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Gent-Wevelgem 2015 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights

Last weekend's Milan-San Remo winner, John Degenkolb, was also last year's Gent-Wevelgem winner. He's back to defend his title and we know he's on fine form. This is the Gent-Wevelgem Live Dashboard with the latest race updates.

2015 Gent-Wevelgem Teams
Team Rosters and Withdrawals
Group riders by: or

GIANT - ALPECIN (TGA)
GER
  1DEGENKOLB  JohnGER
  2ARNDT  NikiasGER
  3DE BACKER  BertBEL
  4DE KORT  KoenNED
  5CURVERS  RoyNED
  6SINKELDAM  RamonNED
  7TIMMER  AlbertNED
  8WAEYTENS  ZicoBEL

ETIXX - QUICK STEP (EQS)
BEL
  11CAVENDISH  MarkGBR
  12MAES  NikolasBEL
  13TERPSTRA  NikiNED
  14STYBAR  ZdenekCZE
  15TRENTIN  MatteoITA
  16VANDENBERGH  StijnBEL
  17VELITS  MartinSVK
  18WISNIOWSKI  LukaszPOL

LOTTO SOUDAL (LTS)
BEL
  21GREIPEL  AndréGER
  22ROELANDTS  JurgenBEL
  23BAK  Lars YttingDEN
  24BROECKX  StigBEL
  25DEBUSSCHERE  JensBEL
  26LIGTHART  PimNED
  27SIEBERG  MarcelGER
  28VANENDERT  DennisBEL

AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM)
FRA
  31BAGDONAS  GediminasLTU
  32DANIEL  MaximeFRA
  33GAUDIN  DamienFRA
  34GOUGEARD  AlexisFRA
  35HOULE  HugoCAN
  36JAUREGUI  QuentinFRA
  37TURGOT  SébastienFRA
  38VAN SUMMEREN  JohanBEL

ASTANA (AST)
KAZ
  41KAMYSHEV  ArmanKAZ
  42BOZIC  BorutSLO
  43DE VREESE  LaurensBEL
  44GRIVKO  AndriyUKR
  45GRUZDEV  DmitriyKAZ
  46GUARDINI  AndreaITA
  47LUTSENKO  AlexeyKAZ
  48TLEUBAYEV  RuslanKAZ

BMC RACING (BMC)
USA
  51VAN AVERMAET  GregBEL
  52BURGHARDT  MarcusGER
  53DILLIER  SilvanSUI
  54DRUCKER  Jean-PierreLUX
  55LODEWYCK  KlaasBEL
  56OSS  DanielITA
  57QUINZIATO  ManuelITA
  58SCHÄR  MichaelSUI

FDJ (FDJ)
FRA
  61DEMARE  ArnaudFRA
  62BONNET  WilliamFRA
  63BOUCHER  DavidFRA
  64CHAVANEL  SébastienFRA
  65DELAGE  MickaelFRA
  66LADAGNOUS  MatthieuFRA
  67LE BON  JohanFRA
  68OFFREDO  YoannFRA

IAM CYCLING (IAM)
SUI
  71CHAVANEL  SylvainFRA
  72HAUSSLER  HeinrichAUS
  73DEVENYNS  DriesBEL
  74BRANDLE  MatthiasAUT
  75HOLLENSTEIN  RetoSUI
  76KLUGE  RogerGER
  77REYNES MIMO  VicenteESP
  78VANGENECHTEN  JonasBEL

LAMPRE - MERIDA (LAM)
ITA
  81POZZATO  FilippoITA
  82BONIFAZIO  NiccoloITA
  83CIMOLAI  DavideITA
  84MODOLO  SachaITA
  85PIBERNIK  LukaSLO
  86RICHEZE  Maximiliano ArielARG
  87SANTOS SIMOES OLIVEIRA  Nelson FilipePOR
  88MORI  ManueleITA

MOVISTAR (MOV)
ESP
  91QUINTANA ROJAS  Dayer UberneyCOL
  92DOWSETT  AlexGBR
  93IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI  GorkaESP
  94GADRET  JohnFRA
  95LOBATO DEL VALLE  Juan JoseESP
  96SANZ  EnriqueESP
  97VENTOSO ALBERDI  Francisco JoséESP
  98SÜTTERLIN  JashaGER

