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2026-04-17T12:25:29.001Z
125km to go
2026-04-17T12:17:44.944Z
This is a shot of Jonah Killy in the break today.
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2026-04-17T12:15:58.425Z
It’s great to see American rider Jonah Killy in the attack. He has lived in Ghent for several years and is riding for the Tarteletto-Isorex team this season.
2026-04-17T12:13:43.945Z
The riders are on the early circuits south of Brussels and the peloton finally seems to have awoken and pegged the attackers lead to 3:30.
2026-04-17T12:03:08.191Z
The women’s Brabantse Pijl started before the men’s race and the attacks are coming.
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2026-04-17T11:58:59.134Z
145km to go
2026-04-17T11:57:51.788Z
This is one of the first shots from our photographers out on the roads of Belgium.
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2026-04-17T11:56:22.533Z
These are our six attackers: VojtÄ›ch KmÃnek (Burgos Burpellet BH), Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (Unibet Rose Rockets), Fabrice Lefevre (Tarteletto-Isorex), Jonah Killy (Tarteletto-Isorex), Michiel Coppens (BEAT CC p/b Saxo), Bram Dissel (BEAT CC p/b Saxo).
2026-04-17T11:52:46.978Z
We’re interested to see what talented young Italian cyclocross rider Mattia Agostinacchio will do today.
The men’s race is on as well! 🚀 #DBP26 #DBPmen pic.twitter.com/1jkxG2WfT0April 17, 2026
2026-04-17T11:47:42.831Z
This was the start of the men’s race with a Flemish countdown.
The men’s race is on as well! 🚀 #DBP26 #DBPmen pic.twitter.com/1jkxG2WfT0April 17, 2026
2026-04-17T11:45:54.207Z
There are six riders in the attack and they have 30 seconds.
2026-04-17T11:44:29.846Z
The riders start the Alsemberg climnb and we have the first attack of the day.
2026-04-17T11:38:08.140Z
Stefano Oldani of Caja Rural sparked a slight delay after he started without a race number.
2026-04-17T11:36:16.541Z
The riders are tuck up tight to the bumnper of the race director’s car. We’re expecting immediate attacks.
2026-04-17T11:31:04.083Z
There they go! The riders roll out of Beersel for a short neutralised sector.
2026-04-17T11:25:57.463Z
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2026-04-17T11:24:26.444Z
This was Benoît Cosnefroy on the podium in 2024.
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2026-04-17T11:22:27.179Z
There are been some debate about the quality of the filed today in the absence of Evenepoel, Van Aert and others.
However the 128-start list includes Tibor Del Grosso, Jenno Berckmoes, Vito Braet, Romain Grégoire, Brady Gilmore, Mauro Schmid, Tim Wellens, Benoît Cosnefroy, Florian Vermeersch, Andreas Leknessund, Bryan Coquard, Quinten Hermans, and Clément Venturini.
Tim Wellens and Benoît Cosnefroy are both former winners.
2026-04-17T11:15:42.465Z
Riders are signing on and signing autographs at the start. It’s a lovely day for a bike race.
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2026-04-17T11:10:17.193Z
Remco Evenepoel beat compatriot Wout van Aert) to win the 2025 De Brabantse Pijl in his first race after a winter spent recovering from injury. António Morgado led the peloton to the line for third place 27 seconds behind the duo, who stole the headlines with some great racing.
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2026-04-17T11:03:52.841Z
This is the official race map.
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2026-04-17T11:01:02.714Z
The riders climb up to Overijse for the first time with 60km to go and then the climbing and hard racing never stops.
There are a total of 21 climbs in 162km of racing.
2026-04-17T10:57:57.746Z
The finish remains in Overijse, with the S-bocht climb (1.3km at 3.7%) leading up the finish straight and often producing a thrilling finish.
The route then heads to Overijse via the Rue François Dubois and Holstheide climbs to start the finishing circuits.
2026-04-17T10:52:16.681Z
The 2026 Brabantse Pijl is 162.6km long but includes 1727m of altitude gain as it loops around the Belgian countryside to the south and east of Brussels.
2026-04-17T10:48:52.418Z
The sun is out on the Belgian Ardennes. The race will start in Beersel, near the border between Flanders and south of Brussels.
2026-04-17T10:46:19.360Z
The men’s race is due to start in 45 minutes and we will have full coverage of all the action, plus post race reaction and the best photographs.
2026-04-17T10:45:19.977Z
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