Final startlist Le Samyn with Jakobsen, Merlier, Naesen and Campenaerts

With the cobbled classics season underway after the opening weekend, Le Samyn presents itself as one of the main non World-Tour classics and one that always provides for an exciting race.

From Quaregnon to Dour, this semi-classics takes the riders over 209 kilometers of tricky Belgian roads on the 1st of March, which is usually decided in the final circuit which includes four cobbled sectors and a slight uphill finish, won by Tim Merlier last year.

The preliminary startlist includes the likes of Tim Merlier, Oliver Naesen, Max Walscheid, Fabio Jakobsen, Taco van der Hoorn, Itamar Einhorn, David Dekker, Victor Campaenaerts, Matteo Moschetti, Matteo Trentin, Hugo Hofstetter, Timothy Dupont, Dries van Gestel, Rasmus Tiller and Tobias Johannessen.

You can download the startlist here.

1 Merlier, Tim

2 Bondt, Dries De

3 Dehairs, Simon

4 Leysen, Senne

5 Planckaert, Edward

6 Bossche, Fabio Van den

7 Keirsbulck, Guillaume Van

11 Naesen, Oliver

13 Dewulf, Stan

14 Raugel, Antoine

15 Touzé, Damien

16 Hoecke, Gijs Van

17 Sarreau, Marc

21 Gamper, Patrick

22 Koch, Jonas

23 Laas, Martin

24 Haller, Marco

25 Pöstlberger, Lukas

26 Schelling, Ide

31 Walscheid, Max

33 Vanbilsen, Kenneth

34 Carvalho, André

35 Finé, Eddy

36 Kreder, Wesley

37 Sajnok, Szymon

41 Jakobsen, Fabio

42 Cerný, Josef

43 Steels, Stijn

44 Steimle, Jannik

45 Lerberghe, Bert Van

46 Tricht, Stan Van

47 Vernon, Ethan

51 Mayrhofer, Marius

52 Naberman, Tim

53 Pedersen, Casper

54 Welsford, Sam

55 Bittner, Pavel

56 Leijnse, Enzo

57 Uden, Casper van

61 Gendt, Aimé De

62 Poppel, Boy van

63 Pasqualon, Andrea

64 Planckaert, Baptiste

65 Hoorn, Taco van der

66 Melsen, Kevin Van

67 Vliegen, Loïc

71 Einhorn, Itamar

72 Biermans, Jenthe

73 Frigo, Marco

74 Sagiv, Guy

75 Puppio, Antonio

77 Asbroeck, Tom Van

81 Eenkhoorn, Pascal

82 Dekker, David

83 Hessmann, Michel

84 Belle, Loe van

85 Boven, Lars

86 Geleijn, Owen

87 Pluimers, Rick

91 Gilbert, Philippe

92 Campenaerts, Victor

93 Moer, Brent Van

94 Lie, Arnaud De

95 Frison, Frederik

96 Vermeersch, Florian

97 Beullens, Cedric

101 Liepins, Emīls

102 Moschetti, Matteo

103 Brustenga, Marc

104 Theuns, Edward

105 Hoole, Daan

106 Kirsch, Alex

107 Vergaerde, Otto

111 Trentin, Matteo

113 Gibbons, Ryan

114 Laengen, Vegard Stake

115 Oliveira, Rui

116 Troia, Oliviero

117 Gross, Felix

121 Declercq, Benjamin

122 Grondin, Donavan

123 Hofstetter, Hugo

124 Capiot, Amaury

126 Vauquelin, Kévin

127 Pajur, Markus

131 Barbier, Pierre

132 Debusschere, Jens

133 Morice, Julien

134 Jauregui, Quentin

135 Mozzato, Luca

136 Parisella, Raphael

141 Aniołkowski, Stanisław

142 Dupont, Timothy

143 Wirtgen, Tom

144 Lauk, Karl Patrick

145 Menten, Milan

146 Rex, Laurenz

147 Robeet, Ludovic

152 Coté, Pier-André

153 Vos, Adam de

154 Jensen, August

155 Joyce, Colin

156 Krul, Wessel

157 Zukowsky, Nickolas

161 Bonneu, Kamiel

162 Colman, Alex

163 Pestel, Sander De

164 Ghys, Robbe

165 Herregodts, Rune

166 Marit, Arne

167 Rooy, Kenneth Van

171 Lawless, Chris

172 Manzin, Lorrenzo

173 Sagan, Juraj

174 Terpstra, Niki

175 Gestel, Dries Van

176 Soupe, Geoffrey

181 Tiller, Rasmus

182 Skaarseth, Anders

183 Resell, Erik

184 Hansen, Lasse Norman

185 Johannessen, Tobias

186 Levy, William Blume

187 Abrahamsen, Jonas

191 Boons, Jente

192 Bouts, Jordy

193 Burger, Sven

194 Daemen, Stijn

195 Büchli, Matthijs

196 Hoppezak, Vincent

197 Dissel, Bram

201 Arm, Rait

202 Paleni, Enzo

203 Penhoët, Paul

204 Pidcock, Joe

205 Pithie, Laurence

206 Plowright, Jensen

207 Watson, Samuel

211 Heiderscheid, Colin

212 Hodapp, Johannes

213 Kluckers, Arthur

214 Mobach, Jarno

215 Teutenberg, Tim Torn

216 Coqueret, Louis

217 Wolf, Justin

221 Joseph, Thomas

222 Borra, Gilles

223 Museeuw, Stefano

224 Willems, Thimo

225 D'Heygere, Gil

226 Caethoven, Kenneth

227 Saver, Kasper

231 Vanoverschelde, Kobe

232 Verhofstadt, Thibau

233 Wold, Marius

234 Lemmens, Sander

235 Demeyere, Torsten

236 Kerkhove, Brent Van de

237 Poorter, Maxime De

241 Boudat, Thomas

242 Leroux, Samuel

243 Mainguenaud, Tom

244 Siskevicius, Evaldas

245 Tabellion, Valentin

246 Vahtra, Norman