ORICA GreenEDGE (OGE)
AUS
  101BLYTHE  AdamGBR
  102DOCKER  MitchellAUS
  103HAYMAN  MathewAUS
  104DURBRIDGE  LukeAUS
  105HOWARD  LeighAUS
  106KEUKELEIRE  JensBEL
  107MOURIS  JensNED
  108NIELSEN  Magnus CortDEN

CANNONDALE - GARMIN (TCG)
USA
  111MARANGONI  AlanITA
  112BAUER  JackNZL
  113HANSEN  Lasse NormanDEN
  114KING  EdwardUSA
  115KOREN  KristijanSLO
  116SKJERPING  KristofferNOR
  117VAN BAARLE  DylanNED
  118ZEPUNTKE  RubenGER

KATUSHA (KAT)
RUS
  121KRISTOFF  AlexanderNOR
  122GUARNIERI  JacopoITA
  123SMUKULIS  GatisLAT
  124ISAYCHEV  VladimirRUS
  125PAOLINI  LucaITA
  126PORSEV  AlexanderRUS
  127SELIG  RudigerGER
  128TCATEVICH  AlekseiRUS

LOTTO NL - JUMBO (TLJ)
NED
  131VANMARCKE  SepBEL
  132FLENS  RickNED
  133LEEZER  ThomasNED
  134TANKINK  BramNED
  135VAN ASBROECK  TomBEL
  136TJALLINGII  MaartenNED
  137MARKUS  BarryNED
  138WYNANTS  MaartenBEL

SKY (SKY)
GBR
  141STANNARD  IanGBR
  142EISEL  BernhardAUT
  143FENN  AndrewGBR
  144KNEES  ChristianGER
  145ROWE  LukeGBR
  146WIGGINS  BradleyGBR
  147THOMAS  GeraintGBR
  148VIVIANI  EliaITA

TINKOFF - SAXO (TCS)
RUS
  151SAGAN  PeterSVK
  152BODNAR  MaciejPOL
  153BRESCHEL  MattiDEN
  154KOLÁR  MichalSVK
  155MORKOV  MichaelDEN
  156TOSATTO  MatteoITA
  157TRUSOV  NikolayRUS
  158BRUTT  PavelRUS

TREK FACTORY RACING (TFR)
USA
  161SERGENT  JesseNZL
  162RAST  GrégorySUI
  163NIZZOLO  GiacomoITA
  164POPOVYCH  YaroslavUKR
  165STEEGMANS  GertBEL
  166ROULSTON  HaydenNZL
  167VAN POPPEL  BoyNED
  168VAN POPPEL  DannyNED

TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE (TSV)
BEL
  171WALLAYS  JelleBEL
  172JACOBS  PieterBEL
  173HELVEN  SanderBEL
  174NAESEN  OliverBEL
  175SALOMEIN  JarlBEL
  176THEUNS  EdwardBEL
  177VAN HOECKE  GijsBEL
  178STEELS  StijnBEL

BORA-ARGON 18 (BOA)
GER
  171BENNETT  SamIRL
  172THURAU  BjornGER
  173MATZKA  RalfGER
  174SCHILLINGER  AndreasGER
  175PFINGSTEN  ChristophGER
  176SCHWARZMANN  MichaelGER
  177THWAITES  ScottGBR
  178VOSS  PaulGER

COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS (COF)
FRA
  181BOUHANNI  NacerFRA
  182AHLSTRAND  JonasSWE
  183LAPORTE  ChristopheFRA
  184LEMOINE  CyrilFRA
  185PETIT  AdrienFRA
  186ROLLIN  DominiqueCAN
  187SENECHAL  FlorianFRA
  188VERHELST  LouisBEL

