The 2020 Classics season is almost upon us with Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne being the second semi-Classic of the weekend on the March 1 after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on the Saturday.
Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne is usually a race for the sprinters, with riders like Dylan Groenewegen, (Team Jumbo-Visma), and Mark Cavendish (Bahrain-McLaren) being past winners. But, the race can be very open and solo riders or small breakaways can stay away.
Last year’s winner, Bob Jungels (Deceuninck-Quick-Step), won with a solo attack ahead of Owain Doull (Team Ineos) and Niki Terpstra (Team Total Direct Energie). Doull won’t be on the start line to try and go one better than last year.
The 2020 start list is almost complete, however, there are some notable absentees, including Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin Fenix) Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) and Philippe Gilbert (Lotto-Soudal). Other notable absentees are that of Team Jumbo-Visma, who aren’t on the start list at all.
Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne 2020 start list
Deceuninck-Quick-Step – Confirmed
JUNGELS Bob
ASGREEN Kasper
JAKOBSEN Fabio
KEISSE Iljo
BALLERINI Davide
LAMPAERT Yves
STYBAR Zdenek
Astana
DE VREESE Laurens
HOULE Hugo
ARANBURU Alex
BIZHIGITOV Dmitriy
FELLINE Fabio
GRUZDEV Dmitriy
MARTINELLI Davide
AG2R La Mondiale
DILLIER Silvan
DUVAL Julian
GODON Dorian
NAESEN Lawrence
NAESEN Oliver
VANDENBERGH Stijn
VENTURINI Clement
Alpecin-Fenix
MERLIER Tim
KRIEGER Alexander
DE BONDT Dries
JANS Roy
RICKAERT Jonas
VERGAERDE Otto
SBARAGLI Kristian
Bahrain – McLaren
BAUHAUS Phil
BOLE Grega
COLBRELLI Sonny
HAUSSLER Heinrich
PIBERNIK Luka
SIEBERG Marcel
WRIGHT Alfred
B&B Hotels – Vital Concept p/b KTM
DEBUSSCHERE Jens
BARTHE Cyril
COQUARD Bryan
DE BACKER Bert
LECROQ Jeremy
LE BON Johan
BACKAERT Frederik
Bingoal – Wallonie Bruxelles
ISTA Kevyn
NOMMELA Aksel
SIX Franklin
SUTER Joel
VALLEE Boris
DE BIE Sean
TAMINIAUX Lionel
Bora – Hansgrohe
DRUCKER Jempy
BASKA Erik
GAMPER Patrick
LAAS Martin
POSTLBERGER Lukas
SCHELLING Ide
SCHILLINGER Andreas
CCC Team
VAN AVERMAET Greg
TRENTIN Matteo
BEVIN Patrick
KOCH Jonas
CERNY Josef
VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
WISNIOWSKI Lukasz
Circus – Wanty Gobert
VAN POPPEL Boy
DUPONT Timothy
DE WINTER Ludwig
KREDER Wesley
VAN POPPEL Danny
VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter
VAN MELSEN Kevin
Cofidis, Solutions Credits
LEMOINE Cyril
VERMOTE Julian
CLAEYS Dimitri
MORGIN Emmanuel
ALLEGAERT Piet
TOUZE Damien
VANBILSEN Kenneth
EF Pro Cycling
KEUKELEIRE Jens
HALVORSEN Kristoffer
HOFLAND Moreno
OWEN Logan
VAN DEN BERG Julius
SCULLY Tom
Groupama – FDJ
GENIETS Kevin
SARREAU Marc
LUDVIGSSON Tobias
DELAGE Mickael
LE GAC Olivier
KUNG Stefan
LIENHARD Fabian
Israel Start-Up Nation
POLITT Nils
HOFSTETTER Hugo
RENARD Alexis
HOLLENSTEIN Reto
BIERMANS Jenthe
BOIVIN Guillaume
MCCABE Travis
Lotto – Soudal
DEGENKOLB John
DIBBEN Jonathan
IVERSEN Rasmus
MAES Nikolas
VAN GOETHEM Brian
FRISON Frederik
VAN MOER Brent
Mitchelton-Scott
AFFINI Edoardo
BEWLEY Sam
DURBRIDGE Luke
EDMONDSON Alex
KONYCHEV Alexander
SMITH Dion
STANNARD Robert
Movistar Team
JACOBS Johan
JORGENSEN Matteo
CULLAIGH Gabriel
HOLLMAN Juri
MAS Lluis
PRADES Eduard
ROELANDTS Jurgen
NTT Pro Cycling
VALGREN Michael
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
GOGL Michael
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
STOKBRO Andreas
NIZZOLO Giacomo
TILLER Rasmus
Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
BEULLENS Cedric
MENTEN Milan
DELTOMBE Kevin
MARTENS Julian
VAN POUCKE Aaron
WEEMAES Sasha
CAPIOT Amaury
Team Ineos
BASSO Leonardo
LAWLESS Christopher
NARVAEZ Jonathan
ROWE Luke
STANNARD Ian
SWIFT Ben
Team Sunweb
EEKHOFF Nils
KRAGH ANDERSEN Soren
ARNDT Nikias
BOL Cees
DENZ Nico
PEDERSEN Casper
SUTTERLIN Jasha
Team Total Direct Energie
PETIT Adrien
GAUDIN Damien
MANZIN Lorenzo
SOUPE Geoffrey
TERPSTRA Niki
TURGIS Anthony
VAN GESTEL Dries
Trek-Segafredo
PEDERSEN Mads
DE KORT Koen
LIEPINS Emils
MULLEN Ryan
SIMMONS Quinn
STUYVAN Jasper
THEUNS Edward
Uno-X Norwegian Development Team
RESELL Erik Nordsaeter
HOELGAARD Daniel
SKAARSETH Anders
HOELGAARD Markus
ABRAHAMSEN Jonas
SAUGSTAD Lars
HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby
UAE Team Emirates
LAENGEN Vegard Stake
BJERG Mikkel
BOHLI Tom
KRISTOFF Alexander
MOLANO Juan Sebastien
MARCATO Marco
PHILIPSEN Jasper
