🇧🇪 @DeBrabantsePijl 🏆 La course parfaite 👊 @BenoitCosnefroy s'impose en patron ! 🏆 The perfect race 👊 @BenoitCosnefroy wins like a boss! #DECATHLONAG2RLAMONDIALETEAM - © Getty
"I feel at home here" - After three podiums, Benoît Cosnefroy finally hits the jackpot at Brabantse Pijl
CyclingWednesday, 10 April 2024 at 17:45
Every year since 2020 Benoît Cosnefroy has raced Brabantse Pijl and in four editions he finished on the podium on three occasions. He hadn't reached the victory however, but that finally came today as he beat a strong field with an explosive victory.
“I am very happy to win this competition. Although the last lap was very difficult for me, because then I jumped to the first group," Cosnefroy said in a post-race interview. The Frenchman was a favourite for the day but didn't follow the dangerous attack of Tim Wellens, Dylan Teuns and Marijn van den Berg. He had to rely on a lot of work in the peloton to keep the gap small, and he bridged across in the penultimate climb of the day with a very explosive acceleration from the peloton.
He waited for his chances in the sprint, to try and finally win after three podiums in the Belgian classic. It would turn out to be his day in Overijse. “I had to deal with Teuns alone. In the sprint it went perfectly, because Dylan opened the gap on the side and that was perfect for me," he explained. It was a dominant sprint win, as he had the best acceleration out of everyone in the group - Marijn van den Berg was dropped as he attacked early, whilst Quinten Hermans seemed to struggle with cramps.
“It is better to start the Ardennes campaign with a victory. That's why I'm very happy for the team and for myself," he added. "I feel at home here, you can see that in my results (in this race, ed.). I felt I had good legs, but this race is difficult to read, but after crossing I felt confident.” Next up are the three Ardennes classics and firstly, Amstel Gold Race where he stands his best shot.
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- It will be just a waste of time to finish out of the podium. Giro Vuelta makes a better choiceabstractengineer19-11-2024
- I would agree, top 3 with Remco improving and snapping at his heels. I just wish he wouldn't keep crashing in the TDF.Pedalmasher19-11-2024
- Backstedt and Schreiber are not juniors they are under 23. There were I think about 7 or 8 juniors in this race. Under the current rules a race that has juniors in can't go over 45 minutes. The winning time was 43.53 so the timing was correct. The organisers are in the wrong because they should be putting on a juniors race and then we wouldn't be in this situation as the timings for the elite race would be 50 minutes, not 45.NorrisHippocampe19-11-2024
- It's everywhere. Just like it was before. But we can just pretend it isn't. Just like we did before.Sweep19-11-2024
- Not a top 4 GT rider? He's got more GT wins (just not at the Tour) than any viable active rider (Froome not included). Were it not for his team messing it up for him, he'd have won the Vuelta even more often. He's a bizarrely accident prone, deeply conservative rider, but it delivers. He's also one of the best 1-week GC riders in the peloton. The man may not be Pogacar or Vingegaard (who is?), but he is definitely in the top 3 of the field, right now.RidesHills19-11-2024
- Nobody is saying that he is tin he Top 4 GT riders but nobdy is also saying he is capable of winning the TDF in the presence of Pog and Jonas. He was already fairly blown away before his crash and if we assume that Bora hired him to win the TDF, then it would not be considered a success. That he won the Vuelta only make it not a total fail.abstractengineer19-11-2024
- "The viewing and visitor figures are both better than when they were riding" - what a BS. Please compare (and only then) visitor figures during current season vs when WvA and MvdP are back in December (hopefully!) otherwise you are comparing oranges to apples.averagecyclist19-11-2024
- I counted 16 riders under 24 out of 43 that started. Once was only 16 ! Two of the top riders are Zoe and Schreiber and both under 23 yet that have done 50 min races in the past with the elites so I think it's just bad clock management. Let them race 50 freakin' minutes! One more lap could have made a big dffierence most times in the podium and winner.frieders319-11-2024
- He needs to finish out his contract and then go hit MTB and Cross/Gravel really hard, that's where his heart is.awp18-11-2024
- Pidcock is starting to sound like Froome now.Sweep18-11-2024