MTN - QHUBEKA (MTN)
RSA
  191BOASSON HAGEN  EdvaldNOR
  192BOS  TheoNED
  193BRAMMEIER  MattIRL
  194CIOLEK  GeraldGER
  195FARRAR  TylerUSA
  196SBARAGLI  KristianITA
  197THOMSON  Jay RobertRSA
  198JANSE VAN RENSBURG  ReinardtRSA

TEAM ROOMPOT (ROO)
NED
  201DE VRIES  BerdenNED
  202GROENEWEGEN  DylanNED
  203HOOGERLAND  JohnnyNED
  204KREDER  RaymondNED
  205KREDER  WesleyNED
  206SLIK  IvarNED
  207VAN GINNEKEN  SjoerdNED
  208KERKHOF  TimNED

SOUTHEAST (STH)
ITA
  211PETACCHI  AlessandroITA
  212ANDRIATO  RafaelBRA
  213DAL COL  AndreaITA
  214FINETTO  MauroITA
  215FONZI  GiuseppeITA
  216TEDESCHI  MirkoITA
  217ZHUPA  EugertALB
  218MARECZKO  JakubITA

EUROPCAR (EUC)
FRA
  221BERNAUDEAU  GiovanniFRA
  222ENGOULVENT  JimmyFRA
  223GENE  YohannFRA
  224HUREL  TonyFRA
  225LAMOISSON  MorganFRA
  226MARTINEZ  YannickFRA
  227PICHOT  AlexandreFRA
  228TULIK  AngeloFRA

WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT (WGG)
BEL
  241LEUKEMANS  BjörnBEL
  242ANTONINI  SimoneITA
  243JANS  RoyBEL
  244MARCATO  MarcoITA
  245SELVAGGI  MirkoITA
  246DRON  BorisBEL
  247DEVRIENDT  TomBEL
  248VEUCHELEN  FrederikBEL

  Printable Startlist



News and Updates for Gent-Wevelgem 2015

Sat & Sun,
2015 Criterium International Live (2.HC): race info, official startlist, live video (Sunday only)

