{"id":535949,"date":"2026-04-17T12:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/535949\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:33:13","slug":"brabantse-pijl-men-live-who-will-take-remco-evenepoels-crown-in-the-friday-ardennes-classic-warm-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/535949\/","title":{"rendered":"Brabantse Pijl Men LIVE: Who will take Remco Evenepoel’s crown in the Friday Ardennes Classic warm-up?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2026-04-17T12:25:29.001Z
\n125km to go<\/p>\n

The riders are returning to Beersel and then will head towards Overijse for the finishing circuits.<\/p>\n

2026-04-17T12:17:44.944Z<\/p>\n

This is a shot of Jonah Killy in the break today.<\/p>\n

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2026-04-17T12:15:58.425Z<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

As Sporza pointed out, Killy was also in the early break at Nokere Koerse and the Scheldeprijs.<\/p>\n

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2026-04-17T12:13:43.945Z<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

2026-04-17T12:03:08.191Z<\/p>\n

The women’s Brabantse Pijl started before the men’s race and the attacks are coming. <\/p>\n

Join Dan Challis for our full live coverage.<\/p>\n

Brabantse Pijl Women LIVE: The climbs are relentless as the peloton is takes on one-day race in Flanders and Wallonia <\/a><\/p>\n

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2026-04-17T11:58:59.134Z
\n145km to go<\/p>\n

The six attackers have extended their gap to 2:45. For now, the peloton is not chasing at speed.<\/p>\n

2026-04-17T11:57:51.788Z<\/p>\n

This is one of the first shots from our photographers out on the roads of Belgium.<\/p>\n

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2026-04-17T11:56:22.533Z<\/p>\n

These are our six attackers: Vojt\u011bch Km\u00ednek (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).<\/p>\n

Their lead is up to 1:25.<\/p>\n

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2026-04-17T11:52:46.978Z<\/p>\n

We’re interested to see what talented young Italian cyclocross rider Mattia Agostinacchio will do today.<\/p>\n

The men’s race is on as well! \ud83d\ude80 #DBP26 #DBPmen pic.twitter.com\/1jkxG2WfT0April 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

2026-04-17T11:47:42.831Z<\/p>\n

This was the start of the men’s race with a Flemish countdown.<\/p>\n

The men’s race is on as well! \ud83d\ude80 #DBP26 #DBPmen pic.twitter.com\/1jkxG2WfT0April 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

2026-04-17T11:45:54.207Z<\/p>\n

There are six riders in the attack and they have 30 seconds.<\/p>\n

2026-04-17T11:44:29.846Z<\/p>\n

The riders start the Alsemberg climnb and we have the first attack of the day.<\/p>\n

2026-04-17T11:38:08.140Z<\/p>\n

Stefano Oldani of Caja Rural sparked a slight delay after he started without a race number.<\/p>\n

2026-04-17T11:36:16.541Z<\/p>\n

The riders are tuck up tight to the bumnper of the race director’s car. We’re expecting immediate attacks.<\/p>\n

2026-04-17T11:31:04.083Z<\/p>\n

There they go! The riders roll out of Beersel for a short neutralised sector.<\/p>\n

2026-04-17T11:25:57.463Z<\/p>\n

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2026-04-17T11:24:26.444Z<\/p>\n

This was Beno\u00eet Cosnefroy on the podium in 2024.<\/p>\n

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2026-04-17T11:22:27.179Z<\/p>\n

There are been some debate about the quality of the filed today in the absence of Evenepoel, Van Aert and others.<\/p>\n

However the 128-start list includes Tibor Del Grosso, Jenno Berckmoes, Vito Braet, Romain Gr\u00e9goire, Brady Gilmore, Mauro Schmid, Tim Wellens, Beno\u00eet Cosnefroy, Florian Vermeersch, Andreas Leknessund, Bryan Coquard, Quinten Hermans, and Cl\u00e9ment Venturini.<\/p>\n

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Tim Wellens and Beno\u00eet Cosnefroy are both former winners.<\/p>\n

2026-04-17T11:15:42.465Z<\/p>\n

Riders are signing on and signing autographs at the start. It’s a lovely day for a bike race.<\/p>\n

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2026-04-17T11:10:17.193Z<\/p>\n

Remco Evenepoel beat compatriot Wout van Aert) to win the 2025 De Brabantse Pijl<\/a> in his first race after a winter spent recovering from injury. Ant\u00f3nio Morgado led the peloton to the line for third place 27 seconds behind the duo, who stole the headlines with some great racing.<\/p>\n

Check out our full report from the 2025 race.<\/p>\n

De Brabantse Pijl: Remco Evenepoel pulls knock-out punch in sprint win over Wout van Aert<\/a><\/p>\n

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2026-04-17T11:03:52.841Z<\/p>\n

This is the official race map.<\/p>\n

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2026-04-17T11:01:02.714Z<\/p>\n

The riders climb up to Overijse for the first time with 60km to go and then the climbing and hard racing never stops.<\/p>\n

The circuit includes the cobblestones of the Hertstraat climb (0.7km at 3.7%), the Holstheide climb (1km at 5%), the rough cobbles of the Moskesstraat (0.5 km at 7%), and the Overijse or S-bend climb up to the finish.<\/p>\n

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There are a total of 21 climbs in 162km of racing.<\/p>\n

2026-04-17T10:57:57.746Z<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The early part of the race route includes the short Alsemberg, Bruine Put and Sint-Pieters Leeuw climbs on a loop around Beersel<\/p>\n

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The route then heads to Overijse via the Rue Fran\u00e7ois Dubois and Holstheide climbs to start the finishing circuits.<\/p>\n

2026-04-17T10:52:16.681Z<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The race includes section of cobbles as well as climbs, making for a hard and usually spectacular race.<\/p>\n

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2026-04-17T10:48:52.418Z<\/p>\n

The sun is out on the Belgian Ardennes. The race will start in Beersel, near the border between Flanders and south of Brussels.<\/p>\n

2026-04-17T10:46:19.360Z<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

2026-04-17T10:45:19.977Z<\/p>\n

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