2021 Brabantse Pijl

2021 Brabantse Pijl
2021 UCI Europe Tour
2021 UCI ProSeries
Event poster with previous winners Grace Brown and Julian Alaphilippe
Event poster with previous winners Grace Brown and Julian Alaphilippe
Race details
Dates14 April 2021
Stages1
Distance201.7 km (125.3 mi)
Winning time4h 36' 27"
Results
  Winner  Tom Pidcock (GBR) (Ineos Grenadiers)
  Second  Wout van Aert (BEL) (Team Jumbo–Visma)
  Third  Matteo Trentin (ITA) (UAE Team Emirates)
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The 2021 Brabantse Pijl was the 61st edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held on 14 April 2021. The race covered 201.7 km (125.3 mi), starting in Leuven and finishing in Overijse.[1]

The top two finishers of the two previous editions, last year's winner Julian Alaphilippe and 2019 winner Mathieu van der Poel were absent.

Teams

Seventeen of the nineteen UCI WorldTeams and six UCI ProTeams made up the twenty-three teams that participated in the race. B&B Hotels p/b KTM, Team Bahrain Victorious, and Trek–Segafredo were the only teams to not have the maximum of seven riders, as they fielded six riders each.[2] There were 112 finishers from the field of 158 riders.[3]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProTeams

Result

Result[3][4]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 4h 36' 27"
2  Wout van Aert (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0"
3  Matteo Trentin (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 2"
4  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 7"
5  Toms Skujiņš (LAT) Trek–Segafredo + 7"
6  Robert Stannard (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 7"
7  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Team Bahrain Victorious + 7"
8  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 7"
9  Oscar Riesebeek (NED) Alpecin–Fenix + 7"
10  Andreas Leknessund (NOR) Team DSM + 12"

References

  1. ^ "2021 Brabantse Pijl Overview". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ "List of Participants" (PDF). Brabantse Pijl. Flanders Classics. 13 April 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Result" (PDF). Brabantse Pijl. Flanders Classics. 14 April 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. ^ Weislo, Laura (14 April 2021). "Tom Pidcock sprints to win at De Brabantse Pijl". CyclingNews. Retrieved 14 April 2021.