Gent-Wevelgem Post-Race Coverage


9 Big Photos from Gent-Wevelgem 2015reuters/sirotti
Gent-Wevelgem 2015 Results
1  PAOLINI, Luca (KAT)                 6:20:55
2  TERPSTRA, Niki (EQS)                 +   11
3  THOMAS, Geraint (SKY)               
4  VANDENBERGH, Stijn (EQS)             +   18
5  DEBUSSCHERE, Jens (LTS)              +   26
6  VANMARCKE, Sep (TLJ)                 +   40
7  ROELANDTS, Jurgen (LTS)              + 1:51
8  OSS, Daniel (BMC)                    + 4:15
9  KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT)            + 6:54
10 SAGAN, Peter (TCS)                  
11 SCHWARZMANN, Michael (BOA)          
12 TCATEVICH, Aleksei (KAT)            
13 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose (MOV)   
14 WAEYTENS, Zico (TGA)                
15 DEMARE, Arnaud (FDJ)                
16 DRUCKER, Jean-Pierre (BMC)          
17 THWAITES, Scott (BOA)               
18 HAYMAN, Mathew (OGE)                
19 SENECHAL, Florian (COF)             
20 CHAVANEL, Sylvain (IAM)             
21 LEUKEMANS, Björn (WGG)              
22 DE VREESE, Laurens (AST)            
23 ZHUPA, Eugert (STH)                 
24 RAST, Grégory (TFR)                 
25 CIOLEK, Gerald (MTN)                
26 VAN ASBROECK, Tom (TLJ)             
27 MARCATO, Marco (WGG)                
28 TRENTIN, Matteo (EQS)               
29 KNEES, Christian (SKY)              
30 GRIVKO, Andriy (AST)                
31 QUINZIATO, Manuel (BMC)             
32 SCHILLINGER, Andreas (BOA)          
33 MAES, Nikolas (EQS)                 
34 KEUKELEIRE, Jens (OGE)               + 7:00
35 TANKINK, Bram (TLJ)                  + 7:03
36 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC)            
37 BENNETT, Sam (BOA)                   + 7:06
38 STYBAR, Zdenek (EQS)                
39 TJALLINGII, Maarten (TLJ)           
Full Results? That's all the finishers listed above!
Paolini wins Gent-Wevelgemcyclingnews
Luca Paolini overpowers his rivals and the weather to win Gent-Wevelgemvelonews
Thomas third at Gent-Wevelgemteamsky
Wevelgem'15: Paolini's Perfect Performance!pezcyclingnews
Puncture takes Degenkolb out of contentioncyclingquotes
Paolini takes canny victory after gruelling Gent-Wevelgemcyclingnews
Terpstra makes the best of a challenging Gent-Wevelgemcyclingnews
No luck for Lotto-Soudal in Gent-Wevelgem breakawaycyclingnews
Terpstra: We needed to do 65kph to catch Paolinicyclingquotes
Wind like never before in Belgium's Gent-Wevelgem classicvelonews
Last 2 Km (03:50 Dutch)sporza
Last 7 Km (08:28 English)eurosport
Last 40 Km (53:27 English)eurosport
Paolini attack with 6 km to go (02:50 Dutch)sporza
15 km to go: Terpstra and Paolini attack from the break (08:57 Dutch)sporza
Women's Gent-Wevelgem Highlights (03:48 Dutch)sporza
Winner's Interview (00:50 Italian)CyclingProNet
Winner's Interview (02:25 Italian)sporza
Local Gent-Wevelgem Report (06:57 Dutch)focus-wtv
Verslag/Highlights from Gent-Wevelgem (05:14 Dutch)sporza
Full On-Demand Broadcast (2:45:24 Spanish, restricted to Spain)rtve
9 Big Photos from Gent-Wevelgem 2015reuters/sirotti
Gallery: 2015 Gent-Wevelgemvelonews
Gent-Wevelgem - Recap (06:10 English)cycling.tv
One-Minute Highlights (01:08 English, restricted to Europe)eurosport
Extended Highlights (26:00 English, restricted to Australia)sbs
Jens Debusschere Post Race Interview (00:34 Dutch)CyclingProNet
Official Race Highlights (04:31 English)inCycle
How The Race Was Won - Gent-Wevelgem 2015 (05:16 English)CosmoCatalano
10 conclusions from E3 Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgemcyclingnews
One-Minute Highlight: GANTE-WEVELGEM | Una edición épica (01:14 Music/Spanish)eitb

Mark Cavendish Pre-Race Interview: [Bad] weather will be a major factor (01:31 English)sporza
Vanmarcke: 'Ben heel gemotiveerd voor vandaag' (01:34 Dutch)sporza
John Degenkolb Pre-Race: 'Ik voel me echt niet super' (1:06 German)sporza
Strong winds early on (00:27 Ambient Noise)sporza
127 km to go: Strong wind splitting the peloton in Gent - Wevelgem (06:08 English)eurosport
123 km to go: Cavendish wheel change (00:53 Dutch)sporza
75 km to go: Roelandts attacks on the Montelberg (03:35 Dutch)sporza
63 km to go: Jack Bauer throws his bicycle into the ditch (00:32 Dutch)sporza
58 km to go; Geraint Thomas gets blown off the road (00:32 Dutch)sporza
58 km to go; Geraint Thomas gets blown off the road (00:37 English)eurosport
39 km to go: Second pass of the Kemmelberg (10:16 Dutch)sporza


2015 Gent-Wevelgem Preview


March 28 update:
Gent-Wevelgem Previewinrng
Preview: Degenkolb, Kristoff and Cavendish face off in Belgiumcyclingnews
Official Startlist w/ bib numberssteephill.tv
Sagan aiming for victory in Gent-Wevelgemcyclingquotes
Preview With Jesper, David and Edward Theuns (21:38 English)cyclinghub

March 26 update:
Last year's G-W winner, John Degenkolb, analyzes his win (04:48 English)inCycle
E3 Harelbeke & Gent-Wevelgem 2015: Top 10 riders to watch (05:22 English)cyclingnewstv

March 25 update:
PEZ Preview: Gent-Wevelgempezcyclingnews

Video highlights/archived coverage from previous years
Race History with Past Winnerswikipedia



