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PREVIEW | Brabantse Pijl 2024 - Wellens, Teuns and Hirschi lead luxurious list of favourites in explosive classic
CyclingWednesday, 10 April 2024 at 10:18
On the 10th of April the riders take on the classic which makes the transition between the cobbled and Ardennes classics. De Brabantse Pijl provides both cobbles and climbs on a final circuit that every time provides a lot of spectacle. We preview the race ahead.
The 197-kilometer race fits the puncheurs and cobbled classics specialists. It provides an opportunity for many riders. The race revolves around it's final circuit in Overijse, where in 22 kilometers the riders find four ascents, two of them cobbled, and one corresponding to the finish. It's a highly explosive route which is very hard to control and very often leads to exciting and dramatic racing.
Leuven - Overijse, 197 kilometers
Prediction Brabantse Pijl 2024:
*** Tim Wellens, Dylan Teuns
** Benoît Cosnefroy, Quinten Hermans, Marc Hirschi, Corbin Strong, Michael Matthews
* Dorian Godon, Andrea Vendrame, Soren Kragh Andersen, Axel Laurance, Vincenzo Albanese, Marijn van den Berg, António Morgado, Nils Politt, Stephen Williams, Joseph Blackmore, Tobias Johannessen
Pick: Tim Wellens
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