The 2022 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne was the 74th edition of the

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Be ...

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. It was held on 27 February 2022 as a category 1.Pro race on the

2022 UCI ProSeries The 2022 UCI ProSeries is the third season of the UCI ProSeries, the second tier road bicycle racing, road cycling tour, below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits. The original calendar consisted of 56 event ...

. The race was long, starting and finishing in Kuurne, and featured several cobbled sections and climbs. The race formed the latter half of the opening weekend of the Belgian road cycling season with

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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad , previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and holds significant pre ...

held the previous day.

Teams

Seventeen of the eighteen

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s along with eight UCI ProTeams formed the twenty-five teams that participated in the race. 136 riders finished the race. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * * *

Result

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