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How is the 2015 race going to unfold. Check the highlights and photos from previous years...
2014 Highlights - John Degenkolb wins (13:59 Dutch)sporza
2013 Highlights - Peter Sagan wins (03:16 Dutch)sporza
2012 Highlights - Tom Boonen wins (03:09 Dutch)sporza
2011Highlights - Tom Boonen wins (05:08 Dutch)sporza
2010 Highlights - Bernhard Eisel wins (03:11 Dutch)sporza
2009 Highlights - Edvald Boasson Hagen wins (01:31 Dutch)sporza
2008 Highlights - Oscar Freire wins (1:59 Dutch)sporza
Big Photos from 2014sirotti
Big Photos from 2013sirotti
Big Photos from 2012sirotti
Big Photos from 2011sirotti
Big Photos from 2010sirotti
Big Photos from 2009sirotti
Big Photos from 2008 (Many photos, most complete coverage) — sirotti


Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage

March 24 update: A work in progress for 2015 Gent-Wevelgem live and delayed coverage. Most live feeds will be country restricted, but unrestricted links will appear in bold. Check back at race time for more links. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video, tv coverage or text updates/tickers as they become known. — Steve

Warning: Any unrestricted live video links (in bold) in the table below that we suspect or have been reported to contain MS Windows malicious/malware popups are now denoted with 'm' as in "live videom (english)". Ignore the requests to upgrade/install/download a media player. Please ensure your Windows computer is virus protected before using "live videom" links as they are beyond our control. Expand the video to full screen to avoid the popups or click the tiny '[x]' close boxes.

Start time: Sun Mar 29 11:20 CET (9:20:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Deinze, Belgium
Earliest live video: 13:30 CET (11:30:00 AM GMT+0000); Race Preview
Approximate finish: 17:55 CET (3:55:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Wevelgem, Belgium

media source tv or internet comments/restrictions
   live videom (english)
   live videom (english)
  tv schedule (british)
Europe; live tv coverage with english commentary on British Eurosport 2 at 13:15 BST/ 14:15 CET.
   live video (dutch)
   live videom (dutch)
  tv schedule
Dutch;Belgium. Ticker from the start, live video coverage starts at 13:30 CET with their pre-game show and live race action sometime before 14:30 CET
   live video (english)
   live video (french)
  tv schedule
French and English broadcasts from Bein Sports.
rtbf    live video (french)
French; Belgium Live at 14:25 CET
   live video (italian)
  tv schedule
Italian; Gand Wevelgam diretta
NOS    live video (dutch)
  tv schedule
NOS TV w/ Dutch ticker; video likely restricted to the Netherlands
 live text updates Cyclingnews English text updates
 live text updates Belgium ticker with updates from the start
 steephill text updates
updates on results, photos and video
check back at race time for more and updated links; email send a comment or a new live link


2015 Gent-Wevelgem Route Map


Course Map (Large Version) — flandersclassics.be
Profile - Overall and Finishflandersclassics.be
Timetableflandersclassics.be

Key Climbs for Gent-Wevelgem:

Km / To Go Climb Length Grade Max Cat Interactive Goodies
120 / 1191 Casselberg2.8 km3.7 %13.1 %
126 / 1132 Casselberg1.1 km7.8 %21.6 %
143 / 963 Catsberg1 km4.9 %15.4 %
152 / 874 Baneberg0.2 km9.7 %20 %
160 / 795 Kemmelberg0.5 km11 %17.8
164 / 756 Montelberg0.7 km6.1 %8 %
193 / 467 Banelberg0.2 km9.7 %20 %
201 / 388 Kemmelberg0.5 km11 %17.8
205 / 349 Montelberg0.7 km6.1 %8 %



2014 Gent-Wevelgem Archived Coverage

2013 Gent-Wevelgem Archived Coverage

2012 Gent-Wevelgem Archived Coverage

2011 Gent-Wevelgem Archived Coverage

2010 Gent-Wevelgem Archived Coverage

2009 Gent-Wevelgem Archived Coverage

2008 Gent-Wevelgem Archived Coverage