2014 Grand Prix de Wallonie (1.1), Belgium

55th edition: Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Grand Prix de Wallonie podium history | 2015 edition

Chaudfontaine - Namur, 198.2 km

The Race: With twenty kilometers to go, Frank Schleck initiated what turned out to be the winning move. His acceleration drew Jan Bakelants, Jelle Vanendert and Greg van Avermaet.

Bakelants hammered the others with repeated attacks, but to no avail, except perhaps to allow the peloton to get close to the escapees.

Close to the finish Tony Gallopin bridged. Up the hill to the Citadel of Namur, it was Van Avermaet who had the power, enabling him to slightly distance a very strong Gallopin, who probably waited to long to join the front group and didn't have the suds to stay with van Avermaet.

Certainly with their sparkling form, Van Avermaet and Gallopin will be threats at the World Championships

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 41.395 km/hr

1	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC	4hr 47min 17sec
2	Tony Gallopin	Lotto-Belisol	@ 2 seconds
3	Jan Bakelants	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	s.t.
4	Jelle Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol	0:04
5	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:06
6	Dylan Teuns	BMC	s.t.
7	Julien Simon	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	s.t.
8	Frank Schleck	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
9	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ	0:08
10	Gaetan Bille	Verandas Willems	0:09
11	Florian Vachon	Bretagne-Séché Environnement	s.t.
12	Yves Lampaert	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
13	Steve Morabito	BMC	s.t.
14	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:13
15	Björn Leukemans	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:21
16	Oliver Naesen	Lotto-Belisol	0:23
17	Tiesj Benoot	Lotto-Belisol	0:24
18	Franck Bonnamour	Bretagne-Séché Environnement	s.t.
19	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ	s.t.
20	Floris De Tier	Belkin	s.t.
21	Jimmy Turgis	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
22	Benjamin Declercq	Belkin	s.t.
23	Boris Dron	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
24	Loic Vliegen	BMC	s.t.
25	Laurent Didier	Trek Factory Racing	0:31
26	Victor Campenaerts	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:44
27	Romain Lemarchand	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:56
28	Gijs Van Hoecke	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:08
29	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:28
30	Olivier Pardini	Verandas Willems	1:51
31	Francis De Greef	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	3:22
32	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo	3:50
33	Sebastien Carabin	T Palm	4:09
34	Antoine Warnier	Color Code	4:11
35	Olivier Le Gac	FDJ	s.t.
36	Matti Breschel	Tinkoff-Saxo	4:15
37	Mikael Cherel	Ag2r	4:45
38	Jonathan Dufrasne	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
39	Thomas Wertz	Color Code	5:33
40	Tom Dernies	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
41	Jelle Wallays	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
42	Bob Schoonbroodt	Verandclassic-Doltcini	5:45
43	Edward Theuns	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:11
44	Florent Delfosse	Color Code	s.t.
45	Kenneth Van Rooy	Belkin	s.t.
46	Jasper De Buyst	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
47	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
48	Julien Stassen	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
49	Armindo Fonseca	Bretagne-Séché Environnement	s.t.
50	Kevin Van Melsen	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
51	Jean-Pierre Drucker	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
52	Sten Van Gucht	Verandas Willems	s.t.
53	Zdenek Stybar	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	s.t.
54	Laurent Evrard	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
55	Karsten Kroon	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
56	Gaëtan Pons	Color Code	s.t.
57	Willem Wauters	Verandas Willems	s.t.
58	Zico Waeytens	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
59	Stijn Devolder	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
60	Pieter Jacobs	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
61	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol	s.t.
62	Quentin Jauregui	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
63	Julien Berard	Ag2r	s.t.
64	Julian Kern	Ag2r	s.t.
65	François Bidard	Ag2r	s.t.
66	Clement Chevrier	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
67	Romain Bardet	Ag2r	s.t.
68	Jonas Rickaert	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
69	Kevin De Weert	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	s.t.
70	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol	s.t.
71	Laurens De Vreese	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
72	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	s.t.
73	Rein Taaramae	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	s.t.
74	Serge De Wortelaer	Verandclassic-Doltcini	s.t.
75	Tom Goovaerts	Verandclassic-Doltcini	s.t.
76	Rudy Molard	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	s.t.
77	Cyril Lemoine	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	s.t.
78	Pierre-Luc Perrichon	Bretagne-Séché Environnement	12:03
79	Xandro Meurisse	Lotto-Belisol	s.t.
80	Christophe Laborie	Bretagne-Séché Environnement	s.t.
81	Dieter Bouvry	Belkin	s.t.
82	Rick Zabel	BMC	s.t.
83	Alex Kirsch	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
84	Dries Van Gestel	Belkin	s.t.
85	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol	s.t.
86	Jean-Lou Paiani	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
87	Eduard Alexander Beltran	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
88	Antoine Demoitie	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
89	Sébastien Delfosse	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
90	Remy Mertz	Color Code	s.t.
91	Aimé Degendt	Belkin	s.t.
92	Joachim Vanreyten	Belkin	15:21
93	Andrew Ydens	T Palm	s.t.
94	Jean-Albert Carnevali	Verandas Willems	s.t.
95	Marc Sarreau	FDJ	s.t.
96	Rick Ottema	Verandclassic-Doltcini	18:20
97	Guillaume Martin	FDJ	18:49
98	Tom Vessey	T Palm	18:52
99	Louis Convens	Verandas Willems	19:10