Participants Gent-Wevelgem 2025 | For now, mostly sprinters on start list
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Those Flemish classics follow each other in rapid succession. After Classic Brugge-De Panne (Wednesday) and E3 Saxo Classic (Friday), it is time for Gent-Wevelgem 2025 on Sunday, March 30. It's a race where sprinters will be especially tempted this year but not a member of the so-called Big Three. IDLProCycling.com shows you who will compete.
Last year in Wevelgem, Lidl-Trek-pion Mads Pedersen and world champion Mathieu van der Poel of Alpecin-Deceuninck battled it out. Pedersen will be there again, while Van der Poel has provisionally withdrawn. Jasper Philipsen is the leader of the Belgian team, although Van der Poel can, of course, still add the race to his program.
Wout van Aert will not be participating either. The Belgian from Visma | Lease a Bike has opted for some extra rest days after his three-week altitude training and has given the leadership to Olav Kooij. The Dutch rider will once again encounter many of the sprinters he sees throughout the year, such as Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) and Tim Merlier of Soudal Quick-Step.
Confirmed selections (and ambitions) Gent-Wevelgem 2025
- UAE Emirates-XRG (Tim Wellens and Florian Vermeersch)
- Decathlon AG2R (Sam Bennett and Oliver Naesen)
- Picnic PostNL (Tobias Lund Andresen and Casper van Uden)
Participants Gent-Wevelgem 2025
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The women's field is also strong. Lotte Kopecky and Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) are participating, although Marianne Vos, Puck Pieterse, and Demi Vollering are not on the provisional list.
Participants Gent-Wevelgem 2025
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Latest Comments
- Shoot, I'll ride it for 1/10 of what his pay for that day is😅Veganpotter30-03-2025
- Are we all doomed to hear from Lance Armstrong and Johan bruneel until the end of time? It's not enough the stain they left on cycling? Do we have to see that shadow forever?bigyakman26-03-2025
- I am not sure if it is the hardest to win. In Flanders and Roubaix well before the finish the Peleton will be decimated and the race will normally be won by the best rider of the day or maybe 2nd or 3rd in case of a mechanical or unlucky break especially in case of Roubaix. In San Remo just before the finish there will still be several riders in contention and they are hard to ditch. For the best riders it is a race hard to win since it is not so selective. But if you are not a top 5 rider but still a top 10 rider this race is your best change to win. You will see more Milan San remo Winners with only 1 monument win than any other monumentsJoostmehrtens19-03-2025
- "fap fap fap oh Lance oh oh OHHHHHHH" again. Does he pay you to dredge up people with nice things to say about him? He was an giant a$$hole to people. It is a fact. Whatever his contrition about the doping, he is unapologetic about being a giant a$$hole to people. (Why yes, I do only login to complain. *I* am however only a giant a$$hole to people who laud giant a$$holes.)ericjensenridesbikes25-02-2025
- Remco is still very young. And injuries can absolutely keep you from overdoing it and getting worse. The recent Remco accident didn't keep him from being able to ride a recumbent inside. Wout's knee is a different story thoughVeganpotter23-01-2025
- Van der Poel style is winning by a half a lap and leading the race from the end of the second lap.
Barnes127420-01-2025 - If she thinks talent alone will put her there she will not see many podium finishes much less a GC finish.....work as a team utilizing tactics to consistently be at the top.Germanrazor10-01-2025
- This was very informative! Luiz Antonio Duarte Ferreiraluizantonioduarteferreira02-01-2025
- Well explained, thanks for the clarity! Daniel DantasDanieldantas20-12-2024
- This is the kind of 'news' that belongs in a cheap tabloid. No matter how boring the offseason gets, nobody wants to read this.
santiagobenites19-12-2024