
Nokere Koerse
Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders.
The Nokere Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the ''Grand Prix Jules Lowie'' in honour of 1938 Paris–Nice winner Jules Lowie who ...
Nokere Koerse
Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders.
The Nokere Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the ''Grand Prix Jules Lowie'' in honour of 1938 Paris–Nice winner Jules Lowie who ...