2021 Brussels Cycling Classic

2021 Brussels Cycling Classic
2021 UCI Europe Tour
2021 UCI ProSeries
Race details
Dates28 August 2021
Stages1
Distance205.3[1] km (127.6 mi)
Winning time4h 28' 30"
Results
  Winner  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) (Deceuninck–Quick-Step)
  Second  Aimé De Gendt (BEL) (Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux)
  Third  Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) (Lotto–Soudal)
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The 2021 Brussels Cycling Classic was the 101st edition of the Brussels Cycling Classic road cycling one day race, which was held on 28 August 2021 as part of the 2021 UCI Europe Tour and the 2021 UCI ProSeries calendars.[2]

The 2021 edition featured a more hilly and undulating course than those of the past few editions, with two ascents of the Muur van Geraardsbergen among the several cobbled climbs along the 205.3-kilometre (127.6 mi) route.[1] Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck–Quick-Step) took advantage of several breakaway companions going the wrong way with 18 kilometres (11 mi) to go before attacking and dropping Aimé De Gendt (Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux) about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) later. Evenepoel rode across the finish line solo to take his second one-day race victory in three days, having won Druivenkoers Overijse two days prior.[3] De Gendt held on for second while Tosh Van der Sande (Lotto–Soudal) won the bunch sprint to compete the podium.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Volg hier de Brussels Cycling Classic 2021" [Follow the Brussels Cycling Classic 2021 here] (in Dutch). Wielerflits. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Brussels Cycling Classic". UCI. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  3. ^ Farrand, Stephen (26 August 2021). "Evenepoel wins Druivenkoers - Overijse 2021". CyclingNews. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  4. ^ Farrand, Stephen (28 August 2021). "Remco Evenepoel wins Brussels Cycling Classic". CyclingNews. Retrieved 28 August 2021.