Some of the best sprinters in the peloton will be in Belgium on Wednesday to take part in the 77th edition of the Houtland Circuit. The riders will set off at 12:45 from Eernegem for 195.2 kilometres, the last 109 of which will be on a completely flat circuit of 9.1 km around Lichtervelde and which will have to be covered twelve times. It is around 17:15 that we will know the successor of Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché-Wanty), victorious last year ahead of Dylan Groenewengem (Team Jayco AlUla) and Cedric Beullens (Lotto Dstny).
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The European champion Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step), on cloud nine for the past ten days, without this race on its calendar, many fast men will want to take advantage of it to grab a bouquet, and in particular the title holder, who has not raised his arms since February 14. Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché-Wanty) will be particularly opposed to Arnaud Demare (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), which has just won its 97th career victory at the Paris-Chauny and would like to pocket the 98th on Wednesday. Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Wanty), Fabio Jakobsen (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), Lionel Taminiaux (Lotto Dstny), Milan Fretin, Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Cofidis), Paul Penhoet (Groupama-FDJ), Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco AlUla)… will also be present.
The 2024 Houtland Circuit route
Wednesday September 25 : Eernegem – Lichtervelde / 195.2 km (actual departure at 12:45 p.m., arrival around 5:15 p.m.)
The starting list
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
1 BOGUSLAWSKI Marceli
2 GHYS Robbe
3 KIELICH Timo
4 PLOWRIGHT Jensen
5 RICKAERT Jonas
6 ROESEMS Siebe
7 SENTJENS Path
ARKEA-B&B HOTELS
11 CAPIOT Amaury
12 DEKKER David
13 DEMARE Arnaud
14 GRONDIN Donavan
15 MOZZATO Luca
16 OWSIAN Lukasz
17 SCOTSON Miles
COFIDIS
21 ALLEGAERT Piet
22 ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw
23 BY GENDT Aimé
24 FRETIN Milan
25 NOPPE Christophe
26 FOX Alexis
27 ROBEET Ludovic
GROUPAMA-FDJ
31 BARTHE Cyril
32 LE GAC Olivier
33 THE EIGHTEEN Eddy
34 ASKEY Lewis
35 PENHOËT Paul
36 RUSSO Clement
37 WALLS Matthew
INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY
41 BRAET Vito
42 GIRMAY Biniam
43 PLANCKAERT Baptiste
44 REX Laurenz
45 THIJSSEN Gerben
46 VAN DER HOORN Taco
47 VAN SINTMAARTENSDIJK Roel
LIDL-TREK
51 CONSONNI Simone
52 GIBBONS Ryan
53 HOOLE Daan
54 MILAN Jonathan
55 MOSCA Jacopo
56 TESFAZION Natnael
TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL
61 JAKOBSEN Fabio
62 EEKHOFF Nils
63 LIEPINS Emils
64 ROOSEN Timo
65 VAN DEN BERG Julius
66 WELTEN Bram
67 NABERMAN Tim
TEAM JAYCO-ALULA
71 DURBRIDGE Luke
72 GROENEWEGEN Dylan
73 O’BRIEN Kelland
74 MEZGEC Luka
75 STEWART Campbell
76 REINDERS Elmar
77 WALSCHEID Max
BINGOAL WB
81 BLOUWE Louis
82 DESAL Cériel
83 LANHOVE Milan
84 PORTSMOUTH Tom
85 REYNDERS Jens
86 VAN ROOY Kenneth
87 VANDEPITTE Nathan
LOTTO DSTNY
91 BEULLENS Cedric
92 GIDDINGS Joshua
93 LIVYNS Arjen
94 SLOCK Liam
95 TAMINIAUX Lionel
96 POELVOORDE Tars
97 VERMEERSCH Florian
TDT-UNIBET
101 BLOEM Joren
102 BUDDING Martijn
103 HUENS Axel
104 JOHANNINK Jelle
105 KOPECKY Tomas
106 NIELSEN Sebastian
107 PEDERSEN Nicklas
TOTALENERGIES
111 BONIFACE Lucas
112 GACHIGNARD Thomas
113 BONNET Thomas
114 DOUBEY Fabien
115 TESSON Jason
116 MARCEROU Nicola
UNO-X MOBILITY
121 ARNES Daniel
122 BENDIXEN Louis
123 BLIKRA Erlend
124 GUDMESTAD Tord
125 SANDER HANSEN Marcus
126 RESELL Erik
127 WALLIN Rasmus Bøgh
BEAT CYCLING CLUB
131 BÜCHLI Matthijs
132 COPPENS Michiel
133 DISSEL Bram
134 EISING Day
135 KRUL Wessel
136 LOOHUIS Lars
137 PAARDEKOOPER Thijmen
NOVAPOR SPEEDBIKE TEAM
141 ARVANITOU Nikiforos
142 DEBAELE Jorre
143 DRAKOS Nikolaos
144 JOVANOSKI Dimitar
145 PAVLIDES Konstantinos
146 ROBINSON Oliver
147 VAN NUFFELEN Glen
PHILIPPE WAGNER-BAZIN
151 BARBIER Pierre
152 BARBIER Rudy
153 DHAEYE Enrico
154 SAVER Kasper
155 SCHERPENBERGH Tristan
156 VANDENBOGAERDE Jens
157 VANOVERBERGHE Mathias
SOUDAL QUICK-STEP DEVO TEAM
161 DRIESEN Niels
162 FAVERO Renato
163 HULSMANS Senne
164 KINO Jan
165 RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea
166 VANDEN HEEDE Lars
167 ZABELINSKIY Bogdan
TARTELETTO-ISOREX
171 DEMEYERE Torsten
172 DUPONT Timothy
173 JOSEPH Thomas
174 MARCHAND Gianni
175 SANTY Arne
176 VANDENBULCKE Alex
177 VERWILT Mauro
TEAM FELT-FELBERMAYR
181 BROZYNA Piotr
182 DIRNBAUER Josef
183 PERNSTEINER Hermann
184 REUTIMANN Matthias
185 SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian
186 STOSZ Patryk
187 ZANGERLE Emanuel
TEAM SKYLINE
191 FLANAGAN Liam
192 KEOGH Cian
193 LEWIS Adam
194 MCDUNPHY Conn
195 O’KRAFKA Logan
196 PHARIS Luke
197 TURMON Chaz
VOLKERWESSELS CYCLING TEAM
201 ABMA Elmar
202 CROCKETT Finn
203 DE JONG Timo
204 KROONEN Max
205 VERMELTFOORT Coen
206 WILLEMS Jago
207 WILLEMS Thimo
