2019 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
(1.1), Belgium

104th edition: Friday, September 20, 2019

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Koolskamp - Koolskamp, 17 laps of 11.1 km, 186 kilometers total distance

Jannik Steimle wins in Koolskamp.

The race: Here's the report from winner Jannik Steimle's Team Deceuninck-Quick step.

What a way to kick off your pro career! Jannik Steimle, who is spending the last weeks of the season as a stagiaire before joining the team on a two-year contract that he inked earlier this week, doesn’t miss any opportunity to showcase his talent, and as such, he is off to an amazing start as part of the most successful squad of the past decade.

His most recent feat came Friday afternoon, when Jannik darted clear in the closing kilometers of an attritional Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (186km), carved out a small advantage over a fragmented bunch and carried it all the way to the line, battling the strong winds as the chasers were launching one desperate attack after another in order to bring him back.

Up until that point, the race was controlled by Deceuninck – Quick-Step, who kept the three-man breakaway on a tight leash before ruthlessly destroying the peloton in savage crosswinds which reduced the pack down to 40 riders. Our team’s strong grip discouraged attacks until inside 15 kilometers to go, when gusting winds split again the main group, leaving some 25 riders at the front. Pieter Serry was on duty for the Wolfpack, expertly shutting down attacks and keeping things together for Dutch Champion Fabio Jakobsen, one of the squad’s riders to have made the cut.

But it was another Deceuninck – Quick-Step member, Jannik Steimle, who ignited a move which turned out to be decisive on the long and exposed roads of Koolskamp, where the race traditionally starts and finishes. Even though his advantage was minimal, the 23-year-old managed to remain at the front, displaying remarkable physical and mental strength as he charged to his first UCI victory in the Deceuninck – Quick-Step jersey, which on the podium he exchanged for the famous Lion of Flanders yellow jersey that rewards the Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen winner.

“I can tell you it has been an incredible week for me, and it’s quite difficult to understand what’s been happening over the past few days. But what I can tell you is that winning for this amazing team, while my family and friends followed me on the TV today, gives me an incredible feeling”, an overjoyed Jannik said after seizing again the moment, just as he did at Textielprijs Vichte, on Tuesday.

“Maybe on paper we didn’t have the strongest team today, but mentally we are the strongest. The plan was to save energy, so we could go full gas in the final laps, so I worked together with the guys to protect Fabio and keep him out of the wind. Then we split the bunch in the crosswinds, and with seven kilometers to go I attacked and put some 20-30 meters between me and the group. Once I entered the final kilometer, I did a long sprint to the finish and it was really crazy to think what I would achieve. A big thanks to the team for this opportunity and for believing in me”, explained the third German rider in history to win the Belgian race.

Complete Results:

186 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.753 km/hr

1	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4hr 3min 55sec
2	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	@ 1sec
3	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	0:04
4	Adrien Petit	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
5	Cees Bol	Team Sunweb	s.t.
6	Lawrence Naesen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
7	Emiel Vermeulen	Natura4Ever-Roubaix	s.t.
8	Giacomo Nizzolo	Dimension Data	s.t.
9	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
10	Baptiste Planckaert	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
11	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
12	Piotr Havik	Beat Cycling Club	s.t.
13	Hugo Hofstetter	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	s.t.
14	Marco Haller	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
15	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
16	Ylber Sefa	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
17	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
18	Jonas Koch	CCC Team	s.t.
19	Tim Merlier	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
20	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
21	Jan-Willem Van Schip	Roompot-Charles	0:12
22	Thomas Boudat	Total Direct Energie	0:14
23	Brent Cle	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
24	Fabio Jakobsen	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
25	Mark Cavendish	Dimension Data	0:20
26	Brian Van Goethem	Lotto-Soudal	0:22
27	Jonas Rickaert	Corendon-Circus	0:23
28	Guillaume Seye	Beat Cycling Club	0:35
29	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	1:33
30	Max Walscheid	Team Sunweb	2:24
31	Joeri Stallaert	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
32	Romain Cardis	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
33	Jordi Meeus	SEG Racing Academy	s.t.
34	Enzo Wouters	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
35	Reto Müller	Swiss Racing Academy	s.t.
36	Jakub Mareczko	CCC Team	s.t.
37	Alexander Konychev	Dimension Data	s.t.
38	Wim Reynaerts	Cibel	s.t.
39	Timothy Dupont	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
40	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
41	Thomas Joseph	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
42	Pierre Gouault	Natura4Ever-Roubaix	s.t.
43	Yves Coolen	Beat Cycling Club	s.t.
44	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	CCC Team	s.t.
45	Tom Paquot	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
46	Filippo Fortin	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	s.t.
47	Dmitriy Strakhov	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
48	Tom Wirtgen	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
49	Fred Wright	CCC Team	s.t.
50	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Racing Academy	s.t.
51	Yves Lütolf	Swiss Racing Academy	s.t.
52	Johannes Fröhlinger	Team Sunweb	s.t.
53	Pierre Barbier	Natura4Ever-Roubaix	s.t.
54	Adam Yates	Great Britain	s.t.
55	Julien Vermote	Dimension Data	s.t.
56	Lars Ytting Bak	Dimension Data	s.t.
57	Aksel Nõmmela	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
58	Sven Burger	SEG Racing Academy	s.t.
59	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
60	Alan Riou	Team Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
61	Ben Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
62	Kaden Groves	SEG Racing Academy	s.t.
63	Yoeri Havik	Vlasman CT	s.t.
64	Roy Jans	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
65	Bernhard Eisel	Dimension Data	s.t.
66	Lasse Norman Hansen	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
67	Taco van der Hoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
68	André Greipel	Team Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
69	Asbjørn Kragh Andersen	Team Sunweb	s.t.
70	Jens Debusschere	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
71	Zico Waeytens	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	s.t.
72	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
73	Arjen Livyns	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
74	Elmar Reinders	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
75	Stijn Steels	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
76	Tom Leezer	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	Jens Keukeleire	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
78	Wesley Kreder	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
79	Jose Goncalves	Katusha-Alpecin	2:34
80	Max Kanter	Team Sunweb	2:57
81	Sjoerd Van Ginneken	Roompot-Charles	3:18
82	Marten Kooistra	Team Sunweb	s.t.
83	Jasper Rasch	SEG Racing Academy	6:40
84	Jonas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
85	David Boucher	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
86	Jacob Relaes	Cibel	s.t.
87	Connor Swift	Team Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
88	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
89	Reto Hollenstein	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
90	Alex Mengoulas	Beat Cycling Club	s.t.
91	Adam Lewis	Beat Cycling Club	s.t.
92	Boris Vallée	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
93	Lukas Rüegg	Swiss Racing Academy	s.t.
94	Alexandre Pichot	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
95	Dylan Bouwmans	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
96	Jay Robert Thomson	Dimension Data	s.t.
97	Alfdan De Decker	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
98	Tom Devriendt	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
99	Jelle Wolsink	Vlasman CT	s.t.
100	Stef Krul	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
101	Glenn Debruyne	Cibel	s.t.
102	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:51
103	Edward Planckaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
104	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
105	Serge Pauwels	CCC Team	s.t.
106	Francisco Ventoso	CCC Team	s.t.