The 48th edition culminated in a chaotic mass gallop.

Tim Merlier racked up his third podium at the Classic Brugge-De Panne, the season’s tenth World Tour race, after a hectic finale Wednesday afternoon. Soudal Quick-Step’s rider, the most successful sprinter of the year, got his tenth top ten finish of 2024, helping our squad move onto the podium of the UCI team classification.

The day was a pretty uneventful one, the absence of the wind in De Moeren making it a pretty straightforward race and helping the sprinters’ teams control the breakaway with ease, before preparing for the bunch sprint. There, despite having the speed and the legs to get the win, Tim Merlier had to settle with a frustrating second place, behind Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck).

“I am disappointed with this result, because I feel that I could have won, but due to the circumstances we had in the sprint it didn’t happen. The guys did a very good race and I was confident in my chances, but it is as it is. I will focus now on my next goals with the team, because the hunger for victories remains big”, said Tim after the finish.

 

Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images

Race details

1 Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin - Deceuninck
4:22:22
2 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
3 Danny van Poppel
BORA - hansgrohe
0:00
4 Jason Tesson
TotalEnergies
0:00
5 Simone Consonni
Lidl - Trek
0:00
6 Stian Fredheim
Uno-X Mobility
0:00
7 Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
8 Phil Bauhaus
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
9 Emilien Jeannière
TotalEnergies
0:00
10 Luca Mozzato
-
0:00
17 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
46 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
118 Jordi Warlop
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
119 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
138 Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step
1:37
140 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
1:37

Our road wolves

Related items

Soudal Quick-Step to Classic Brugge-De Panne

Soudal Quick-Step to Classic Brugge-De Panne

18/03/2024
Link
Classic Brugge-De Panne

Classic Brugge-De Panne

20/03/2024 - Road
Link